Canterbury Christ Church College, best time of my life....

Advantages: Good courses, good tutors, great social scene, friendly and welcoming
Disadvantages: Accomodation limited

...and doesn't suffer the stuffiness that you might experience at the more traditional red brick universities. Following my visit they were quick to offer me a place on my chosen course. The administration at CCC Uni is very good, highly organised and seems to operate much more efficiently than at other establishments. Accomodation is usually available to freshers and if you're lucky you'll get one of the newer places near the centre of Canterbury itself. Canterbury is a small city but manages to pack in everything that a student socialite needs. I can't say whether its true but I was told that Canterbury has the largest concentration of pubs per square mile than any other UK city. I was also quoted a ratio of 3 females to every male student?! On Campus the student union gets lively on a regular basis and had a good range of DJs, live bands...

Speakeeze 22.08.2009 · Read review
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Canterbury Cathedral

Advantages: Historical benefits,good attraction for all the family to learn about
Disadvantages: Mnay steps to climb.Apart form that none

...Well as my Dover castle review seemed to go down rather well with ratings received, and this is a rather local attraction to me, I thought I would do a review won Canterbury cathedral. I can view this beautifully from my office window on my construction site, which I think is a privilege really. History of the Cathedral Well I should think most people know something about the cathedral and its history but I will merely scratch the surface of it in this review im sure? The Cathedral was founded in 597AD by St Augustine who landed on the south east corner of England as a missionary from Rome. St Augustine was given a site in Canterbury to set up his church and this was St Martins, which still stands today. This was given to him by the then King of England Ethelbert. This Church was used throughout the Roman occupation and in...

Jamie73 19.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Canterbury Cathedral

Uni Great, College Let down

Advantages: Nursery facilities
Disadvantages: Disorganisation, poor structure, poor communication, unhelpful

...I am currently a student at Canterbury College. I expected that being in one of the UK's biggest centres for learning that I would be getting first class education. But although the University seems to be fullfilling its expectations, the College lets Canterbury down. No matter how pretty they try to make it look with all the new buildings it is so disorganised it lacks any structure. My class had an issue with a teacher and we wrote a formal letter to the head of our department explaining the trouble we were having. In our next lesson the teacher asked us what the problem was and we felt completely put on the spot. We had to lie and say that we were not happy with the timetable and the length of the lesson, we could hardly all start saying how we didnt like her teaching methods and didnt feel like we were learning anything, (she is...

brettnina7 02.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kent University, Canterbury

University Accommodation PARK WOOD

Advantages: Very clean and spaceous!
Disadvantages: Live on a hill, so you'll have a trek coming up from town!

...I am currently studying at the University of Kent and living on campus accommodation - to be more precies, PARK WOOD. I ahve to say that the rent is very reasonable for what you get, aronud 55-60 pounds a week (electricity and gas bills included in the rent). You have all the amenities around you, plus ALL your friends. With car parks dotted around campus! Yes this university LETS STUDENTS BRING THEIR CARS ALONG! However you might have to fight for the space when you live in Park Wood. Anyway, the main campus is about 10 minutes casual walk away from the furthest of Courts, and on the way you pass the Park Wood supermarket and an indoor Blockbuster's movie renting machines. The gym is only 5 minutes away. ALSO, LAN CONNECTION! FAST INTERNET ACCESS IN NEARLY EVERY ROOM!...

angela888 06.12.2000 · Read review
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Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Advantages: First rate entertainment
Disadvantages: Not a single one!

...I do not think that we laughed so much in ages! The animated Canterbury Tales is a masterful and extremely well done re-telling of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The animation is better than first rate. The animations were undertaken by some of the top animators in Europe, made in Wales and Russia the production values were exceedingly good. It was almost possible to forget that they were animations, sometimes, the work was so exquisite. The Canterbury Tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer who was a scholar, a gentleman, a diplomat and also something of a 14th century secret agent. The Canterbury Tales was not entirely finished, but must be one of the most enduring pieces of fiction ever written in England. The characters of the pilgrims who were taking part in the pilgrimage form London to Thomas a Becket's shrine in...

Martinscholes 12.10.2005 (13.10.2005) · Read review
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Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury

Advantages: A little bit of calm (and it's free!)
Disadvantages: It's tiny

...Could one visit Canterbury and not feel the inexorable tug of the majestic Cathedral? The grandeur and beauty of the building and precincts are well documented and its history formidable. In 1170 four knights, believing themselves to be acting on the instruction of Henry II, murdered Archbistop Thomas Becket in the Cathedral. Until the destruction of his shrine in 1538 by Thomas Cromwell, the cathedral became a place of pilgrimage for the old and the sick. Millions passed through in the hope of redemption in the presence of the shrine of the saint devoted to the poor and the needy. However, ice-cream vendors, jugglers, whining children, French coach tour groups and Japanese snappers can easily dominate a visit today. The hustle, the bustle, the queues and the elbows can all make for a demanding and sticky summer morning outing...

Kirsty1 18.06.2002 · Read review
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Review of Canterbury (England)

Best Uni in the country

Advantages: Friendly, great social,
Disadvantages: Expensive to live in town

...Having been to UKC for three years, I can look back and safely say that I have had a fantastic university career. Friendly from the start, UKC opens it's arms to new students unlike some other universities around the country. There's a huge variety of clubs and societies and with the halls being self contained, you really get socially involved and the university becomes your life. As well as the fun fun fun side of things, UKC also has an exemplary scholastic record. With many departments scoring very highly in the government league tables (biology and psychology getting 24 out of 24 each), there are worse places to study. Being so close to the continent has it advantages, attracting a huge number of students from across Europe. There is a truly multicultural feel to the place, with Europeans, Asians, Africans and Americans all living...

pikebe 24.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Kent University, Canterbury

TYLER COURT

Advantages: Probably the nicest place to stay on campus
Disadvantages: It's a tad expensive!

...When I applied to go to Kent University it was at the last minute (about 2 weeks before my results!) and so did not get to apply for accommodation in the normal way. I was assigned my accommodation by the University and was given the option to live in Tyler Court or to find my own place to stay! So I decided to take up my place in Tyler Court Block C, which is (if I do say so myself) probably the best place to live on campus. APPLYING From what I have heard from the people who actually applied properly, to apply for accommodation you either fill in a form which they send you in the post (I'd recommend doing this ASAP especially if you hope to get in here!) or you can fill in an on-line application form which will be detailed in the letter accompanying your postal application. All the details of the rooms and rates can be found...

robynpennock 30.10.2005 (31.10.2005) · Read review
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Review of Kent University, Canterbury

THE CANTERBURY TALES VISITOR ATTRACTION

Advantages: Wonderful experience, excellently presented, combination of sounds, smells and sights
Disadvantages: Can be busy in summer

...***** Firstly, I’ll just make clear from the outset, that this op is on only one attraction in Canterbury, the Canterbury Tales Visitor Attraction. I have given Ciao a few product suggestions of late, but was advised to write about the attraction under the category of the nearest town, since they only wanted the major cities (Edinburgh, London etc) to have subcategories of attractions and museums. I’ve just explained this so you don’t rate me as UH straight off for writing about only one aspect of this fabulous historical city – believe me, if I could write about everything that Canterbury had to offer, I would! I decided however that since this is one of my favourite places to visit whenever I return down south, it really was worthy of a mention in its own right. ***** I am pretty sure that most people...

weebagpuss 08.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of Canterbury (England)

Had the best time ever!

Advantages: Nice and quiet place for study, spacious campus with lots of facilities including a large library in the centre of campus
Disadvantages: Far from other cities and towns which could be annoying for those who enjoy going as nightlife in canterbury is not that great!

...I have just graduated from an Economics degree at the university and have ordered my robes and photographs for the graduation ceremony due to take place in the well known canterbury cathedral in July. Definately I would say that the past three years of university has been the best time of my life so far...and what a special place to have to celebrate the end of my uni life and have my graduation ceremony take place at the canterbury cathedral. It will certainly be an emotional day for myself and my family and also a day to celebrate the end of our degrees with my friends and other students in my course. Although I can see myself visiting the town and the university again in the future, I will definately miss being a student there. Eventhough this university wasnt my first choice, I think that I was lucky to have chosen this university...

emaweee 26.06.2006 · Read review
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