The Course Team are delighted to welcome you to the Arts, Humanities and Education Foundation Year here at Canterbury Christ Church University. The Foundation Year is designed to support and teach you through an introduction to life and study in higher education, enabling you to make the most of your ability and potential. By deciding to embark on a Foundation Year you have made a choice to change your life and it is our first priority to do everything we can to help you achieve this.

Dr Martin Watts, Dr Rob McPherson, Emma Harrison
Arts, Humanities & Education Foundation Year course team

Key dates

Start date: 18 September 2023

Academic Calendar: Semesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2023-24 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.  

This is the Course Essentials page for students who will be studying the following courses with a Foundation Year, starting September 2023:

  • Early Childhood Studies, BA
  • Counselling, Coaching & Mentoring, BA
  • Education Studies, BA
  • Special Education Needs & Inclusion Studies, BA
  • Archaeology, BA
  • Commercial Music, BA
  • Creative & Professional Writing, BA
  • Creative Music Production & Technology, BA
  • Digital Media, BA
  • English Literature, BA
  • Film Production, BA
  • Games Design, BA
  • Graphic Design, BA
  • History, BA
  • Media & Communications, BA
  • Performing Arts, BA
  • Photography, BA
  • Theology, BA

Getting started

The Arts, Humanities and Education Foundation Year commences with a welcome week (w/c 18 September 2023), providing students with an opportunity to meet the course team and get to know their fellow students. This week is designed to make you familiar with your tutors, timetable and the academic, personal and technical support that is always available to you. You will discover which groups you’re in for seminars, and you will be introduced to the wider community through activities like the Students’ Union Freshers’ Fayre. For all these reasons, it’s really important that new students attend their Welcome Week.

Find out more at your Welcome Hub.

Welcome and induction

Find your Foundation Year Welcome Schedule here:

For help with using UniTimetables, please see our user guide.

And don’t forget to attend our other welcome events including your Freshers’ Fayre – see here for full details.

If you join us slightly late, don't worry - we run regular induction activities throughout the first Semester to ensure that late applicants/starters are fully supported on joining the Foundation Year.

Course timetable

Teaching timetables for the forthcoming Semester/Trimester are now available in UniTimetables. For tips on looking up the timetable for your course, please see our UniTimetables user guide and videos.

Contact us
Arts, Humanities and Education Foundation Year course team
FAHE.CourseAdmin@canterbury.ac.uk