It is widely recognised that students are renowned for their financial strife, and the vast majority leave university with debts ranging up to £17,500. Although it is safe to say that most students have part time jobs in retail outlets, various bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants, a shocking number of female students in particular, are resorting to much more drastic measures to make ends meet whilst studying.
I spoke to one student from Canterbury who was willing to share the harsh reality of what some female students are prepared to do …

On Friday the 11th of December, as hundreds packed into the Students’ Union, including one very special guest, Elton George Lewis was crowned the winner of Canterbury Christ Church Pop Factor 2009 and will be opening the main stage at this year’s Summer Ball. Pop Factor proved to be a huge success at CCSU, as the popularity of the SU rocketed to a stage where it was ‘one in one out’ into the building, as the full capacity meant that many unfortunate fans were often turned away.
The first two …

So then..to pick up where we left off in the last edition in November. Of course fixtures are still bumbling along as usual, however, due to the snow we had severe disruptions to many games before Christmas. Our teams are still flourishing with 10 of our 22 BUCS sides in prime position at the top of the league, so a huge well done and captains keep up your amazing work.
December came and went and a lot of the teams, particularly Hockey, bid farewell to their American team mates. …

On the 10th March, Canterbury Christ Church will meet the University of Kent in a number of sporting events, in the prestigious Varsity battle. Unified went to meet Don Fletcher, the Men’s rugby 1st team captain, to see how preperations for the event are going.
Nicolas Verdier: Don, how do you feel with just two months until Varsity commences?
Don Fletcher: I feel confident. We’ve had a good season so far, even if we did get knocked out of the Cup in the first round. But we are top of the …

Any person taking a walk down Spring Lane will now be greeted by our fantastic and striking new sports centre. The University has taken a huge step forward by constructing the new facility which will benefit students no end. Before the centre was built, the small and rather dated hall in Anselm, along with the fairly dingy St Georges Fitness centre, were the University’s only real sporting facilies within range of the campus, but the new sparkling and modernistic centre really is something to behold.
The welcoming new centre contains one …