Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University, abbreviated CCCU, is a public university in Canterbury, Kent, founded in 1962 by the Church of England as a teacher training college and granted full university status in 2005坎特伯雷基督教会大学（简称 CCCU）是位于英格兰肯特郡坎特伯雷的公立大学，1962 年由英格兰教会创办为师资培训学院，2005 年获得正式大学资格。

The Archbishop of Canterbury serves as its chancellor by virtue of office, and the university teaches about 15,000 students across campuses in Canterbury, Medway and Tunbridge Wells坎特伯雷大主教依职权担任该校校监，学校在坎特伯雷、梅德韦与坦布里奇韦尔斯三个校区共有约 1.5 万名学生。

QS placed it in the 1401+ band of its 2027 world ranking, Times Higher Education placed it in the 1201-1400 band for 2027, and it is a member of the Cathedrals Group and of MillionPlus2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列入 1401+ 区间，泰晤士高等教育 2027 年榜单将其列入 1201 至 1400 区间，学校还是「大教堂集团」与 MillionPlus 的成员。

History

• Canterbury Christ Church College was established in 1962 by the Church of England to meet a national shortage of teachers in church schools during the post-war expansion of secondary education坎特伯雷基督教会学院于 1962 年由英格兰教会创办，以应对战后中等教育扩张时期教会学校师资严重短缺的问题。
• The first classes were held in a priory beside St Martin's Church, the oldest parish church in the English-speaking world and part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site首批课程在圣马丁教堂旁的修道院建筑内进行，圣马丁教堂是英语世界最古老的堂区教堂，也是坎特伯雷世界遗产的组成部分。
• Frederic Mason served as the founding principal, and the college's first cohort trained for the Certificate in Education rather than for a degree弗雷德里克·梅森担任首任校长，学院的首批学生攻读的是教育证书而非学位。
• In 1968 the college introduced its first degree programme, a Bachelor of Education taught as a one-year extension to the existing Certificate in Education1968 年，学院推出首个学位项目，即在原有教育证书基础上加读一年的教育学士课程。
• A Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies followed in 1976, the college's first non-teaching degree and the beginning of its shift towards a broader academic portfolio1976 年又开设宗教研究文学学士，这是学院首个非师范学位，也标志着其向更广泛的学科结构转型。
• Health studies were added in the late 1980s, and by 1988 enrolment had reached about 1,500 students, a scale that pushed the college beyond its original teacher-training remit1980 年代后期学院增设健康研究课程，到 1988 年在校生已达约 1500 人，这一规模使其超出了最初的师资培训定位。
• In 1995 the Privy Council granted the college authority to award its own degrees for taught courses, and it was renamed Canterbury Christ Church University College1995 年，枢密院授予学院自行授予授课型学位的权力，学院随之更名为坎特伯雷基督教会大学学院。
• The longer name was adopted deliberately to avoid confusion with Christ Church, Oxford, and with the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand采用这一较长名称是为了避免与牛津大学基督教堂学院以及新西兰基督城的坎特伯雷大学混淆。
• The college was granted university status in 2005 in recognition of its degree programmes, and adopted the name Canterbury Christ Church University2005 年，学院因其学位课程获得大学资格，并采用坎特伯雷基督教会大学这一名称。
• In December 2005 the new university was inaugurated in Canterbury Cathedral, where Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury, was installed as its first chancellor2005 年 12 月，新大学在坎特伯雷大教堂举行成立典礼，时任坎特伯雷大主教罗云·威廉姆斯就任首任校监。
• In 2007 the university attracted national criticism for refusing to allow civil partnership ceremonies on its property, a policy its governing body later reversed and atoned for by sponsoring Pride Canterbury in 20182007 年，学校因禁止在其物业举行民事伴侣仪式而受到全国批评，校董会后来撤销了这一政策，并于 2018 年赞助坎特伯雷骄傲活动以示弥补。
• The Privy Council granted the university power to award research degrees in 2009, completing its transition from a teaching college into a degree-awarding university2009 年，枢密院授予该校研究学位授予权，完成了它从教学学院向学位授予大学的转变。
• The 50th anniversary was celebrated in September 2012 with a ceremony in Canterbury Cathedral, at which more than 60 surviving members of the first intake received honorary Bachelor of Education degrees2012 年 9 月，学校在坎特伯雷大教堂举行建校五十周年庆典，60 多名仍在世的首届学生获授荣誉教育学士学位。
• Justin Welby became the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in February 2013 and thereby chancellor of the university, an office he held during the expansion of its science and medical building programme贾斯汀·韦尔比于 2013 年 2 月成为第 105 任坎特伯雷大主教，并依职权出任该校校监，其任内学校推进了科学与医学建筑扩建。
• Rama Thirunamachandran joined the university in October 2013 and was installed as vice-chancellor and principal in Canterbury Cathedral in March 2014, serving until January 2026拉马·蒂鲁纳马钱德兰于 2013 年 10 月加入学校，2014 年 3 月在坎特伯雷大教堂就任校长，任职至 2026 年 1 月。
• The university bought the former Canterbury Prison site in April 2014 and began a review of its entire estate to match buildings to its academic strategy2014 年 4 月，学校购得坎特伯雷旧监狱地块，并开始全面审视其房地产，以使建筑与学术战略相匹配。
• In April 2017 Canterbury City Council approved a new arts building on the North Holmes campus, which opened in 2019 as the Daphne Oram building with studios and exhibition space2017 年 4 月，坎特伯雷市议会批准在北霍姆斯校区新建艺术楼，该楼于 2019 年启用，命名为达芙妮·奥拉姆楼，内设工作室与展览空间。
• A science, engineering, technology and health building was approved in December 2017 with more than 6 million pounds of government funding and 7 million pounds from the Higher Education Funding Council for England2017 年 12 月，学校获批建设科学、工程、技术与健康大楼，获得超过 600 万英镑政府资金以及英格兰高等教育拨款委员会 700 万英镑资助。
• That building opened in January 2021 as the Verena Holmes Building, housing the Kent and Medway Engineering, Design, Growth and Enterprise Hub and new engineering and product design degrees该楼于 2021 年 1 月以维雷娜·霍姆斯楼之名启用，内设肯特与梅德韦工程、设计、成长与企业中心，并承载新的工程与产品设计学位。
• The Kent and Medway Medical School, a joint venture with the University of Kent, opened in 2020 and uses the Verena Holmes Building for part of its teaching肯特与梅德韦医学院由该校与肯特大学合办，2020 年正式招生，部分课程在维雷娜·霍姆斯楼授课。
• In February 2025 Thirunamachandran announced his retirement for January 2026 amid a dispute over proposed job cuts, and in April 2026 Professor Claire Ozanne took over as vice-chancellor and principal2025 年 2 月，蒂鲁纳马钱德兰在裁员争议中宣布将于 2026 年 1 月退休，2026 年 4 月克莱尔·奥赞教授接任校长。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into four academic schools, namely Business, Law and Policing, Nursing, Midwifery, Public and Allied Health, Sciences, Psychology, Arts and Humanities, Computing and Engineering, and Social Work, Education and Teacher Education教学分为四个学术学院，即商业、法律与警务学院，护理、助产、公共卫生与相关健康学院，科学、心理学、人文、计算与工程学院，以及社会工作、教育与教师教育学院。
• The university enrolled about 15,000 students in the mid-2020s, a size typical of a British modern university, with a strong concentration in health, education and public service subjects2020 年代中期，学校在校生约 1.5 万人，规模与英国现代大学相当，学生高度集中于健康、教育与公共服务类专业。
• Governance rests with a governing body of 18 elected, appointed and co-opted members that meets four times a year, while day-to-day management belongs to the vice-chancellor and the senior management team学校由 18 名经选举、任命与增补产生的成员组成校董会，每年开会四次，日常管理则由校长与高级管理团队负责。
• The university was awarded a silver rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework in 2017 and maintained that overall silver rating in the 2023 assessment学校在 2017 年教学卓越框架评估中获得银级评级，并在 2023 年评估中保持整体银级。
• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework the university more than doubled its proportion of world-leading 4* research and quadrupled its proportion of world-leading impact since 2014在 2021 年科研卓越框架评估中，学校世界领先的 4 星研究比例较 2014 年翻了一倍多，世界领先影响的比例则增长到四倍。
• As Kent's largest centre for teacher training, the university works with schools, colleges and academy trusts across the county to place trainee teachers and to design initial teacher education作为肯特郡最大的师资培训中心，学校与全郡中小学、学院与学院信托合作安排师范生实习并设计职前教师教育课程。
• The Kent and Medway Medical School, created with the University of Kent, admits students to a five-year medical degree and draws clinical placements from hospitals and general practices across the region与肯特大学共建的肯特与梅德韦医学院招收五年制医学专业学生，临床实习依托区域内医院与全科诊所。
• The Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, based in Tunbridge Wells, offers a doctorate in clinical psychology, a PhD in professional practice and training for local NHS trusts位于坦布里奇韦尔斯的萨洛蒙斯应用心理学研究所开设临床心理学博士、专业实践博士课程，并为当地国民保健署信托提供培训。
• Academic partnerships include Global Banking School and London School of Commerce, which deliver Canterbury Christ Church awards to students in London and other English cities学校的学术合作伙伴包括全球银行学院与伦敦商业学院，它们在伦敦及英格兰其他城市为学生开设坎特伯雷基督教会大学的课程。
• The Verena Holmes Building supports new degrees in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, product design and software engineering, the university's largest recent expansion into engineering维雷娜·霍姆斯楼支撑生物医学工程、化学工程、机械工程、产品设计与软件工程等新学位，是学校近年来规模最大的工程学科扩张。
• The Kent and Medway Engineering, Design, Growth and Enterprise Hub, known as EDGE, connects engineering students with small and medium-sized firms in the region肯特与梅德韦工程、设计、成长与企业中心简称 EDGE，把工程专业学生与区域内中小企业连接起来。
• Augustine House in Canterbury serves as the main library and student services building, providing study space, computing facilities and academic support under one roof坎特伯雷的奥古斯丁楼是学校的主图书馆与学生服务中心，把自习空间、计算设施与学业支持集中在一处。
• At Medway the university shares the Drill Hall Library, created in a former Royal Engineers drill hall, with students from the University of Kent and the University of Greenwich在梅德韦，学校与肯特大学、格林尼治大学的学生共用操练厅图书馆，该馆由原皇家工兵操练厅改建而成。
• The Academy for Sustainable Futures, opened in 2022, coordinates research and teaching on sustainability and supports the university's carbon and waste targets可持续发展未来学院于 2022 年成立，统筹可持续性研究与教学，并支持学校的碳减排与零废弃物目标。
• Research degrees have been awarded since 2009, and doctoral students are supervised across the four schools in education, health, psychology, arts and engineering学校自 2009 年起授予研究学位，博士生在教育、健康、心理学、人文与工程四个学院接受指导。
• A 2016 report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England placed the university in the top 20 for the percentage of teaching staff holding a teaching qualification英格兰高等教育拨款委员会 2016 年的一份报告显示，学校持有教学资格的教师比例位居全国前 20 名。

Campus

• The North Holmes campus in Canterbury is built on land once used for orchards and domestic buildings of St Augustine's Abbey, and it lies within the UNESCO World Heritage Site that also includes the cathedral and St Martin's Church坎特伯雷的北霍姆斯校区建在圣奥古斯丁修道院昔日果园与附属建筑用地上，位于联合国教科文组织世界遗产范围内，该遗产还包括坎特伯雷大教堂与圣马丁教堂。
• The campus is a low-rise development grouped around a courtyard beside the Chapel of Christ in Majesty, whose roof of four glass isosceles triangles is a local landmark校区以低层建筑围绕「至尊基督礼拜堂」旁的庭院展开，礼拜堂由四个玻璃等腰三角形构成的屋顶是当地地标。
• Most campus buildings are named after former Archbishops of Canterbury, a naming convention that reflects the university's Anglican foundation多数校园建筑以历任坎特伯雷大主教命名，这一命名传统体现了学校的圣公会渊源。
• The Grade II listed former church of St Gregory has been converted into a performance space for the university's choirs and musical ensembles, with most concerts open to the public列为二级保护建筑的原圣格雷戈里教堂被改建为学校合唱团与乐团的演出场所，多数音乐会向公众开放。
• Christ Church Sports Centre, built in 2009, provides cricket, volleyball, badminton, football and netball facilities, an exercise studio, a climbing wall and a gym for students and staff2009 年建成的基督教会体育中心设有板球、排球、羽毛球、足球与无挡板篮球场地，以及操房、攀岩墙和健身房，供师生使用。
• The Puerto Rico national team used the university's facilities as a preparation base for the 2012 London Olympics, a detail the university cites in its sports history波多黎各国家队曾把该校设施作为 2012 年伦敦奥运会的备战基地，学校在体育史介绍中特别提到这一点。
• The St George's Centre opened at the start of the 2012 academic year with a bar and accommodation for 200 students, and housed the students' union until 2022圣乔治中心于 2012 学年开始时启用，设有酒吧与可容纳 200 名学生的住宿，并在 2022 年之前容纳学生会。
• The Medway campus opened in October 2004 as part of the Universities at Medway partnership with the University of Kent and the University of Greenwich, and its two buildings are Rowan Williams Court and Cathedral Court梅德韦校区于 2004 年 10 月启用，是该校与肯特大学、格林尼治大学共建的「梅德韦大学联盟」的一部分，区内两幢建筑为罗云·威廉姆斯楼与座堂楼。
• Health, social care and early years programmes are taught at Medway, where the university also runs its Centre for Health and Social Care健康、社会照护与早期教育课程在梅德韦授课，学校还在该校区设有健康与社会照护中心。
• The Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology moved to Meadow Road in the centre of Tunbridge Wells in October 2017, and the building was opened by the comedian Jo Brand, a former psychiatric nurse萨洛蒙斯应用心理学研究所于 2017 年 10 月迁入坦布里奇韦尔斯市中心的梅多路，该建筑由曾任精神科护士的喜剧演员乔·布兰德揭幕。
• Canterbury itself is a small cathedral city about 100 kilometres southeast of London, served by high-speed trains to London St Pancras in roughly an hour and surrounded by the orchards and hop gardens of east Kent坎特伯雷本身是一座小型的座堂城市，位于伦敦东南约 100 公里，高速列车约一小时可达伦敦圣潘克拉斯车站，四周是东肯特的果园与啤酒花田。

Reputation

• QS placed Canterbury Christ Church University in the 1401+ band of its 2027 World University Rankings, the joint final band used for institutions outside the individually numbered positions在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，坎特伯雷基督教会大学位列 1401+ 区间，这是用于未进入单独编号名次院校的并列末段区间。
• Times Higher Education placed the university in the 1201-1400 band of its 2027 world ranking, a position roughly in line with its teaching-led profile and modest research volume泰晤士高等教育在 2027 年世界大学排名中把该校列入 1201 至 1400 区间，这一位置大致符合其以教学为主、科研规模有限的特点。
• The university was not included in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global universities list and did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities该校未进入 2026 至 2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• In the Guardian's 2023 university guide the university was ranked 108th in the United Kingdom, a placing that reflects its strong student experience but weaker research metrics在《卫报》2023 年大学指南中，该校位列英国第 108 名，这一排名反映其学生体验较强而科研指标偏弱。
• The 2022 Graduate Outcomes survey ranked Canterbury Christ Church third in the United Kingdom for graduate employment, one of its strongest published performance measures2022 年毕业生去向调查把坎特伯雷基督教会大学列为英国毕业生就业第 3 名，这是该校公布的最亮眼表现指标之一。
• Its Teaching Excellence Framework silver rating, first awarded in 2017 and retained in 2023, recognises teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes rather than research该校教学卓越框架银级评级于 2017 年首次获得、2023 年得以保留，评估的是教学质量、学习环境与学生成果而非科研。
• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework the university doubled its share of world-leading research since 2014, with particular strength in education, health and the arts在 2021 年科研卓越框架中，该校自 2014 年以来世界领先研究的比例翻倍，在教育、健康与艺术领域尤为突出。
• The university belongs to the Cathedrals Group of church universities and to MillionPlus, the association of modern British universities, alliances that shape its sector lobbying and quality partnerships学校是教会大学组织「大教堂集团」以及英国现代大学协会 MillionPlus 的成员，这些联盟影响着其行业游说与质量合作。
• Abdulrazak Gurnah, who taught and studied at the university, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the institution's most prominent academic honour曾在学校任教与学习的阿卜杜勒拉扎克·古尔纳获得 2021 年诺贝尔文学奖，这是该校最显赫的学术荣誉。
• The university is part of the global network of Anglican higher education institutions, which gives it a distinctive faith-based identity among English modern universities学校是全球圣公会高等教育机构网络的一部分，这使它在英格兰现代大学中具有独特的信仰背景身份。

Student life

• The university has no formal Latin motto, and its identity is expressed through its Anglican foundation, its cathedral city setting and its motto-like commitment to serving the common good学校没有正式的拉丁文校训，其身份主要通过圣公会渊源、座堂城市环境以及服务公共利益的办学承诺来表达。
• Canterbury Christ Church Students' Union is a registered charity based at North Holmes Road that supports more than 80 student-led clubs and societies, including course, cultural, political, recreational and sports groups坎特伯雷基督教会大学学生会是注册慈善机构，总部位于北霍姆斯路，支持 80 多个学生社团，涵盖课程、文化、政治、休闲与体育类别。
• CSR, the community and student radio station, began broadcasting in 2007, holds a community FM licence and was the first student-led station to receive one, broadcasting 24 hours a day from studios in Canterbury and at the University of Kent社区与学生电台 CSR 于 2007 年开播，持有社区调频执照，是首家获此执照的学生主导电台，从坎特伯雷与肯特大学两个演播室全天候播出。
• CSR won Best Station Sound at the 2021 Student Radio Awards, and the university's student news outlet Unified won a Student Publication Association award for best development in southern England in 2017CSR 在 2021 年学生广播奖中获得最佳台声奖，学校的学生新闻媒体 Unified 则于 2017 年获得学生出版协会颁发的英格兰南部最佳发展奖。
• Canterbury Varsity pits the university's sports clubs against those of the University of Kent each year, a competition that has run for more than two decades across football, rugby, netball, swimming and other sports坎特伯雷校际对抗赛每年让该校体育社团与肯特大学交手，这一赛事已持续二十多年，涵盖足球、橄榄球、无挡板篮球、游泳等项目。
• The St George's Centre served as the social hub of the Canterbury campus until 2022, combining the students' union, a bar and 200 student rooms in one building圣乔治中心在 2022 年之前一直是坎特伯雷校区的社交中心，把学生会、酒吧与 200 间学生宿舍集中在一幢楼内。
• The university is principal partner and sponsor of the Canterbury Festival, the city's annual arts festival, and its choirs and ensembles perform in St Gregory's church and the cathedral学校是坎特伯雷艺术节的首席合作伙伴与赞助方，其合唱团与乐团在圣格雷戈里教堂和大教堂演出。
• After reversing its 2007 policy on civil partnerships, the university sponsored Pride Canterbury in 2018 and now marks LGBTQ+ history month with events organised by the students' union在撤销 2007 年的民事伴侣政策后，学校于 2018 年赞助坎特伯雷骄傲活动，如今由学生会组织活动纪念性少数群体历史月。
• Student life is closely tied to Canterbury's compact centre, where the cathedral precinct, independent shops, pubs and the Marlowe Theatre are within walking distance of the North Holmes campus学生生活与坎特伯雷紧凑的市中心紧密相连，大教堂街区、独立商店、酒吧与马洛剧院都在北霍姆斯校区步行范围之内。

Notable people

• Frederic Mason was the founding principal of Canterbury Christ Church College in 1962 and shaped its first teacher-training curriculum and its early relationship with local schools弗雷德里克·梅森是 1962 年坎特伯雷基督教会学院的首任校长，奠定了最初的师资培训课程及其与当地学校的早期关系。
• Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, was installed as the university's first chancellor at Canterbury Cathedral in December 2005罗云·威廉姆斯于 2002 至 2012 年任坎特伯雷大主教，2005 年 12 月在坎特伯雷大教堂就任该校首任校监。
• Justin Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, became chancellor in 2013 and presided over the university's church relationship during its engineering and medical expansion贾斯汀·韦尔比是第 105 任坎特伯雷大主教，2013 年出任校监，在学校扩充工程与医学学科期间主持其教会关系。
• Rama Thirunamachandran served as vice-chancellor from 2014 to January 2026, a tenure marked by the Medway and Tunbridge Wells developments, the Verena Holmes Building and the medical school拉马·蒂鲁纳马钱德兰自 2014 年至 2026 年 1 月担任校长，其任内完成了梅德韦与坦布里奇韦尔斯的扩建、维雷娜·霍姆斯楼与医学院的建设。
• Claire Ozanne became vice-chancellor and principal in April 2026, inheriting a university facing budget pressure and a rebuilding of trust with its staff after a contested redundancy round克莱尔·奥赞于 2026 年 4 月出任校长，接手的是一所面临预算压力、并需在争议性裁员后重建员工信任的大学。
• Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Zanzibar-born novelist who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, studied and later taught at Canterbury Christ Church, and his association is the university's highest literary honour出生于桑给巴尔的作家阿卜杜勒拉扎克·古尔纳获得 2021 年诺贝尔文学奖，他曾在坎特伯雷基督教会大学学习并任教，这一渊源是该校最高的文学荣誉。
• Steve Backshall, the naturalist, explorer and television presenter known for BBC wildlife programmes, studied at the university before his career in expedition broadcasting以 BBC 野生动物节目闻名的博物学家、探险家与电视主持人史蒂夫·巴克歇尔曾在该校学习，之后投身探险类节目。
• Rob Beckett, the comedian and television presenter, studied tourism management at Canterbury Christ Church between 2004 and 2007 before turning to stand-up comedy喜剧演员兼电视主持人罗布·贝克特于 2004 至 2007 年在坎特伯雷基督教会大学学习旅游管理，之后转向单口喜剧。
• Alessia Russo, the England footballer who won the 2022 European Championship, studied at the university while playing for its teams and later for Manchester United and Arsenal随英格兰队夺得 2022 年欧洲杯的足球运动员亚历西娅·鲁索曾在该校学习并代表校队比赛，后来效力于曼联与阿森纳。
• Geraldine McCaughrean, the children's author who won the Carnegie Medal and wrote the official sequel to Peter Pan, is a graduate of the university's education programmes儿童文学作家杰拉尔丁·麦考林曾获卡内基奖，并撰写《彼得·潘》的官方续作，是该校教育类专业的毕业生。