Preliminary abuse research revealed
Preliminary research carried out by the University of Cumbria examining abuse against men has revealed cases of verbal, physical and sexual aggression. The work, by Dr Liz Bates a senior lecturer in applied psychology at the university, began in March and although detailed analysis has yet to be carried out, initial findings are sobering.
Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017
University dance lecturer sees successful collaborative project head to North America
Stevie Prickett, lecturer in dance and physical theatre at the University of Cumbria’s Institute of the Arts' recently celebrated the North American premiere of his latest collaborative performance project 'Reassembled Slightly Askew', as it enjoyed a five-day residency at the Summerworks performance festival in Toronto.
Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Windermere exercise builds on police partnership
University of Cumbria forensic and investigative science lecturer Ashleigh Hunt has spent time on exercise with new forensic evidence search dogs employed by Cumbria Police. Sansa and Harley are trained to detect a body on land and water and were put through their paces on Windermere.
Posted on Friday, August 11, 2017
Sci fi success for University of Cumbria academic
A Cumbria academic has returned triumphant from a New York sci fi film festival. Fine art programme leader Jane Topping, based at the University of Cumbria’s Institute of the Arts, won ‘best short film’ for her production Peter which was shown at the 5th Annual Philip K Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.
Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2017
Trans Atlantic arts collaboration takes off
A unique collaboration between an American artist and the University of Cumbria’s Institute of the Arts has resulted in the creation of a new piece of choreography based around the theme of exhaustion. Sculpture and film artist Sandy Williams is a graduate of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and spent several weeks working with the University of Cumbria’s fine art programme based at Brampton Road.
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Universities team up to boost innovation in Cumbria
A new £4.1 million business support project will help Cumbria businesses grow by accelerating the research and development of new products and services. Lancaster University and the University of Cumbria are launching the ‘Cumbria Innovations Platform,’ which will signpost and deliver technical and management expertise to assist in the commercialisation of new ideas to the county’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Student-run community sporting events boost fitness and raise money for charity
Over 500 school pupils and 200 adults have enjoyed a series of sport and health-related activities organised by final year P.E. sport coaching and development students from the University of Cumbria. Charities shared £1500 raised from seven community sporting events held in April and May.
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2017
University's first Three Minute Thesis (3MT ®) success
For the first time the University of Cumbria has staged a competition which highlighted a range of research PhD’s, each with a practical application, that are currently underway. The idea of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT ®) came from the University of Queensland in 2008. The winning submission was from Malabika Ghosh, the clinical lead for rehabilitation at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who is completing a PhD which examines the rehabilitation of patients after stroke.
Posted on Friday, June 16, 2017
Vivienne Westwood brings climate change debate to Cumbria
British icon, entrepreneur and fashion guru Vivienne Westwood entertained a packed audience at the University of Cumbria in Ambleside when she spoke about her passion for the environment. In a wide-ranging and sometimes challenging discussion about life, climate change and her love of constant learning through reading, her talk enthralled an audience made up of students, staff, university supporters and fans of the designer.
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Researchers put best foot forward at Active Ageing conference
Could low frequency high intensity interval training (HIIT) sessions and recreational dancing really help older individuals maintain optimum health in later life? That along with other pioneering and perhaps less conventional research will be discussed at the second annual Active Ageing symposium on Friday 23 June at the University of Cumbria’s Lancaster campus.
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
National honour for Cumbrian academic
The University of Cumbria’s director of research is preparing to deliver a prestigious lecture she describes as the pinnacle of her career so far. Professor Diane Cox, who is also the head of the university’s graduate school, is finalising her presentation for the Casson Memorial Lecture which forms part of the 41st Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ Annual Conference at the ICC, in Birmingham next week (19 & 20 June 2017
Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017
Lottery funding to help preserve Morecambe Bay natural history
The University of Cumbria along with Natural England, the Forestry Commission and Cumbria Wildlife Trust has received support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the development of the South Cumbria species restoration programme. Development funding worth £174,500 has been awarded to a project aimed at developing the area’s landscape through a community-led species restoration programme; species such as the pine marten could be among those reintroduced to the Morecambe Bay area.
Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Ageing research is front page news
While muscle in our bodies will change with age, keeping active in later life may well be key to fending off other illnesses and maintaining overall health. Dr Lawrence Hayes, lecturer in exercise physiology at the university, together with Dr Mark Ross of Edinburgh Napier University have written an article highlighting the subject which appears in the latest edition of Sport and Exercise Scientist.
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2017
Cumbria receives bronze in Teaching Excellence Framework
The University of Cumbria has been awarded bronze by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) which today released the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Cumbria’s bronze award shows the university is ‘delivering teaching, learning and outcomes for its students that meet rigorous national quality requirements for UK higher education.’
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2017
Cumbria outdoors is big in Japan
Ambleside-based reader in outdoor studies Dr Chris Loynes is a well-known figure in the UK and now in the Far East too where he was keynote speaker at the 20th Japanese Outdoor Education Society Conference. His presentation European Outdoor Education: challenged by and challenging modernity considered how outdoor education has developed over the years and how changes today threaten to undermine the benefits of the great outdoors.
Posted on Friday, June 23, 2017
London campus celebrates 10 years of success
Over 40 teachers who learned their craft in the heart of the East End of London have returned to the campus to celebrate its tenth anniversary. East India Dock Road in Tower Hamlets is home to the University of Cumbria’s London campus and the main base for a range of teacher training courses.
Posted on Friday, June 30, 2017
Innovative university health partnership puts Cumbria in the digital vanguard
An innovative partnership between NHS England, the University of Cumbria and an NHS social enterprise has been formed to extend the university’s digital health course. 15 students from 8 NHS Vanguard organisations ranging from the Isle of Wight to the north of England have now embarked on the course
Posted on Monday, July 3, 2017
Icelandic student comes to Cumbria to study the outdoors
For a man who comes from a country known for active volcanoes, glaciers and spectacular waterfalls Andri Numason might be forgiven for finding the Cumbrian landscape tame by comparison. But the Icelandic University of Cumbria outdoors education student loves the Lake District and has just spent a week exploring the area while studying an MA in the subject.
Posted on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
'Exciting privilege' to be university's first director of industrial strategy
The university’s first director of industrial strategy, professional development and skills has a brief which includes a mission to recruit more students to study apprenticeships and expand the university’s interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM.) Professor Andy Gale is also aiming to increase Cumbria's international appeal which could lead to students from the county spending time studying abroad.
Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Students say it's never too old too late to learn
For the first time in Cumbria mature university students are aiming to prove that you’re never too old to learn. A team, made up of students from the University of Cumbria who’ve all either come to higher education in later life, has been formed to spread the word at events across the county.
Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2017
