Fri 23 June 2017
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.
Thu 22 June 2017
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.
Thu 22 June 2017
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.’
Wed 21 June 2017
She may not at first glance look like a typical rugby player, but final-year occupational therapy postgraduate student Charlotte Drinkald has plenty of experience in the sport and is putting it to good use.
Wed 21 June 2017
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.
Wed 21 June 2017
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.
Tue 20 June 2017
Research work which examined the visual perception of babies in the womb carried out at the University of Cumbria ultrasound laboratory in Lancaster and Blackpool Victoria Hospital has prompted significant international interest.
Fri 16 June 2017
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.
Thu 15 June 2017
Should social media play a part in the classroom? Professor John Hattie, researcher in education and director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute, posed the question during a thought-provoking and challenging conference held at the University of Cumbria.
Wed 14 June 2017
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cumbria, Prof Julie Mennell, will open the summer meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of History and Natural History (SHNH) to be held in Cumbria this week.
Wed 14 June 2017
A shared concern for the welfare of sheep farmers on two different continents has brought two academics together in what it’s hoped could be the start of an international collaboration.
Tue 13 June 2017
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.
