How a Degree Apprenticeship in Project Management gave me the confidence to progress
We sat down with project management student Katie Powell, to find out more about her time at the University of Cumbria.
Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Tagged Business
Everything you need to know about becoming a Paramedic
Paramedics have a highly responsible role, regularly being the senior ambulance service healthcare professional in a range of emergency and non-emergency situations. Paramedics are often the first healthcare professional on the scene to aid and assist patients when they are in their most vulnerable need of care provision.
Posted on Monday, January 6, 2020
Tagged Health and Wellbeing, Paramedic
Top 5 tips to get into Social Work
Deciding to train in a new profession can be daunting. Whether it is your first job, a career change or a logical next step, it can be difficult to know if you're making the best decision. To help you decide if Social Work is right for you, our Principal Lecturer Jim Greer gives his top tips on getting into Social Work.
Posted on Friday, December 13, 2019
Tagged Health and Wellbeing
How to turn your passion for sports into a career
Our Senior Lecturer, Stephen Rowell, talks about his experience working as a Sports Physiotherapist in Rugby League and Union after a career in the NHS and how his passion for sports drives him in his career.
Posted on Monday, December 9, 2019
Tagged Physiotherapy, Sport
Collaborating towards a multicultural Cumbria
The University of Cumbria has been working with Multicultural Cumbria for a number of years to raise awareness of the range of nationalities within the county. The partnership has strengthened as Multicultural Cumbria has found a home at the university’s campus in Fusehill Street, on the edge of Carlisle city centre.
Posted on Friday, December 6, 2019
Tagged Business
University of Cumbria: Winter Graduation 2019, 26/27/28 November
Graduation is a truly remarkable experience for everyone at the University of Cumbria, including our graduating students, their loved ones, academic staff and our business partners. Offering a chance to recognise the achievements of our students and wish them every success as they begin the next chapter of their careers.
Posted on Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Tagged Graduation
The perfect career as a Learning Disability Nurse
Diverse nursing roles can steer you far from the vision of a nurse in uniform caring for patients at their bedside within a Hospital setting. Graduate Shaheen Ratansi tells her story of the journey she has taken to find her perfect degree, starting a career in a supportive and empowering role as a Learning Disability Nurse.
Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Tagged Health and Wellbeing, Nursing
Fighting back to fitness: The difference between Sports Rehabilitation & Physiotherapy
Everyone suffers an injury or reoccurring physical issue at some point in life, however this can be the start of the confusion as you decide on whether you need a Physiotherapist or Sports Rehabilitator.
Posted on Friday, August 23, 2019
Tagged Health and Wellbeing, Physiotherapy, Sport
Media Arts and Performing Arts at the University of Cumbria
From wildlife media, game design and film & TV to acting, dance, musical theatre and performing arts - here is why you should study arts at the University of Cumbria.
Posted on Friday, August 16, 2019
Tagged Media Arts, Performing Arts
Law: 1st in the North West and in the Top 10 Nationally according to the Guardian League Tables
Law: 1st in the North West and in the Top 10 Nationally according to the Guardian League Tables
Posted on Friday, August 16, 2019
Tagged Law
Dare to make a difference in health
If you’re looking to make a difference, then choosing a profession that helps others could be the one for you. We have a range of courses that prepare you for highly fulfilling careers in a number a health professions.
Posted on Friday, August 16, 2019
Tagged Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Social Science
Top 3 Places to Eat, Drink and Visit Near our Campuses
You’re considering moving to one of our campuses and you’re faced with the burning question, what will I do when I’m not in lectures? To help you figure that out we have compiled our top 3 places to eat, drink and visit when living in Lancaster, Carlisle or Ambleside.
Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Tagged Ambleside, Carlisle, Lancaster, Student Life
6 hobbies and interests fit for a career in policing
In our digital age, many things have changed. More and more people are able to work remotely, from anywhere around the world, our interactions with those we love and work with can be over multiple platforms from Facebook to Skype.
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Tagged Policing
Professional Skills Tests Scrapped For 2020
After almost seven years of controversy, Nick Gibb, The Minister of State for School Standards, announced that QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) Professional Skills Tests will be scrapped for the academic year starting in 2020. Here is why the Institute of Education here at the University of Cumbria believes this is great news for prospective students considering teaching.
Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Tagged Education
Festival of Mental Health: The Benefits of Performance Art
Mental Health is building national awareness to educate and support people; arts and creativity being a favourable avenue to self-expression and inclusion.
Posted on Friday, July 12, 2019
Tagged Health and Wellbeing, Nursing, Performing Arts
'Filling' Anxious at the Dentist's Cell Regrowth For a New Smile
Some people are afraid to visit the dentist. For them, visits to the dentist are associated with feelings of anxiety about having to open their mouths for a relative stranger to examine them and worse, use what looks like a sharp instrument to drill holes into their teeth.
Posted on Monday, June 3, 2019
Tagged Science
Do microbes matter in climate change?
Microbes are single-celled organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, and unicellular algae. They can be found in all sorts of environments. To date, the vast majority of microbes are still unknown.
Posted on Monday, June 3, 2019
Tagged Science
Pre-registration Mental health Nursing.
At the university of Cumbria, we offer a course in Pre-registration Mental health Nursing, lasting 3 years. Having gained an Honours degree in the subject and having met the competence to join the Nursing and Midwifery Council and a registered Mental health Nurse (RMN), you’ll be equipped to begin your career as an RMN.
Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Tagged Health and Wellbeing, Midwifery, Nursing, Psychology
It’s (not) a man’s world: Males in Healthcare roles
The artificial boundaries between “careers for men”, and “careers for women” should by now have gone in the same direction as the dinosaurs. Sadly, that’s not always the case.
Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Tagged Health and Wellbeing
How do I get an agent as a performing arts graduate
The Graduate Showcase is a performance experience designed for soon to be graduating third year actors.
Posted on Friday, May 17, 2019
Tagged Performing Arts
Meet the Institute of Education Lecturers
Find out who will be teaching you on the Education degrees, how they got to where they are today and what advice they would give to their younger self.
Posted on Friday, May 3, 2019
Tagged Education
Funding available for teaching degrees
Teaching bursaries and finance support. If you're thinking about a career in teaching, you'll probably be checking out all the different routes into the profession and looking at different courses. One of your considerations will have to be how you pay for your course, your accommodation, and other expenses while you are studying.
Posted on Friday, May 3, 2019
Tagged Education
University of Cumbria Excels in Student Opinion Survey
Student happiness is always a high priority for all universities, but particularly the University of Cumbria. The reason is self-evident - happier students are more engaged and more inclined to find their time in university fulfilling and useful.
Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Tagged Student Hub, Undergraduate
Cranston's found their perfect Intern from the Institute of the Arts
Cranstons Butchers Ltd has recently been working with intern Rachel Stewart, who is studying a BA in Graphic Design at the Institute of the Arts. We asked Jane Silburn, Head of Marketing and Retail Development at Cranstons why they decided on an intern and what the intern bought to the company.
Posted on Monday, April 29, 2019
Tagged Art and Design
Who are the Primary Education Tutors
Meet the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Tutors, find out where they studied, what motivates them to teach on the PGCE and what their personal hobbies are.
Posted on Monday, April 29, 2019
Tagged Education
Who are the photography lecturers.
The photography lecturers calibre is hard to beat, they are all practising artists in their own right and bring their knowledge of the industry and creative skills to the students doing photography degree courses at the Institute of the Arts.
Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2019
Tagged Media Arts
It is never too late to start training in Dance.
Stevie Prickett, Senior Lecturer in Dance and Physical Theatre. It is never too late to start training in Dance, if you have a passion go for it!
Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Tagged Performing Arts
Never lose sight of your own dance goals.
I first went to ballroom dance classes with my twin sister at the age of 7, l loved them, she hated them – so we went swimming instead. When I eventually chose dance 7 years later as one of my GCSE’s I had no experience just enthusiasm but became smitten with making up dances. That's when my love of choreography began.
Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Tagged Performing Arts