NEWS: University of Cumbria alumnus Andy Griffiths has reflected on the "incredible" feeling of winning a medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The 33-year-old, who studied Primary Education, claimed bronze in the men’s +110kg weightlifting event. Read more: news.cumbria.ac.uk/news/andy-gr...

NEWS: Graduate Shannon Holmes is helping drive efforts to reduce health inequality in Cumbria. The Cumbria Health employee has completed her Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship. Shannon – who gave birth just two weeks before graduation – wrote her dissertation on a proposed ‘health van’.

NEWS: University of Cumbria becomes a founding member of the Defence Universities Alliance. To read the full story: brnw.ch/21x45TU #CumbriaUni #ShapingTheFutureOfBarrow

University of Cumbria becomes a founding member of the Defence Universities Alliance | University of Cumbria News

The University of Cumbria has secured a place at the forefront of a major new national defence partnership as a founding member of the Defence Universities Alliance (DUA).

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NEWS: We’re thrilled to be welcoming thousands to Carlisle’s Historic Quarter and city centre this week as our July 2026 graduation ceremonies take place. Read more: brnw.ch/21x477H #CumbriaUni #CumbriaGraduate #WeAreCumbria #Graduation #Carlisle

Celebrating success this week at University of Cumbria graduations | University of Cumbria News

School children, university staff and students from around the world are converging in Carlisle this week for the University of Cumbria summer graduations at the city’s 900-year-old cathedral.

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NEWS: We’re gearing up for our summer graduations at Carlisle Cathedral over 14-16 July. An honorary doctorate – our highest honorary award – will be conferred upon Cumbrian sheep farmer and author James Rebanks. #CumbriaUni #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate news.cumbria.ac.uk/news/summer-...

Summer graduations for University of Cumbria take place this month | University of Cumbria News

Nine ceremonies across three days - 14-16 July - at Carlisle Cathedral

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NEWS: Our #CumbriaUni Radiography students working with Uncovering Roman Carlisle, using X-ray imaging to reveal secrets of items found during nationally significant Roman bathhouse dig at Carlisle Cricket Club. Applied learning and place-based collaboration in action. Read more: brnw.ch/21x3QqR

University of Cumbria radiography students help unlock Roman secrets | University of Cumbria News

Students and science are informing Carlisle's Roman history

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During our annual Degree Show, our Institute of Education, Arts and Society recently held a VIP event at our Brampton Road campus for arts educators. 300+ people also turned out for a special preview of the Made in Carlisle exhibition. Read more: news.cumbria.ac.uk/news/made-in... #CumbriaUni

NEWS: The University of Cumbria has secured almost £4m in government funding to help meet critical national skills needs in the defence sector. The university is among the 24 winners in the competition managed by the Office for Students for the Ministry of Defence. Read more: brnw.ch/21x3gf7

NEWS: #CumbriaUni is ranked No.1 in the Northwest and among the top 5 universities in the UK for graduate outcomes, according to latest HESA data. Read more: gloo.to/FHGX

NEWS: A #CumbriaUni postgraduate programme for nurses has been accredited by the Royal College of Nursing. The Professional Nurse Advocate programme has been accredited following a rigorous process, recognising high educational standards. Click the link below for story. #Nursing #Health #CPD

University of Cumbria secures Royal College of Nursing accreditation for specialist course | University of Cumbria News

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NEWS: The Brilliant Club Parent Power initiative has been introduced in Barrow to break down barriers to higher education. Our campus in Barrow hosted the first event. The initiative aims to improve access to education and unlock opportunity for local young people. Read more: brnw.ch/21x2sjc

Parent Power initiative introduced in Barrow to break down barriers to higher education | University of Cumbria News

University of Cumbria’s Barrow campus welcomed parents and carers from across Barrow-in-Furness for the first Parent Power event. It marks an important step in a new initiative designed to improve acc...

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NEWS: An @eclasproject.bsky.social grant has been awarded to @carlislecathedral.bsky.social to fund a joint research project with #CumbriaUni. Land, Landscape and Faith will explore the relationship of science and religion in Cumbrian landscapes and farming. Read the full story at gloo.to/FGYQ

Land, Landscape and Faith | University of Cumbria News

Carlisle Cathedral and the University of Cumbria awarded grant to explore the relationship of science and religion in Cumbrian landscapes and farming

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NEWS: #CumbriaUni success at Educate North Awards 2026. Winning the Digital and AI Innovation (University Sector) category, 'The Clarence Project', a 20-minute immersive experience, takes students into the world of Dr Clarence Adoo MBE who was paralysed after a road accident. #ENA2026

NEWS: On International Nurses' Day 2026, #CumbriaUni is delighted to announce that Sarah Morrison, Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed a Professor of Practice. #IND2026 #OurNursesOurFuture

NEWS: University of Cumbria to host prestigious World Food Prize Foundation UK Youth Institute. This milestone event marks the University of Cumbria as the first UK university to host this prestigious initiative. gloo.to/FWbk #CumbriaUni #AmblesideCampus

Jayne Moorby MBE, Head of Marketing at Ulverston-based Oxley Group, was yesterday awarded an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her lifelong service to industry and her outstanding contribution to skills development and community engagement across South Cumbria. #Graduation

That’s a wrap on our final day of November graduations. Seeing every graduate, more than 1,000 this week, celebrating their hard work has been wonderful. Here are some of today’s highlights. #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate #ClassOf2025 #GradLife #Graduation

🎓 David Williams has this week been awarded an Honorary Doctorate, our highest honorary award, for his contribution to Cumbria. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wXSDq #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate

NEWS: University of Cumbria celebrates prize winners from the first cohort of Professional Forester Degree Apprenticeship graduates. brnw.ch/21wXS1R

The stage is set for our third and final day of our November graduations. We look forward to welcoming 400 graduands from our Institute of Health as our university community, friends and family gather to mark their success. #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate #ClassOf2025 #GradLife #Graduation

Day two of our graduations today will see students from our Institute of Science and Environment, Institute of Heath and Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership celebrating success in the grand setting of Carlisle Cathedral. #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate #ClassOf2025 #GradLife #Graduation

And just like that, our first day of our November graduations is over in a flash. We are excited to see the difference our new cohort of teaching, psychology, occupational therapy and health and social care graduates will make in, for and beyond Cumbria. #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate #ClassOf2025

Over 1,000 students are celebrating this week completion of their undergraduate degrees and postgraduate studies in a range of academic fields. Three days of graduation ceremonies are taking place from 25–27 November. Read more: brnw.ch/21wXO9U

As our first day of November graduations gets underway, we congratulate 255 students who are graduating today from our Institute of Education, Arts and Society and our Institute of Health. #WeAreCumbria #CumbriaGraduate #ClassOf2025 #GradLife #Graduation

On the eve of our November graduations, data from @universities-uk.bsky.social shows the impact of universities. Training public sector workers is one of the most visible ways in which universities contribute to local communities. We'll be celebrating more at our #CumbriaUni graduations this week.

NEWS: #CumbriaUni's Professor Ian Convery and former postgraduate researcher Sally Hawkins have played key roles in shaping a new set of global rewilding guidelines that were unveiled at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. READ: gloo.to/Fxvx #Rewilding #IUCN #Research

University of Cumbria helps shape global rewilding guidelines launched at World Conservation Congress | University of Cumbria News

The University of Cumbria has played a pivotal role in shaping a landmark set of international guidelines for rewilding that have been launched at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (I...

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NEWS: Seven #CumbriaUni students are the latest researchers to contribute to an international collaboration seeking to strengthen resilience to flood hazards and disasters in the Indian Himalayan Region. Full Story: gloo.to/Fx4s #Research #Resilience #Kullu #HiFloDAT #Himalayas #TuringScheme

Students join Indian Himalayan research project building resilience and reducing disaster risks for vulnerable mountain communities | University of Cumbria News

Turing Scheme supports students' international research trip

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NEWS: Our university is leading community-driven research to create an underwater sound monitoring programme to better understand and protect Shetland’s coastal waters. Funded by Ecological Citizen(s) Network+, we're leading a partnership of academics and organisations, working with islanders.

NEWS: National paramedic education leader Ian Teague has joined our Institute of Health. FULL STORY: brnw.ch/21wW4MQ #CumbriaUni #DegreeApprenticeships #Paramedic #HigherEducation #University

University of Cumbria appoints national paramedic education leader Ian Teague as Professor of Practice | University of Cumbria News

A leading figure in paramedicine education, with a career spanning nearly four decades, has joined the University of Cumbria as a Professor of Practice.

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NEWS: The Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon John Healey MP, met staff and students when he visited our new Barrow campus this week. STORY: brnw.ch/21wW2YG #CumbriaUni #ShapingTheFutureOfBarrow #Barrow #HIgherEducation 📸 UK Ministry of Defence Crown Copyright