Specialist symposium aims to highlight changes to police service
The University of Cumbria has assembled a range of experts to consider what effects the professionalisation of policing will have on police staff and the population they serve. As part of the university's tenth anniversary celebrations, the Police Symposium to be held on June 8 2017 at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus will bring together a wide spectrum of expertise in policing.
Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Students practise their skills to help uphold the law
Policing and law students at the University of Cumbria came together in order to assume the roles that, once they graduate, they eventually hope to secure. In a simulated exercise which covered locations in Stanwix, Carlisle and at Carlisle Crown Court, they investigated, took statements, and later undertook prosecution and defence roles in a court hearing originating from an offence re-enacted at the ‘crime house’ at the Brampton Road campus.
Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Students keep Beijing Biddies Tuk Tuk Challenge in the spotlight
Six students from Cumbria University are helping to keep the Beijing Biddies in the spotlight as they undertake their third and final charity challenge. The students, who are in their second and third years, have volunteered to handle social media, take photographs, write a blog and keep a video diary of the team as they drive around Britain in two Tuk Tuks to raise money for the fight against children’s cancers.
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Fiona Armstrong visits University of Cumbria Brampton Road campus
When Vice Chancellor Professor Julie Mennell & former Border Television and ITN presenter Fiona Armstrong (now Lady McGregor) were introduced at the recent Royal Television Awards, North East and Borders, Professor Mennell proposed a visit to the university’s Brampton Road campus. A tour of the campus was arranged, to demonstrate the development that has taken place since Fiona’s last visit to the site, when it was the estate of the university’s legacy institution, Cumbria Institute of the Arts.
Posted on Friday, April 7, 2017
University of Cumbria unveils clinical skills laboratory at Carlisle campus
The formal opening of the University of Cumbria’s upgraded clinical skill laboratories in Carlisle took place on Thursday 6 April. Sally Cheshire, chair, Health Education England (North) performed the ceremony, while the event was hosted by Vice Chancellor Professor Julie Mennell.
Posted on Friday, April 7, 2017
Eco-innovation project launches in Cumbria
Around 70 business representatives from across Cumbria attended the launch of a £2.1 million project to help small and medium sized businesses in the county benefit from expertise across the University of Cumbria, Lancaster University and the University of Central Lancashire.
Posted on Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Cinderella goes to the Ball – Stateside
This intriguing title is the name of a learning collaboration between the University of Cumbria law degree (LLB Law) programme and Coastal Pines Technical College (Paralegal Studies) in the state of Georgia, USA. Both institutions have formed an alliance that enables their law students to learn from each other and to discuss the similarities and differences, the benefits and challenges of each other’s legal systems. Yesterday saw the two groups of students engage in an intense debate across the
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2017
High fliers of the future visit University of Cumbria
The University of Cumbria recently welcomed two aspiring young students to their Fusehill Street campus. The girls, Leah Kennerley and Laila Ridyard, both 9, had written to members of staff asking for the opportunity to gain an insight into their chosen careers.
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Nursing students "ready for a demanding but rewarding career.”
Many third year University of Cumbria nursing students are about to join the ranks of the organisation at a time of major change within the profession. From the development of new roles such as associate nurses to new ways of providing community healthcare, candidates leaving this year will arguably have the widest range of opportunities open to them.
Posted on Friday, March 24, 2017
Pioneer of holidays for working people is subject of new book
Douglas Hope is a PhD graduate from the University of Cumbria whose fascination with Thomas Arthur Leonard, founder of both the Co-operative Holidays Association (CHA) and the Holiday Fellowship (HF), has led to several years of intensive research and the publication of a book that details Leonard’s achievements and legacy.
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2017
