Higher & Further Education

Improving your career prospects

Published 21 August 2008

MANY people who didn’t go on to university after leaving school find that they can only get so far in their chosen career.

Make your university life easier now

Published 21 August 2008

THERE’S a lot to be done before you head of to university or college.

Students enter the dragons’ den

Published 21 August 2008

Pupils learn how to aim even higher

Published 21 August 2008

So what are you doing tonight – Salsa? Belly dancing?

Published 20 August 2008

EVERY year when the nights start to draw in I think: what shall I do tonight? I’ve been trying to learn Italian for about 20 years now. I’ve had private tutors, I’ve tried to learn from tapes, CDs – but I’ve never yet been to an evening class.

Lakes College: people people!

Published 20 August 2008

Planning now for a future generation

Published 20 August 2008

THE University of Cumbria is set to play a vital role in the future health of people in Cumbria. Visiting Professor and Director of Public Health, Dr John Ashton, said the university must help shape the future of public health by providing resources and expertise to help the region face a unique challenge in the next two decades.

Summer learning pays, in more ways than one

Published 20 August 2008

New courses mean even greater career opportunities

Published 20 August 2008

Architects have designs on University master plan

Published 20 August 2008

University finds that it’s good to talk

Published 25 July 2008

THE UNIVERSITY of Cumbria has won a contract to provide training in the North West for the government’s Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies programme.

Stepping into the virtual economy

Published 25 July 2008

THE UNIVERSITY of Cumbria opened its doors to Workington businesses last month. Budding entrepreneurs had the chance to find out how to maximise their marketing powers by using the internet as a means of selling their products.

My life as a student at Lakes College

Published 25 July 2008

Frances Flanagan writes about life as a student

Students engineer some of their own success

Published 25 July 2008

TWO of West Cumbria’s top engineering students have been recognised at an awards ceremony at Lakes College.

Artists draw on talents

Published 25 July 2008

LAKES College arts students have been displaying their work in an exhibition. The artwork, which was on show in the college’s Learning Resource Centre, included sketches of a wounded heart and balls of husky hair in a bowl made from Marino lambswool.