Colleges are equipped to give you skills for life

Published 9 May 2008

Cath Richardson, principal at Lakes College West Cumbria, on the range of activity at colleges

Our future needs us to invest in learning now

Published 29 April 2008

Mick Farley, UCLan director for Cumbria on a landmark piece of legislation

A smooch transition for cinemas?

Published 23 April 2008

Partnership adds export expertise

Published 23 April 2008

Professor’s research to help cancer patients at work

Published 23 April 2008

A UNIVERSITY of Cumbria professor has been invited to join a research team that will study cancer patients when they return to work.

University aims to team up with Furness College

Published 23 April 2008

Copping a £188,000 grant and looking to the East

Published 23 April 2008

University to help train our future police officers

Published 27 March 2008

UNIVERSITY of Cumbria and Cumbria Constabulary are joining forces to train the country’s police officers of the future. The two organisations are working in partnership to provide learning opportunities for existing staff and those who aspire to join the police.

Chef David mentors Meg, 13, to UK final

Published 27 March 2008

THE University of Cumbria’s Head Chef, David Gunn, has been mentoring 13-year-old Meg Leslie to cookery success at the national FutureChef 2008 competition.

Students win RTS awards

Published 27 March 2008

UNIVERSITY of Cumbria students are celebrating after recently receiving three awards at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards in Gateshead.

Helping to create a campus for Lillyhall

Published 27 March 2008

WORK has begun to recruit a high-quality project director to develop a new integrated University of Cumbria campus at Lillyhall in West Cumbria.

Prospectus launched

Published 27 March 2008

THE University of Cumbria has launched its new 2009 undergraduate prospectus and is now available to prospective students across the country, kick-starting the University’s recruitment for September 2009.

Resti wins bursary after fleeing persecution

Published 27 March 2008

RESTITUTO Alonso, who left the Phillipines to escape racial persecution, has been awarded The David J Moore Memorial Bursary by awarding body OCNW.

Apprenticeships reflect UK trend

Published 27 March 2008

EDUCATION secretary Ed Balls recently credited young people, schools, colleges and those offering work-based training for exceeding targets for 2008.

Keeping fit with Zilli the Kid

Published 27 March 2008

CELEBRITY chef Aldo Zilli is launching ‘healthy lifestyle’ camps for British youngsters – and the flamboyant culinary star is throwing his weight behind the University of Cumbria’s answer to Britain’s teenage obesity crisis.

Parental support makes the difference

Published 26 March 2008

AT THE end of last month the Government announced a number of reviews of higher education (HE) to determine how a future HE system might look. One of the reviews is about increasing higher level skills by engaging employers; another relates to widening participation.

Universities’ crucial role in UK economy

Published 26 March 2008

EVERY year at about this time the Secretary of State at the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills writes to the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, setting out his expectations from the Funding Council for the year ahead.

The right foundation for businesses

Published 26 March 2008

WITH the introduction of foundation degrees, the whole concept of higher education has changed. For those who are still a little confused, a foundation degree is work- based learning qualification delivered by colleges and universities in partnership with local employers.

Paul on way to career in carpentry

Published 26 March 2008

PAUL Parkinson is studying joinery at Lakes College as a mature student – and is the first student on the course who uses a wheelchair.