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Celebrating 60 years with a University Science A to Z

Celebrating 60 years with a University Science A to Z

From ‘A is for Algae’ to ‘Z is for Zoom-bombing’, the ‘Christ Church Jubilee Science A to Z’ is a celebration of our wonderfully diverse…
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A is for Algae

A is for Algae

Many means of ‘carbon capture’ to help reverse climate change have been suggested, a novel approach could involve microalgae — tiny…
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B is for Bone scaffolding

B is for Bone scaffolding

‘Engineering’ evokes images of large-scale infrastructure developments from the industrial revolution to the present, from tunnels to…
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C is for Crayfish

C is for Crayfish

A widely understood idea in ecology is that animals exist within the limits of the habitats that are presented to them. However, many…
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D is for Disinformation

D is for Disinformation

The rapid spread of disinformation, the infamous ‘Fake News’, poses a threat to the security and stability of Europe [1]. News media and…
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E is for Epistemic Insight

E is for Epistemic Insight

Science has a vital role to play in the study and advancement of human flourishing.
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F is for Forensic Science

F is for Forensic Science

Forensic science is an integral part of the criminal justice system and a field that has received an increased amount of public attention…
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G is for Gorilla phylogeography

G is for Gorilla phylogeography

Today, more than ever, we need to understand where animals currently live and where they have lived in the past, for example our work on…
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H is for Hospital

H is for Hospital

In the Middle Ages, the term hospital was derived from the notion of hospes or hospitality, the idea of guests more than sick people…
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I is for isometric

I is for isometric

Blood pressure (BP) results from our heart contracting to force blood around our body, referred to as systolic pressure, and relaxing to…
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J is for Jumping for health

J is for Jumping for health

Physical activity– including running, climbing, catching, swimming, skipping, dancing, rollerblading, skateboarding, cycling, and jumping —…
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K is for Kent Maps Online

K is for Kent Maps Online

Digital Humanities (DH) is the nexus where computing and digital technology meets with the disciplines of the humanities. It is a new and…
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L is for Landscape, locality, and light

L is for Landscape, locality, and light

Landscapes are the localities in which our lives take place. They shape us and are shaped by us. Landscape, whether townscape or…
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M is for Mental wellbeing

M is for Mental wellbeing

I sometimes walk through the old Canterbury prison site acquired by the University in 2014 and recall working as a clinician and visiting…
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N is for Nursing Sustainably

N is for Nursing Sustainably

Help, our planet is warming, we must heed the warning. Nursing sustainably because we ought to, because we want to … because we have to.
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O is for Old Bones

O is for Old Bones

Old bones, or archaeological skeletal remains, are a window into humanity. Their study, called osteoarchaeology, is a nexus between the…
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P is for Placebo Effect

P is for Placebo Effect

The mind can be a powerful tool. Believing a fake treatment is beneficial can significantly improve a variety of health conditions and…
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Q is for the Quick and the Dead

Q is for the Quick and the Dead

The English expression ‘the Quick and the Dead’ has its origins in William Tyndale’s early sixteenth-century translation of the New…
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R is for Real World Solutions

R is for Real World Solutions

Real world problems are often complex issues, which can rarely be solved by one discipline alone. As the recent example of the COVID-19…
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S is for Safe Sport

S is for Safe Sport

It is widely recognised that the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can only be achieved with the respect, protection…
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T is for Twitter Bots

T is for Twitter Bots

Luckily for scientists, science does not have to bother itself with questions like “what is art?”. Despite this, computing has become…
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U is for Urban Water

U is for Urban Water

Without water we can only survive a matter of days, but it is remarkable how little we think about that in our modern urbanised world. We…
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V is for Venom

V is for Venom

Cancer causes around one in four of all deaths in the UK, although research into cancer treatment has resulted in a decrease of a fifth in…
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W is for Welfare

W is for Welfare

Our relationship with nature and with other animals is complex, and especially our relationship with domesticated animals, like cats and…
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X is for X-ray

X is for X-ray

Diagnostic radiography is typically associated with helping hospital patients to identify injuries, pathologies and monitor medical…
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