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Carlisle teenager learning how to be a perfect role model

Becca Hudson photo Fresh-faced and fashionable, 17-year-old Becca Hudson stands out from the crowd.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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Government minister to be asked to give Cumbria university long-term support

Carlisle MP Eric Martlew and University of Cumbria vice chancellor Professor Peter McCaffery are seeking guarantees of support for the cash-strapped institution from the higher education minister David Lammy.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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University of Cumbria to axe 60 courses in effort to overcome £20 million deficit

The crisis-hit University of Cumbria has revealed that nearly 60 courses will be axed and a radical shake-up of faculties and management will go-ahead.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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Students plan demonstration over Cumbria university courses threat

Students are planning a demonstration next week to coincide with the first of two crucial meetings being held by University of Cumbria senior managers.

Last updated 19 February 2010
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No Carlisle riverside campus for Cumbria university in next ten years

The leader of the University of Cumbria today confirmed that it would not build a campus on the Caldew Riverside in Carlisle in the next decade.

Last updated 5 February 2010
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Cumbria university tells staff it cannot pay wage increase

All 1,700 staff at the University of Cumbria have been told there is no cash to honour a nationally-agreed pay rise.

Last updated 5 February 2010
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The moment fiction and reality collide

In a dingy room in Cotham Street Debbie Ryan is sitting on the bed holding a razor blade. There are lacerations on her arms and empty pill packets lie by her side.

Last updated 23 January 2010
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Five hundred Cumbrian teachers eligible for masters course

MORE than 500 teachers across Cumbria are eligible to become the first in the country to embark on the profession’s new masters-level qualification.

Last updated 22 January 2010
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Scale of cuts needed to save fledgling Cumbria university revealed

The full extent of the crisis at Cumbria’s university emerged yesterday in a memo to its 1,700 staff.

Last updated 18 December 2009
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Cumbria university boss in plea to county MPs

THE vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria is calling on the county’s MPs and peers to lobby the Government for support in a bid to help secure the institution’s future.

Last updated 11 December 2009
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Carlisle-born engineer wins masters scholarship

Carlisle-born engineer James Lowery has been awarded a scholarship to study for a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at the London Business School.

Last updated 4 December 2009
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