University of Cumbria

The University of Cumbria and Imperial College London are working together to launch a new graduate entry medical school in Carlisle, an area of England where the recruitment and retention of medical staff remains a significant challenge.…
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More than £1 million has been awarded to the Universities of Cumbria and Salford to support the education of new sonographers in north-west England through a virtual North West Ultrasound Academy. Funding has come from the newly created…
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A student radiographer who returned to placement to support the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic has had her video diary account featured on national news. As reported previously in RAD Magazine, radiography student Ismat Khan from the…
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Two students with stand-out leadership skills have both won a place on a prestigious national health programme. University of Cumbria students Ismat Khan and Matthew Price applied for a place on the Council of Deans of Health UK Student…
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Professor of radiography at the University of Salford Peter Hogg and senior lecturer at the University of Cumbria Ken Holmes are leading an international effort to develop e-learning resources for radiographers caring for patients with…
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Following new NHS funding, University of Cumbria is planning an innovative way of training sonographers to ensure they are better prepared for clinical placement and to increase NHS capacity to train them. The university has secured a…
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On World Cancer Day on February 4, the University of Cumbria announced that it is starting new research that will help to shape future national NHS cancer services. The university’s Health and Social Care Evaluations (HASCE) team has…
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Vicky Norman University of Cumbria medical imaging student Vicky Norman from Carlisle has not only joined around 50 colleagues in graduating but also received a prestigious prize in recognition of her progress over the course.  She was…
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Professional lead for medical sciences Charles Sloane, The Christie principal radiographer Susan Todd and practice education facilitator Matthew Stephenson. Diagnostic radiography students at the University of Cumbria are to benefit from…
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The first cohort of the Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Science. Students on the first cohort of a new Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Science began their course at the University of Cumbria last month.  The two-year course for physics…
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