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University of Cumbria secures major NIHR grant for Family Wellbeing Partnership evaluation
The University of Cumbria has been awarded £130,000 from a collaborative £202,000 grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Three Schools Prevention Research Programme to evaluate the Family Wellbeing Partnership, a transformative initiative led by Cumbria Community Foundation and funded by Sellafield Ltd.
University of Cumbria’s central role in new £4.2 million global health research partnership
The University of Cumbria joins a worldwide consortium of 11 health institutions, researchers, health economists, non-profit organisations and industry experts that are working together to help to reduce costs and make the diagnosis of a variety of diseases more accessible.
Two higher education leaders bring their international research experience to Cumbria’s university
University of Cumbria today announces two new exceptional academics with international reputations in the form of Professor Robert Montgomery, a new director for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the university’s Institute of Science and Environment, and Professor Yanguo Jing, the university’s new Dean of the Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership.
The experts that can outsmart optical illusions
A research collaboration led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and involving University of Cumbria has found that medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions.
University of Cumbria part of consortium awarded funding to transform dementia support
Professor Amanda Taylor-Beswick is one of three professors from the University of Cumbria, Northumbria University and Newcastle University, working with digital health hub NortHFutures, NHS Trusts and other stakeholders across the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) region, as part of the Technology Empowered Dementia Independence (TEDI) Network Plus.
University of Cumbria joins forces with Fuse
University of Cumbria has joined Fuse to bring fresh expertise in health inequalities, social determinants of health, knowledge exchange, and rural and coastal health - expanding the Centre’s ability to address the unique challenges faced by communities in these areas.
Powerful research in pioneering podcasts
Acclaimed for internationally renowned research, University of Cumbria is introducing seven compelling podcasts showcasing work destined to make a difference.
Thanks to humans, inshore waters of British Columbia and Washington State are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully
University of Cumbria part of new international research team
University assists award-winning filmmaker in quest to save native red squirrel
In a county that is home to some of the UK's remaining red squirrel populations, academics and students at the University of Cumbria have been working alongside award-winning filmmaker Terry Abraham on his latest project.
Full planning permission granted for new university campus in Barrow, Cumbria
Proposals to create a university campus in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria have been granted full planning permission.
New rewilding handbook aims to change conservation conversations
As the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) takes place in Canada, internationally renowned academics from the University of Cumbria are taking a leading role in a new book that looks to shape future conversations about conservation and rebuilding nature.