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The President of the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation, which represents the nurses' associations of more than 50 countries, has been awarded the University of Cumbria’s highest honour.

The University of Cumbria is growing its academic provision, helping to deliver its long-term strategic mission to provide enhanced higher education and address regional and sector demands for higher-level skills.

Internationally recognised in the fields of nursing, midwifery and education, a North of England health trust leader along with a former High Sheriff will join 1,200 students who are graduating from the University of Cumbria next week. 

The Development Woodland Officer programme, supported by University of Cumbria, offers an exciting career pathway into the forestry sector for people from all backgrounds and abilities.

The University of Cumbria has joined the conversation with its first-ever series of podcasts highlighting ‘real-world’ research.

Plans to create a new university campus as part of a wider vision to transform lives in a recognised higher education (HE) ‘cold spot’ have taken a major step forward. 

Bradley Brook is a new outdoor photography exhibition by University of Cumbria academic Tristan Poyser, exploring our relationship with nature and the benefit to our mental health and wellbeing.

The first confirmed sighting of a pine marten in south Cumbria for over a decade has been recorded on a remote camera in Grizedale Forest.

The UK’s biggest gathering of pollinator enthusiasts and professionals will be hosted by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust, at the University of Cumbria in Carlisle on Friday 23 September. 

It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her steadfast and selfless commitment to over seventy years of service to others has brought comfort, joy and unity to many millions of people across our communities, country and globe, not least during times of great challenge and uncertainty.

A welcome event to mark the start of the new Development Woodland Officer apprenticeship programme has taken place at Cannock Chase Forest, Rugeley.  

The NHS is facing a staffing crisis.  The British Medical Association estimates that the current shortfall is over 50,000 doctors.  The shortage in the number of doctors is unevenly spread across the UK, mirroring the distribution of social deprivation and health inequality, with the North of England particularly affected – 11 per cent of NHS posts are vacant compared to 3 per cent in London.