Student experience
The University of Cumbria is a passionate advocate of the life-transforming power
of education. It is dedicated to unlocking the potential of its students, now and in
the future.
Our students live and learn on campuses that are as The University of Cumbria’s Lancaster campus student
diverse as the courses that they pursue. Whether studying rugby league team won the British University Sports
journalism and media studies at Brampton Road, Carlisle, Association (BUSA) Lancashire league with an unbeaten
wildlife conservation at Newton Rigg, Penrith or sport record and the football team finished second in the BUSA
at the Lancaster campus, our undergraduates’ individual Northern Conference.
and collective educational experiences are the lifeblood
of the university. Olympic judo hope and trainee PE teacher Danny Harper
was awarded a £000-a-year sports scholarship by the
Unique to our student experience is Stilwell, a virtual soap University of Cumbria to help fund his teaching degree
opera used to teach advanced nurse practitioners and course at Lancaster. He is ranked third in the Great
paramedics. In this fictitious multimedia medical practice Britain Under-20s age group and a member of the British
students make real decisions about a patient’s health in Judo Association’s 202 performance squad, which was
relation to their family, work and community but without established to nurture athletes with the potential to
real life consequences if they make a mistake. compete in the London Olympics.
Outdoor education students drew up an exciting A six-month study into how red squirrels move between
timetable of challenges in the Lake District when celebrity fragmented areas of woodland on the Solway Plain in
chef Aldo Zilli launched the university’s healthy lifestyle Cumbria could lead to new conservation measures. Former
camps. The Italian cook was severely tested on the conservation student Cally Quigley is placing hundreds of
Newton Rigg campus high-ropes course and indoor plastic tubes in hedgerows. Baited with food and lined
climbing wall before ghyll scrambling at Honister Pass with sticky tape to trap hairs, the tubes will enable Cally to
and canoeing on Derwentwater. determine their movements. Her research is funded by the
People’s Trust for Endangered Species. Cumbria is one of
The appliance of science is benefiting the beautiful game. the few remaining strongholds of red squirrels.
University of Cumbria sport graduate Kerry Morrow is
using specialist software to analyse the performance of
Carlisle United FC players. Games are taped and events
such as shots on goal, tackles and crosses enable the team
coach to identify strengths and weaknesses. This exciting
collaboration between the club and the university could
lead to closer ties.
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