Canterbury Christ Church

Posted August 2nd, 2007 by csc104

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Canterbury Campus North Holmes Road Canterbury Kent, CT1 1QU United Kingdom

Contact number:

01227 767700

Website:

http://www.canterbury.ac.uk

University Life

Accommodation & Surrounding Areas:

Availability
- 1st years guaranteed accommodation if they require it

Costs
- Catered en suite room costs £88 per week
- Self catered en suite studio costs £131 per week
- Self catered en suite room costs between £73 and £93 per week
- £100 booking fee required at Medway campus accommodation

Contract Period
- 44 weeks

Locations
- Halls range from being mighty close to campus to being up to 25 minutes walk to campus. The furthest away being St. Andrews Pinhill hall and the Student Village.

Facilities
- Utilities included
- Internet access included
- Personal contents insurance included

Resources:

Library
- 300 000 books
- 1400+ journal subscriptions
- 700 study places

Opening hours
- 64 weekday hours
- 8 weekend hours

IT
- 750+ computers
- 24 hour access

Other
- Audio Visual Services

Welfare:

Services
- Chaplaincy
- Counselling Service
- Local GP affiliation
- Nightline

Safety
- 24 hour security team
- Campus patrols

Sporting facilities:

Indoor
- St George’s Fitness Centre
- 2 sports halls

Outdoor
- 4 football pitches
- 2 rugby pitches
- 3 tennis courts

Costs
- Annual student gym membership costs £80.

Sports Clubs
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Football
- Women’s Football
- Cricket
- Hockey
- Women’s Hockey
- Mixed Lacrosse
- Netball
- Rugby
- Women’s Rugby
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Horse riding
- Cheerleading
- Karate
- Golf
- Tennis
- Kick Boxing
- Circuit Training
- Skiing

Boring but important

Fees and bursaries:

Undergraduate fees
- All courses set at £3070

Bursaries
- Canterbury Christ Church Bursary; Depending on household income students will be entitled to the following:

Household Income----------Bursary
> Under £17 910-------------£820
> £17 911 - £38 330--------£510
> £38 331 - £46 048--------£410

Notible alumni:

Drew Stearne the TV producer and presenter

Visiting

Open day dates:

Canterbury
- 6 October 2007

Broadstairs
- 13 October 2007

Chatham
- TBC

Folkestone
-3 November 2007, 10:00am - 3:00pm
- 5 December 2007, 12:30pm -7:30pm
- 12 January 2008, 10:00am - 3:00pm
- 12 March 2008, 2:30pm - 7:30pm
- 10 May 2008, 10:00am - 3:00pm
- 18 June 2008, 2:30 - 7:30pm

Drop-in Sessions:
- Wednesday evenings throughout term time

Rail:

Saloman
- Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells railway stations are approximately three miles away from Salomons. There are taxi ranks at both stations.

Medway Campus, Chatham
- The Universities at Medway campus is a ten-minute journey from Chatham train station.

- From London. Victoria, Cannon Street and Charing Cross stations have frequent services to Medway. The journey takes between 45 minutes and an hour. Rochester, Strood, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham stations all serve the Medway area.

- From the south and east there are regular trains to Medway from Maidstone, Dover, Canterbury and Thanet.

Road:

Canterbury Campus
- From London direction (M2/A2): Leave A2 at first Canterbury exit. Go straight on at the roundabout along the dual carriageway. At the next roundabout follow the ring-road around to the right.

- Go straight on to the ring road anti-clockwise, keeping to the outside lane, prepare to turn right immediately before the second light-controlled pedestrian crossing into Lady Wootton's Green.

- Turn left at the mini-roundabout, right at the T-junction with Havelock Street and right again at the next T-junction into North Holmes Road. The campus is now on your right. The main entrance to the University is via Gate 4.

- Car parking on the campus is by prior arrangement only. Time-limited parking places are available in North Holmes Road. Nearby public car parks include one off the ring road at Broad Street, and another adjacent to the Longport roundabout.

For Hall Place, home of the Centre for Enterprise and Business Development:
- From Canterbury: Hall Place is situated on the A2050, the main road out of Canterbury towards the A2 London bound.

- From London: Take the M2 coastbound. At Junction 7 take the A2 following signs for Canterbury and Dover. Take the fourth exit off the A2 (signposted for Canterbury). Hall Place is approximately 1 mile on the left.

Broadstairs Campus
- The Broadstairs Campus of Canterbury Christ Church University is easily accessible from all the major towns in Thanet, by public transport or car.

- It is a few minutes from the A299 Thanet Way, which has a direct link to the M2 motorway. The road connects with London's orbital M25, providing a fast route to the UK road network, major London airports etc. Thanet is approximately 40 miles from the Eurostar Passenger Terminal at Ashford, and the Channel Tunnel, and near to the Dover ferry terminals to continental Europe.

Glassworks
Directions to the Glassworks
- From London / Ashford
Leave the M20 at junction 13 and take the third exit over the motorway bridge, keeping to the right hand lane. Follow sign post to Folkestone Town Centre (Cherry Garden Avenue).

- From Dover
Leave the M20 at junction 13 and take the first exit following sign to Folkestone Town Centre (Cherry Garden Avenue).

Onwards from Cherry Garden Avenue
- Follow the road straight down and upon reaching the crossroads go straight across to Beachborough Road, follow the road under the railway bridge onto Shorncliffe Road. Continue on this road until you come to a roundabout where you should take the third exit onto Castle Hill Avenue and follow the road going straight over the first roundabout. At the second roundabout turn left onto Sandgate Road and continue until you reach a T junction with a set of traffic lights (top of shopping precinct). Turn right here and then turn left at the monument, down Road of Remembrance.

- At the end of the hill hollow the road around to the left past the harbour and onto Tontine Street. Halfway up this street take a left onto Mill Bay.

Salomons Campus
From the north
- Leave the M25 at junction 5 and follow the signs for A21 Hastings. Then proceed onto the A26 signposted to Southborough and Tunbridge Wells. Once you have reached Southborough turn right at the second set of traffic lights into Speldhurst Road (by the Majestic Wine Warehouse). Then take the second turning on the left into Broomhill Road and the entrance to Salomons is immediately on your right.

From the south
- From Tunbridge Wells follow the A26 (St John’s Road) towards Southborough and Tunbridge Wells. You will pass the Cross Keys public house on your right hand side. Turn left at the traffic lights into Speldhurst Road (by the Majestic Wine Warehouse). Then take the second turning on the left into Broomhill Road and the entrance to Salomons is immediately on your right.

Chatham Campus
- From the north, south and west, Medway can be reached by motorway. From the M25 take the A2 / M2 southbound. Junctions 1 to 4 of the M2 take you into Medway. Junction one for Strood or Rochester. Junction two for Strood and Rochester. Junction three for Chatham. Junction four for Gillingham. You can also come via the M25 / M26 and M20, leaving at junction four and taking the A228 to Rochester or junction 6 taking the A229 to Chatham / Rochester.

- From the east, the Channel ports or the Channel tunnel take the M20 and leave at junction 6 taking the A229 to Chatham / Rochester. Alternatively you can use the A2/M2 as shown in map of Kent.