Connect Winter 2015 by University of Cumbria

CONNECT Winter 2015

JUDGES DESCRIBE STUDENT’S FILM AS “STUNNING” University academic wins top award University addresses NHS shortage

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Two local charities benefit from students’ sporting activities Student’s film success at New Designers 2015 Student Quality Ambassadors Student campaigns for training to reduce suicide numbers Jocelyn and Christine provide expert support for a winning English rugby team

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Stem labs Chinese academics visit Carlisle and Lancaster campuses Ground-breaking partnership agreement between Carlisle United and the University of Cumbria University collaborates to hold conference on domestic violence It’s greener up north - university second in national league table University addresses NHS shortage Professor Conrad Atkinson opens new university art gallery Walking the Line Appointment of new professors and associate professors It’s time to get on your bike

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04 University academic receives top award 05 A magical trip 06 Dean sheds light on science in health care 07 STAFF PROFILE: Reverend Matthew Firth 08 Jem nominated as ‘Thought Leader in Social Partnerships’ 08 Royal viewing of quilt 09 Historical Association honours Sue 10 Was it debates about ‘vice’ that shaped Victorian society? 11 Want to know about jammers and blockers? Just ask Georgia 12 Congratulations

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FOREWORD For example, a major issue will be that the analysis will result in a grade given at the level of the whole institution, despite the fact that NSS data are gathered at subject level—and there will inevitably be variation between subjects in any institution. While it may be the case that first-class teaching exists alongside some that is not quite up to scratch, it will still follow that either all courses can raise their fees or none can, depending on whether the benchmark is considered to be met or not. And how will the standards of teaching be measured? Widely accepted measures of excellence in teaching obviously include really knowing your subject, adopting a scholarly approach to teaching, integrating research with teaching, good organisation, and demonstrating a distinct student focus, but they will be difficult to quantify. Value for money is a familiar challenge to universities in the increasingly consumer driven market that is HE. Surveys, league tables and key information sets highlight it and extend its influence, as students base their decisions on an institution’s position in the latest rankings. Teaching is the latest HE activity to come under scrutiny. To address ministerial perceptions (largely un-evidenced) of inadequate teaching and to reassure students on the quality they can expect at the university of their choice, the government has now published an HE Green Paper in which it reveals proposals for a new teaching excellence assessment exercise. This expensive administrative exercise will take into account statistics such as the National Student Satisfaction Survey, staff teaching qualifications, employment prospects and progress made by students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and universities will be awarded either pass or fail. Those that pass at the standard grade or better will be permitted to raise their tuition fees in line with inflation. It is proposed that there should be a higher level of award, a kite-mark, for a relatively small number of institutions that can demonstrate exceptional teaching performance. This new emphasis on teaching quality in the league tables may well present a more balanced picture of university strengths than at present, but how closely the government’s criteria for measuring quality will align with accepted notions of what makes good teaching remains to be seen. With just seven months to develop the framework, legislators will have to rely on previously assimilated data–student satisfaction or employment rates for example–to inform their decisions, and it’s clear that some of these statistics will give an unrepresentative picture. Comparing employability figures for, say, a music degree against a teaching degree, while putting institutions such as the University of Cumbria at a clear advantage, could lead to a distorted overall picture.

Another potential measure for the TEF might be the proportion of academic staff holding a professional qualification for teaching in higher education. Compared to a sector average of 38%, over 76% of University of Cumbria academic staff have a recognised qualification. Around 60% are accredited with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and one member of staff, Associate Professor Heather Prince has recently been awarded a Principal Fellowship of the HEA, one of only a handful of principal fellows in the UK. Again then, a metric such as this would benefit a university like Cumbria. Might the TEF become merely a box-ticking exercise? Might some institutions attempt to manage academics in their choice between research and teaching? Inevitably there are a number of issues that need to be clarified, including the question around what happens to an institution that ‘passes’ the TEF and then perhaps, in a subsequent assessment a few years later, fails. Will their permission to charge inflation-linked fees then be removed? And so it appears that once again the sector has to tackle a complex and time-consuming initiative that seems half prepared, with an impossibly short lead-in time and a large number of unanswered questions, but one that will have far-reaching consequences for the reputation of institutions and their ability to recruit students.

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UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC RECEIVES TOP AWARD Dr Heather Prince has been awarded a Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. She is the first academic at the university to receive the prestigious status and one of only a handful of principal fellows in the UK.

A principal fellowship is the highest level of recognition available under the Higher Education UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) and is only awarded to those who demonstrate considerable strategic leadership within their institutions and impact of their work in both national and international fields. Heather is Associate Professor of Outdoor and Environmental Education and a principal lecturer at Ambleside. In her application, Heather submitted evidence of designing frameworks and models for teaching, learning and assessment that have had institution-wide, national and international impact. She

included examples of how her subject discipline, pedagogy, research and innovative teaching have influenced other programmes, higher education institutions and professional practice. Heather said of her award: “Delivering quality teaching and supporting student learning is at the core of everything we do at the university. I feel extremely proud and honoured to be recognised for my strategic contribution to higher education teaching and learning here and abroad.” Promoting and recognising excellence in teaching is a priority for the university and Head of Academic Quality and

Development Jess Robinson said: “A Principal Fellowship is a mark of excellence and a tribute to Heather’s dedication to learning and teaching.” Heather is in the final stages of editing The International Handbook of Outdoor Studies (Routledge) a monograph for final year and postgraduate students which is due to be published early 2016 and along with colleagues, she is seeking to increase the number of research students and grow the culture at the university while continuing to enhance teaching and learning.

A MAGICAL TRIP James Issitt, senior lecturer in drama and course leader for BA (Jt Hons) Drama Performance and Musical Theatre Performance, recently had the opportunity to deliver his first conference paper, ‘Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Performance Tips for Close-up Magicians’ at the Fifth International Education Conference in Las Vegas.

James (second from right) with fellow magicians

“I was also incredibly privileged to have lunch with four leading American magicians”

The conference was organised by The Clute Institute. James reports that it was a nerveracking experience, but luckily the paper was well received, and several academic contacts were made.

James explains, “As part of this once-in-a-lifetime trip, I was able to take a few days to continue with my research for my PhD entitled Performing Miracles: the real magic behind the performance. My thesis details the performance elements of a close-up magician in relation to modern performance theory. It continues the work by Fitzkee (1943), Burger (1985), Ortiz (1995), Hass (2008) and Middleton(2011) on the theory of performance magic and the creation of a pictorial reference for magicians. “Whilst in Las Vegas, I saw magic performances by David Copperfield (including a meet and greet), Penn & Teller, Mac King and Criss Angel and was able to discuss my thesis with notable magician John Van Der Put aka Piff the Magic Dragon.

“John provided some real food for thought as his opinions of the difference between informal and formal close-up magic differ from mine. “I was also incredibly privileged to have lunch with four leading American magicians, Lawrence Hass, Eugene Burger, Fielding West and Lance Burton where we had a fruitful discussion of my pictorial representation of close-up magic performance in detail. They agreed with some elements and offered new insights and suggestions to others. Lawrence Hass has also agreed to keep in touch with me as I write up my findings. “On a related subject, I have also become the performance consultant for the Champions of Magic UK tour in April offering performance tips and exercises for the cast members to elevate their excellent performances to outstanding. “Although the world of magic is somewhat of a closed shop, I have been able through my membership of the Magic Circle in London to create an access-all-areas pass and have met some truly inspirational magicians and academics.”

DEAN SHEDS LIGHT ON SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE Clinical Scientist and Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging Dr Dean Harris volunteered recently to participate in a free weekend of activities held in Lancaster to demonstrate the fascinating and practical uses of science. The two hands-on opportunities he offered to visitors were the chance to scan a ‘phantom’ baby and to use a Geiger counter to manage a contamination incident. In addition, Dean ran a quiz in which participants had to identify the identity of chocolate bars, purely from their MRI scans. On Saturday 3 October Dean had a stand in Lancaster library at the ‘Fun Palace’ demonstrating how physics and engineering are used in every-day healthcare. Visitors to the stand were given a chance to get to grips with equipment actually used in hospitals.

The audience discovered how medical imaging has evolved since Roentgen’s discovery of the X-ray in 1895. Dean uncovered the secrets behind ultrasound, CT scanners, MRI and gamma cameras and helped the listeners to appreciate how doctors use medical images to pinpoint disease, and to understand how radioactivity helps us in medicine, as well as learning about the imaging work in our Department of Medical and Sports Sciences. Dean said, “This was a great opportunity to get hands-on experience of how scientists see inside the amazing machine that is the human body. I encouraged youngsters to have a go–who knows, they might get inspired to choose science as a career!”

Scanning a ‘phantom’ baby

The following day, Dean gave a lecture, aimed at budding scientists of 13+ at the library on the science and art of seeing inside the amazing human body.

The Fun Palace idea was originally conceived in the 1960s and was meant to be a mobile ‘laboratory of fun’ and ‘a university of the streets’ that celebrated arts and sciences. Today, temporary Fun Palaces are constructed by local people across the UK for their communities, bringing together arts and sciences, free of charge and for fun.

STAFF PROFILE: REVEREND MATTHEW FIRTH

Your job title, how did you end up at the University of Cumbria and when did you start? It’s a bit of a mouthful actually: University Chaplain and 18-30s Pioneer Minister. I’m employed by the Church of England and seconded half time to the campuses in Carlisle. What that means in practice is that I spend half my time with the chaplaincy, and half my time working on new ways to re-engage young adults in Carlisle with the Christian faith. My arrival in this role was rather providential. Towards the end of my curacy in Ipswich I felt the twin calling to work in education but also to do something entrepreneuria—building a new Christian community from scratch. Then I ‘happened’ to spot an advert in the Church Times for someone to come up to Carlisle to work in the university chaplaincy and to plant a new church in Carlisle which is aimed at people in their 20s and 30s. I started in May 2012, and the rest is history. Describe your job. Within the chaplaincy role, there are three main strands. The first is to offer pastoral care to all members of the university community in Carlisle. This is the bread and butter of chaplaincy-being a listening ear, in total confidence, and walking alongside people as they face and overcome the challenges that come their way. The

second is to be a catalyst for forming community within the university, so that students and staff really flourish in their place of study and work. The third strand, in the context of our Church Foundation university, is to create opportunities for students and staff to explore the fullness of life which the Christian faith offers. In my pioneer role, I’m currently heading up the church, called The Way, which has begun to grow over the last two years. The role is about building community among young adults, speaking about Jesus, helping people to follow him, and seeing people released into a lifetime of joyful discipleship. What brightens your day at work? The highlights are twofold. Firstly, it’s always a joy to spend time with students and staff, and to see growth in them, whether personal or spiritual. Secondly, it’s wonderful to be working with such a great team and to share a sense of celebration with them when the work is growing and flourishing.

Newton at the table: I’d love an insight into his thoughts in the context of his Christian faith and his world-changing physics (I share his faith and also have an astrophysics background). The third would be the young man who seems to have been the first witness of the resurrection in Mark 16:5—I’d love to know who he was and to find out how things panned out for him from there. Name your favourite book and why. It has to be C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. It’s one of those rare children’s books which becomes even more important for an adult to read, with an atmosphere of deep holiness and joy which communicates the big themes of life, forgiveness, death and resurrection in such an enchanting way.

Name your favourite film and why. What do you like to do in your spare time? I love to head off with friends to a nice country pub for great company, great food and great conversation. As often as possible, I also love to head into the fells for a day of walking and scrambling, which is extra fun in the winter when you need an ice axe and crampons. I’m quite pleased that I recently conquered Sca Fell via Lord’s Rake. Name your ideal dinner party guest and why. Thankfully Jesus is always around in one way or another, so apart from him, I’ll have to name three: The Queen would get an invite as I’m a bit annoyed that I haven’t managed to meet her yet. It would also be fascinating to have Isaac

I’m going to go for something very high brow: Home Alone. It’s just a great fun film, and brings back memories of a very snowy ninth birthday where there were just four of us watching it in the cinema. And finally, your favourite or dream holiday destination and why! There does seem to be a bit of a tradition of clergy being very fond of trains, and I will have to follow suit by saying that I’d love to take the Orient Express to Venice.

JEM NOMINATED AS ‘THOUGHT LEADER IN SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPS’ Coinciding with the launch of global Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations in September, Professor Jem Bendell has been recognised as one of the world’s foremost thinkers on collaboration for sustainable development. honourees include the former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. Jem, who is founder of the university’s Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS), explained:

The accolade comes from the awards committee of the Annual Review of Social Partnerships. This international publication chronicles the latest developments in collaborations between business, government and the voluntary sector that seek to promote the common good. Jem was recognised for his work in helping build this field of practice and inquiry over the past twenty years. Other

“Collaborations between sectors that seek to achieve social or environmental solutions have been around for decades, so there is much experience of success and failure from which we can learn. “I’m pleased we can now share some of these insights through our sustainabilitythemed MBA programmes with the Robert Kennedy College, the PGC in Sustainable Leadership, and courses on the MSc in Strategic Policing.”

ROYAL VIEWING OF QUILT When The Princess Royal visited the CN Group Offices in Carlisle in July, she became one of the first people to view the quilted panel, created to celebrate the group’s two hundredth anniversary. You’ll recall, in the last issue of Connect, we reported that Technician Demonstrator Sharon Reynolds, from the Brampton Road campus, acted as expert advisor on the quilt, and several members of staff contributed squares.

The full list of nominees and selection criteria are included in the annual review, which is available free from Greenleaf Publishing. Jem was invited by the editors of the annual review to give his reflections on the last 20 years of collaboration, which are also available on the IFLAS blog. The institute’s research in this field is continued with the Deputy Director of the Institute, Dr David Murphy, in his role as editor of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship.

HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HONOURS SUE Senior Lecturer in Primary History, Sue Temple was recently awarded her fellowship by the Historical Association. Sue, along with her partner and son, was invited to the RAF Club on Piccadilly in London for the ceremony and for refreshments afterwards. Eight awards were presented that evening, including the Medlicott Award to Margaret MacMillan (author) who also gave a speech. One or two famous historians were in attendance, including Jon Snow. Sue explains: “As each of us was called forward, a short speech was given about why we had been given the award. Mine was given to recognise my contribution to the development of excellence in primary history teaching and the voluntary work I have done for the Historical Association over the last decade.”

The President of the Historical Association, Justin Champion, presenting Sue with the certificate.

Sue’s voluntary work is extensive, and covers: •

being a member of the Primary Committee of the HA, especially being the only member with primary, early years and special needs experience

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regularly contributing to the website and Primary History Journal. She is now on the editorial team for this publication

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regularly presenting/leading workshops and inset sessions for schools and at the annual conferences

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being a member of the team which developed the Quality Mark for History Teaching, for which Sue is now an assessor

Sue continues: “I was thrilled to receive the award. Having my work acknowledged by an organisation I hold in high esteem makes their accolade even more of an achievement for me.” Congratulations to Sue on her success.

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working as course leader for the history specialism for trainee primary teachers at the University of Cumbria

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working with several local museums and heritage organisations to develop their education work for primary children.

Suzanne Chambers, a partnership tutor in the Institute of Education, was named in the most recent Queen’s Honours list for her contribution to education. She receives the honour at Buckingham Palace in December and we hope to be able to feature a report of her experience in the next issue of Connect.

WAS IT DEBATES ABOUT ‘VICE’ THAT SHAPED VICTORIAN SOCIETY? Emeritus Professor Mike Huggins’ latest book, his twelfth, Vice and the Victorians, published by Bloomsbury Press in early December, examines the role played by vice during the reign of one of our noblest queens It was the language of vice which respectable Victorians used as a powerful tool to attack and denigrate behaviours and attitudes they found offensive, disreputable or sinful. Early chapters cover the multiple meanings of the term as used in public and private life, and the cultural geography of vice, those places where it was supposedly to be found. He has chapters on the unholy trinity of drunkenness, gambling, and sexual vices from pornography to prostitution. He explores the attempts by churches and charities, teachers, employers and the police to control the people’s unrespectable pleasures. Finally he unpacks the complex relationship between vice and Victorian respectability. Mike says though his main research area nowadays is the history of sport, he’s also published widely on the history of leisure,

including a book on Disreputable Pleasures: Less Virtuous Victorians at Play (Sport in the Global Society) in 2004. There had never been any in-depth study of vice’s many meanings, so he’s worked on this topic, intermittently, for a number of years, alongside his many other projects. “It’s had its challenges”, he admits. “There was so much to read. Vice had so many representations in parliamentary acts and reports, the press and magazines, obscene publications, Victorian novels, sermons and pamphlets, and investigative works. Spending time in the British Library reading pornography can turn you off, not turn you on. And you sit in a special location, marked ‘Special Books’. The temperance literature was almost always extremely serious and earnest, with awful warnings about what would happen if you touched a drop. It almost put me off my evening glass of wine!!!” But he concludes that “in the battle between the supporters of vice and virtue, neither side could win the war. Drink, gambling and sex always retained their appeal. So perhaps Mrs Thatcher was not entirely right to want a return to Victorian values?” Professor Huggins, is currently chair of the European Congress of Sports Historians, is now working on the importance of visual sources to the study of sport. He is also an expert on the history of match fixing, which he sees as the greatest current challenge to modern sport, and which is the subject of a forthcoming collection to be edited with Australian academic Dr Rob Hess.

WANT TO KNOW ABOUT JAMMERS AND BLOCKERS? JUST ASK GEORGIA… Education and Psychology Technician, Georgia Holmes has an unusual if hectic hobby.

Roller derby is a fast-growing sport and Georgia has started a team in Carlisle that now boasts several members of the university community in its ranks.

be any shape or size. I am a plus-size lady and throughout life have never really been attracted to sport, but roller derby is completely different.”

Georgia explains:

“The aim of the game is for the ‘jammers’ to get through the pack of ‘blockers’. For each player they pass, they score a point. Your team has to stop the other team’s jammers from getting through the pack. The first jammer to get through the pack legally becomes lead jammer (that gives them special powers!). It’s very much a contact sport!”

“I thought about starting a roller derby team a year ago but I’ve been on the waiting list for surgery for a long time so didn’t want to do anything about it in case I was called to the hospital. I got sick of waiting though, so decided to just go for it, and of course, typically, I then got my date for surgery a few weeks after starting the club! “I have some friends who play for other teams and seeing their Facebook posts about it was so inspiring. It’s such an inclusive sport, you don’t have to be athletic to play, and you can

“It can be scary, but it’s good fun!” Everyone in our club, ‘Border City Rollers’, is a beginner, so we are all in the same boat, learning together. It makes for a close community—we all get on so well and now socialise outside the club too.”

“Eventually we plan to compete against other teams in the UK. We are currently recruiting skaters for the final few places, that we need to fill before we can take on another team.” “At the moment, training sessions are two hours long (8pm – 10pm Mondays and Thursdays) at St. Johns Centre in Carlisle. We have a warmup for the first 10 minutes, then we have a free skate time, and then we do drills, with the remaining time for free skate.”

CONGRATULATIONS! Georgia Holmes and Chloe Tovey Education and Psychology Technician, Georgia Holmes married Chloe Tovey on 6 June at Lady Gilford House in Carlisle, with a wedding reception at Wetheral Community Hall. The theme was 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rock and roll, with a comic book/ superhero twist!

George Issitt George William Issitt was born to James Issitt, senior lecturer in drama at the Brampton Road campus, and his wife Laura on 26 June at 4:21pm, and weighed in at 8lb 3oz.

Lynn Clark and Paul Bewley Strategic Communications Manager Lynn Clark married Paul Bewley on 7 June at Lady Gilford House in Carlisle. Fantails restaurant, in Wetheral was the setting for the reception, followed by a honeymoon in Orlando, Florida and cruising in the Caribbean.

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TWO LOCAL CHARITIES BENEFIT FROM STUDENTS’ SPORTING ACTIVITIES Sophie Saunders from Derian House Children’s Hospice (left) receives the cheque from (l to r) tutor Mark Christie and students Isaac Peek and Michael de la Warr.

Hardworking students from the sports and physical activity development course have raised an impressive amount of money for two local charities. As part of their studies, the students were split into teams and charged with organising a community sporting event which would also raise money for the two local hospice charities. As a result, Hospice@Home Carlisle & North Lakeland received a cheque for £1,375 and Derian House Children’s Hospice in Lancaster received £1,420. Working with industry mentors, the students had to plan, fundraise, market, organise logistics and then deliver their event within a twelve-week timeframe.

The students at both Carlisle and Lancaster campuses organised a range of events including a schools athletics festival, a disability football event, a Tennis4Health festival and a girl’s football festival. “The students gain a range of core employability skills in the process,” commented tutor Mark Christie. “From the initial planning, setting agendas for meetings, writing minutes of meetings, co-ordinating resources, doing the fundraising and managing their budgets, marketing, undertaking risk planning—all of these are important skills and experiences for their future careers in the industry”.

STUDENT’S FILM SUCCESS AT NEW DESIGNERS 2015 A film created by one of our students was recognised as “stunning” by judges at the prestigious New Designers 2015 Exhibition held at the Business Design Centre in London. Stephanie Kiewel (23), who has just completed a three-year degree in film and television production at the Brampton Road campus, was named runnerup in the Motion Arts & Theatre Design section of the New Designer of the Year competition. The awards recognise the design world’s rising stars, offering winners (and runners-up) vital support as they embark upon their professional careers.

“Stephanie’s film was stunning. She has an astute eye and achieved high production values despite a minimal budget.”

Stephanie is from Germany, where her successful film Funkenflug was set and produced. Last summer, she and six friends from her course travelled back to her home town of St Georgen im Schwarzwald to make the film.

She explains: “Funkenflug is a short period drama about a horrible fire in 1865 that destroyed most of the town. It’s based on the original inquest documents from that time. “It’s the 150th anniversary of the fire this September and the town, together with the theatre and the history association, wanted to make a film to preserve this important piece of history that nearly nobody knew about. “So Funkenflug became one big community project. The 80 actors were all local volunteers who had never acted before, which made the film really authentic. With the help of an additional 100 volunteers behind the camera providing everything from locations and costumes to props, we managed to film the whole piece in just two weeks.

“The support from the university was huge, not only in providing crew and equipment, but also in giving me hours and hours of advice and support. I’ve been living and breathing Funkenflug for nearly two years now and I am completely over the moon to receive this award. “A friend of mine from Germany had already studied at the University of Cumbria and recommended the course to me. I had never been to England before and just heard about the weather being bad. But when I visited my friend in Carlisle I completely fell in love with the area and was absolutely thrilled about the quality of the university and the course.” The judges were obviously impressed by Stephanie’s professionalism stating: “Stephanie’s film was stunning. She has an astute eye and achieved high production values despite a minimal budget. The story behind the project is equally engaging. She pulled together 200 locals in her native Germany, tasked her college mates to re-enact a scene from history and build community.” Course leader Mike Mitchell was equally thrilled with Stephanie’s success saying: “To receive this national award is a credit to Stephanie and her hard work. I hope this is the first step to a successful career within film and television. It is a highly competitive graduate market and to receive an accolade of such national and international standing will really kick start her career.”

STUDENT QUALITY AMBASSADORS Sixteen student nurses are continuing the vital work of an important project.

The Student Quality Ambassador (SQA) project is an initiative that involves healthcare students from all nine HEIs in the North West of England. Designed to encourage them to voice their views and to become ambassadors for their hospital and for the promotion of innovative nursing practice, the project also meets with the recommendations of the 2013 Keogh report. This paper recognised that the inclusion of students to gain frank and honest opinions on the quality of care in Trusts promotes open and honest discussions. The project aims to engage students to support raising quality in practice and offer a ‘fresh eyes’ approach. The university has always been supportive of students in this role since the project began, and our participating students represent the adult, child, mental health and learning disability nursing and midwifery programmes.

All the students have been involved with various projects in partnership with our local NHS Trusts including taking part in Review and Inspection of Standards of Excellence. This led to a promotional video being produced The students have recently set up a Blackboard site in order to promote both the role and their work to fellow students. All those involved have a desire to champion good practice and enhance the quality of patient care. Their aim is to share best practice and contribute to innovation. At the same time, they are developing both confidence and communication skills whilst networking with senior members of the healthcare professions.

“We are here to improve quality. Let’s use the resources we have in student nurses. We all want to make a positive difference to the quality of a patient’s experience,”

Student James Jolly explains his involvement: “As chair of the SQAs I have worked closely with the other chairs to develop projects; currently we are looking at engaging with charities to better develop our practice whilst promoting the role of the SQAs to the wider community. “Along with UCLan, the University of Cumbria produced the March SQA newsletter, and as UoC chair I collaborated with their chairperson to do this. This was a real chance to promote the work our universities are undertaking in the North West area. “We are also looking at undertaking a joint charity project with the North West ambulance service. This could be a fantastic opportunity to develop closer relations with fellow SQAs.“

Zoe Wilson, Carrie Bell, Vicky Shimwell, Emma Hodgson and James Jolly (chair of the UoC SQAs).

Emma Hodgson is very clear why she has become involved: “ Participating in the SQA scheme allows me to use my passion for high quality patient care and experience to work with other healthcare professionals to make a positive influence for patients. The opportunity to be part of quality improvement and innovation in the NHS for the patients, was what attracted me to undertake the role.” “We are here to improve quality. Let’s use the resources we have in student nurses. We all want to make a positive difference to the quality of a patient’s experience,” adds Vicky Shimwell.

student social workers, who are studying at a university within the North West region. Students need to complete a short application form and have support from a personal tutor from their university and a mentor from practice. Louise Corless is the SQA lead within the university and she is happy to supply more details. louise.corless@cumbria.ac.uk http://www.studentqualityambassadors.uk/

Applications for the role of Student Quality Ambassadors are accepted from student nurses in any of the four fields, student midwives, student paramedics, student allied health professionals, student healthcare scientists and

https://twitter.com/studentquality

STUDENT CAMPAIGNS FOR TRAINING TO REDUCE SUICIDE NUMBERS A nursing student has successfully mounted a campaign to convince the university to introduce suicide prevention training for all undergraduate nursing courses.

L-R Dr. Louise Nelson, University of Cumbria, Dr. Jane Mathieson, Cumbria County Council, Juliet Gray, Carlisle and Eden Mind and Laura Collins, student and organiser of the conference.

Laura Collins, (40), graduated in November from BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health). During the course of her training she experienced the devastation of losing a patient to suicide. It was this experience that spurred her on, in her final year, to present a proposal to the university for all nursing students to receive suicide prevention training, so they can develop the skills and knowledge required to care for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts and prevent future tragedies. She said, “The devastation of losing a patient to suicide had a profound effect on me. It was the catalyst for my development in my final year of training as I strove to learn everything I could and gain as much experience as possible in suicide prevention. “I hope that this training will help student nurses develop awareness of the issues around suicidality and the confidence to ask the difficult questions

if they suspect someone is feeling depressed, self-harming or suicidal and get the appropriate support”. To coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday 10 September, Laura arranged a joint conference with Cumbria County Council and Carlisle and Eden Mind, for her fellow nursing cohort and other students and stakeholders at the university’s Fusehill Street campus, Carlisle. The speakers at the conference included the county’s suicide prevention lead, Dr Jane Mathieson and experts from the Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who talked about the work they are doing to reduce suicide in the county and improve patient care. Preventing avoidable death is part of their five-year quality strategy and acknowledges that reducing suicide is everyone’s business. There were also workshops discussing different aspects of suicide prevention as well as exhibition stands from a number of mental health charities.

Dr Mathieson said, “In recent years, we have funded Carlisle Eden Mind to train about 2,000 people in how they can help prevent suicide. By raising awareness and building skills and confidence to talk about suicide, we are breaking the taboos that make it difficult for people to reach out and get help when they are distressed.

From 2010-12, Copeland in Cumbria had the second highest suicide rate per 100,000 people in England with 15.5, while the average in England was eight per 100,000. “Less than a third of people who die through suicide are in contact with specialist mental health services, so it’s important that family, friends, neighbours and colleagues feel able to offer support, as well as health and care professionals.”

Parts of Cumbria have some of some of the highest suicide rates in the country. From 2010-12, Copeland had the second highest suicide rate per 100,000 people in England with 15.5, while the average in England was eight per 100,000. Suicide prevention training is not a requirement of the Nursing and Midwifery Council for the pre-registration nursing curriculum, however, the Royal College of Nursing encourages universities to offer such training to their students. Often, nursing students report anecdotally of lacking the skills and confidence to speak openly about suicide and self-harm with their patients for fear of putting ideas in a patient’s head or saying the wrong thing. Head of Nursing, Health and Professional Practice, Dr Louise Nelson was impressed with Laura’s proposal and immediately saw the practical benefits the training would provide for trainee students: “We want to ensure that our students get the training they need to perform effectively on the job. If that means going

above and beyond the requirements of curriculum then we are happy to support so that we better prepare the future workforce, and educational standards are raised.” Over the summer, Laura worked with Juliet Gray, training officer with Carlisle and Eden Mind, to deliver four half-day suicide-prevention awareness sessions to second-year student nurses. These pilot sessions challenged some of the myths around suicidality and helped students to gain an understanding of the health and social issues around suicidal behaviour. The aim of these sessions was to better prepare them as future nurses to deliver compassionate care to those experiencing such difficulties, wherever they may encounter them

JOCELYN AND CHRISTINE PROVIDE EXPERT SUPPORT FOR A WINNING ENGLISH RUGBY TEAM The England Universities Rugby League team had the very best of rehab care when they played both in the Associations Cup against the combined Armed Forces, GB teachers and GB police, and in the Student Four Nations, from which they emerged champions, having beaten Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Jocelyn Hurcombe (left) and Christine Alderson right.

Jocelyn Hurcombe and Christine Alderson, both BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation graduates, were the dynamic duo who kept the team fighting fit for the competitions. Jocelyn explains how they got involved: “My friend, who I play rugby union with, used to play for the England Women Rugby League and she saw an advert on their Facebook page and sent me the details. “I emailed the manager with my CV and covering letter, and was then invited to a ‘trial’ on one of their training sessions—there were at this stage a few other physios in the pipeline, but they were happy with my work and I was available on the required dates and so was given the position as ‘lead physio’ straight away. Christine got involved as I needed a second person to help look after the 20 lads! And the management team were happy for me to select someone who I knew already.” Jocelyn and Christine with the winning team

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STEM LABS July saw the modular units destined to become the new science lab being hoisted into position at the Fusehill Street campus. Part of the street was closed to traffic when, over two days, a giant crane lowered the separate sections of the building—eight in total—into place at hourly intervals. Local residents were invited to park their cars on the campus for the duration. The laboratory was constructed off— site by the Portakabin Group. Each module came partially wired and piped, with windows, doors and internal walls preinstalled. The finished building extends to 522 square metres. The crane, measuring 58 metres tall and with a maximum lift capacity of 350 tonnes, hoisted the sections into place and the units were then sealed together before being secured to pre-installed, raised foundations. The internal fixtures and fittings were then installed. Head of Department for Science, Natural Resources and Outdoor Studies,

Elspeth Lees, said: “This is an exciting start to a new science focus that will create growth and opportunity for the university. This development is in response to the national demand for specific sector skills to support economic growth and development through graduate employment, capacity and capability.”

“Local employers have expressed their dissatisfaction with havingto recruit graduates with science backgrounds from outside Cumbria and it’s important that we support the development of a workforce and retain knowledge and expertise in the county.” Simon Ambler, director of the Portakabin Group, said, “We are delighted to be working with the University of Cumbria on this scheme. The project has an extremely challenging programme but the use of an off-site solution has radically reduced construction time and work on site to ensure the building is fully operational ready for the start of the new academic year. It will provide an invaluable, purpose-designed facility for science students for many years to come.”

The laboratory cost £2m to build and forms part of a major programme of investment in core science provision at the university. New BSc life sciences courses will be offered beginning with biology, zoology and forensic and investigative science in 2015 and chemistry and biomedical sciences in 16/17.

CHINESE ACADEMICS VISIT CARLISLE AND LANCASTER CAMPUSES A high-profile visit of 20 senior academics from Changshu Institute of Technology has been hosted by the university. The academics, from various disciplines, spent their first week learning about the academic and quality management within UK higher education, whilst the second week saw the delegation divide into their subject areas to spend time with our academics in both Carlisle and Lancaster. The two-week programme followed a visit to Changshu

by the vice chancellor earlier in the year. Despite a busy programme, the delegates were also able to enjoy a visit to Dove Cottage in Grasmere, fish and chips in Ambleside, and a cruise on Lake Windermere.

GROUND-BREAKING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARLISLE UNITED AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA Carlisle United Football Club and the university have signed a ground-breaking partnership agreement, which has been designed to be mutually beneficial for both organisations. Key aspects of the agreement include: •

Volunteering, placement and internship opportunities for university students at Carlisle United Football Club

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Integration of the students into Carlisle United Football Club projects

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Training and development opportunities for Carlisle United staff at the university

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Promotion and delivery of local and regional events to support an awareness and profile raising agenda

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Opportunities for increased access to Carlisle United Football Club matches and events for university students.

The university’s Pro Vice Chancellor Enterprise, Business Development and Engagement, Sandra Booth, said: “We are delighted and excited to be working on a collaborative basis with Carlisle United Football Club. Both organisations share similar values, an aspiration to grow, to be innovative and to put Carlisle on the map. By working together as partners we believe we will achieve more for students, fans, followers, the city and the community as a whole.” Carlisle United’s Sales and Marketing Director Phil King said: “We are delighted to sign a partnership agreement with the University of Cumbria. We have met with Sandra Booth and the team at the university a number of times over the last month or so, and it’s clear that there are shared principles and shared goals between the two organisations. There is a lot of benefit to the club to work closely with the university, and their staff and students, and this agreement is a great starting point for that. There is some excellent partnership and joint project work happening across the city of Carlisle, and the football club should be part of that.”

UNIVERSITY COLLABORATES TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE In May, the university collaborated with the liaison judge for Cumbria, His Honour Judge Peter Hughes QC, and the Cumbrian Magistracy to hold a conference on domestic violence. The Lord Chief Justice was in attendance along with representatives of the Criminal Justice Service and HM Prison service. The conference was held at our Ambleside campus. Programme lead for applied psychology, Alison Spurgeon-Dickson, said of the event:

“The conference provided an excellent opportunity for knowledge sharing and for showcasing our ongoing research into domestic violence and abuse. The event provided teaching and learning opportunities for staff and for students, and highlighted some of the close connections that the university has established with criminal justice agencies across our county.”

Left to right: Nicola Hinde, MSc Forensic Psychology student; Claire Hensman, Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria and member of the University Board; Professor Robin Talbot; Dr Alison Spurgeon-Dickson, programme lead applied psychology; Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd; HHJ Peter Hughes QC; David Greensmith, Justices’ Clerk for Cumbria and Lancashire; Francesca Tiffen, MSc student, Meagan McAndrew, MSc student.

IT’S GREENER UP NORTH—UNIVERSITY SECOND IN NATIONAL LEAGUE TABLE The university has been ranked second in a national league table of universities that have most reduced their carbon footprint. Brite Green, a sustainability consultancy, compiled the league table to measure which universities have most reduced their carbon emissions over the past 10 years. Out of 127 higher education institutions, the University of Cumbria came second with a reduction in absolute emissions by 48%. Only London Metropolitan University performed better with a reduction of 51%. Universities have been challenged by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to reduce emissions by 43% to support the government’s overall carbon reduction targets. Universities had to develop carbon management plans to deliver the reductions by 2020. Half way through the reduction period the university has exceeded the target and is on track to reduce emissions by 67% in 2020.

“...we’re thrilled to have exceeded the target 10 years early.”

Director of Estates Stephen Miller was delighted with the news: “This is fantastic news for the university and a testament to the hard work that has gone into reducing our carbon emissions across all our geographically and architecturally varied sites and campuses. There’s still a lot of hard work to be done but we’re thrilled to have exceeded the target 10 years early.” The university reduced its carbon emissions from 9978 tonnes of carbon dioxide to 5159 tonnes, a reduction of more than 48%. This was achieved by reducing the inefficient building stock, investing heavily in low energy heating and lighting systems and improving building insulation levels. This included replacing elderly and end-of-life heating boilers with new, energy efficient water heaters and installing automated lighting sensors across all campuses to reduce energy wastage. However, the higher education sector is performing poorly overall and projections suggest that the sector will only achieve a 12% reduction by 2020, far short of the 43% target set by HEFCE. Only three universities out of 127 are projected to be on track to meet their 2020 carbon reduction targets, but 28 universities could exceed their targets. The full league table can be viewed on Brite Green’s website.

UNIVERSITY ADDRESSES NHS SHORTAGE The university is offering a new, direct-entry MSc Medical Ultrasound from January 2016. The new programme is the first of its kind in the UK that is open to students from nonclinical health and sciences backgrounds as well as clinical practitioners*. The MSc is designed to address the current skills shortage in NHS and private health care medical ultrasound. The programme will provide students with the essential skills and professional knowledge required to work as a sonographer in the healthcare sector. The course is full time over two years, during which time students will gain experience in a range of ultrasound specialisms, including obstetrics, gynaecology, general medical and basic vascular assessment. Gareth Bolton, ultrasound course leader and senior lecturer explains: “We are really excited to be the first university in the UK to offer a course like this. The NHS and private health care organisations are in desperate need of highly-trained professional sonographers and I’m thrilled that, with this course, the university is helping to fill that gap.” The programme is an intensive, accelerated programme of study. Part of the highly practice-based training will take place on a state-of-the-art ultrasound training simulator. The ScanTrainer is a virtual-reality ultrasound training simulator that enables medical practitioners, of any scanning ability, to perfect their ultrasound scanning skills. Using a unique, ‘real feel’ technology, the system is able to closely replicate a full anatomy scan experience using ultrasounds from real patients. Stuart Gall, CEO at MedaPhor, suppliers of the simulator, comments: “The fact that ScanTrainer is increasingly being used as a foundation technology for ultrasound education programmes is testament to the versatility of the simulator and its ability to scale to suit programmes of all sizes across both universities and hospitals. We’re looking forward to supporting the university as it introduces its new students to ScanTrainer.”

The programme is open to a wide range of people with undergraduate degrees but those with a health or sciences background will be preferred. However, if candidates have an unrelated degree, but can prove extensive experience in a health care setting, their applications will also be considered. Clinical placements will be offered by NHS clinical partners across the North West region and some elective placements will be offered by private health care providers.

PROFESSOR CONRAD ATKINSON OPENS NEW UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY

Globally acclaimed as one of the leading fine artists of his generation, Conrad Atkinson completed his studies at Carlisle College of Art just over 54 years ago. In September, he returned to what is now the Brampton Road campus of the university to officially dedicate the opening of the new Vallum Ditch Gallery.

This was the first of a series of events marking the inauguration of the University of Cumbria Institute of the Arts at the Brampton Road campus, in recognition of a history of continuing excellence in the delivery of art and design education in Carlisle dating back to 1822. Professor Atkinson opened a retrospective exhibition of works by artists and makers associated with the art college in Carlisle going back over several decades. Full Circle also included contributions from both himself and his wife, Margaret Harrison, another celebrated alumnus. Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Strike said: “The Institute of the Arts in Carlisle has a proud history stretching back almost two hundred years to its early formative days in Tullie House. As the only autonomous higher education institution in Cumbria it was entirely appropriate that it should become a key player in the establishment of the new University of Cumbria in 2007. Making the transition from a specialist college to a major component of a much larger university has not been without its challenges, but we are hugely proud of what has been achieved to date and now is the time to take the next steps. position in the region over the next 200 years - at least!” “The re-launch of the Institute of the Arts under the university banner emphasises the continued commitment of the university to arts provision in our part of the UK, and the importance we place on its continued success. Our intention for the institute is that it should maintain its progress and develop its leading

The opening event featured Rick Kemp from the folk-rock band, Steeleye Span. He performed Somewhere Along The Road with staff and students from the performing arts department. This song was composed by Rick and was performed by Maddy Prior when he graduated with a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree at a ceremony in Carlisle Cathedral in 1997.

WALKING THE LINE An exhibition at the new Vallum Ditch Gallery, featuring the internationally acclaimed work of comic strip artist, Oliver East, opened in October. Oliver is one of a new wave of comic creators who takes both art and comics in uncharted directions. He gains his inspiration from walking long distances, along predetermined routes and creating comics that reflect on the experience. Walking the Line showcased some of the original artwork that Oliver made for The Homesick Truant’s Cumbrian Yarn [2014]. Oliver walked over 140 miles in ten stages from Arnside train station to Carlisle train station, keeping as close as possible to the 30 or so stations that form the Cumbrian coastal train line. Accompanying the exhibition was a selection of work from staff and illustration students who had produced their own comic strip ‘walking’ creations inspired by Oliver’s methodology and approach. Oliver visited the Brampton Road campus in October to officially open the exhibition. He was accompanied by San Francisco-based artist and comic book creator and educator Frank Santoro, who delivered a talk and workshop for graphic design and illustration undergraduate students. The exhibition was curated in collaboration with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF). Now in its third year, the festival took place in Kendal from 16–18 October. A short film on Oliver’s most recent project, Take Me Back To Manchester, in which he retraces a fantastical walk by an elephant and his keeper from Edinburgh to Manchester in spring 1872, was showcased at the festival. Further information can be found on the following websites: Oliver East website: http://www.olivereast.com/ Inside the illustrated world of cartoonist Frank Santoro: http://blog.cmoa.org/2015/06/inside-theillustrated-world-of-cartoonist-frank-santoro/ Lakes International Comic Art Festival website: http://www.comicartfestival.com/

APPOINTMENT OF NEW PROFESSORS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Earlier this year, the appointment of the following new professors and associate professors was announced: • • • • •

Professor Pete Boyd, Professor of Professional Learning Dr Tim Donovan, Associate Professor in Medical Image Perception & Cognition Dr Xavier Sanchez, Associate Professor in Sport and Performance Psychology Dr Heather Prince, Associate Professor in Outdoor and Environmental Education Dr Poonam Malik, Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences

In this issue of Connect, we profile Professor Pete Boyd while the next issue will feature the associate professors.

“Being an effective teacher involves complex and challenging work and continual professional learning. Teaching requires expert knowledge but also the ability to manage relationships, emotions and above all learning - with at least 30 non-voluntary clients all at the same time. However, to the uninformed observer, teaching may appear to be simple. This problem, of a complex role that appears to be simple, is exacerbated by the fact that we have all been to school. This means that just about everyone has an opinion on what makes a great teacher—based on their own experience as a learner. Even the minister for education has been to school and may fall into this trap of thinking that they know how to teach, and this helps to explain why education policy during the last parliament was erratic, contradictory and only sporadically useful.”

Pete Boyd: Professor of Professional Learning

The issues of teachers’ professional expertise, identity, pedagogy and workplace learning form the main research interests of Pete Boyd, who has been recently appointed as Professor of Professional Learning at the University of Cumbria.

In his initial career Pete enjoyed 15 years as a school teacher. He taught in secondary schools in Merseyside and Bradford and also spent three years working in an outdoor education centre in South Wales. He came to St Martin’s College as a senior lecturer in teacher education in 1998 and developed a particular interest in assessment. He later began to work in academic development, teaching on the postgraduate programme for newly appointed lecturers, and co-authored a guide to developing assessment practice in higher education. Pete’s research on the identity and workplace learning of educators has included research with teachers and lecturers based in all age phases, from nursery school through to university. In addition to studying teacher education and teacher educators he has also investigated the practice and identity of academics in nursing, midwifery

and the allied health professions. The titles of some of Pete’s recent research papers help to illustrate his focus on academic work and identity: Becoming a Teacher Educator; Becoming a Nurse Educator; The Contemporary Academic; and Hyper-expansive Academic Workplaces. This research contributes to understanding of professional education and challenges pedagogy and policy around how new teachers, nurses and other practitioners are prepared for their careers. Pete is committed to the development of enquiry-based professionals and argues that practitioner research should be a central feature of advanced professional education. Most recently, Pete has been working on collaborative research and development projects with teacher researchers based in schools. A collaborative project entitled ‘Learning Conversations’ has focused on dialogue between teachers and four to six year old children in early years settings in Liverpool. The teacher researchers wore small Go Pro video cameras to capture their informal conversations with children. The analysis helped to identify teacher strategies for maximising children’s learning and language development and the project has produced a published research journal paper and a DVD - based professional development pack. Another of Pete’s school-based research and development projects has focused on developing children’s learning dispositions, such as resilience and growth mindset, and this area of interest

is reflected in a new book entitled Learning Teaching to be published in October 2015. This book is intended to be provocative and is aimed at beginning teachers. It is co-authored by Pete with Professor Barry Hymer and Dr Karen Lockney who are both also based at the University of Cumbria.

As ‘Professor of Professional Learning’ one of Pete’s ambitions is to research further on the knowledge, expertise, identity and learning of school teachers. He argues that professional learning is best described as ‘interplay’ between the horizontal domain of teachers’ practical wisdom and the vertical domain of public, published, knowledge (including theory, research, professional guidance and policy). Pete believes that recent policy development regarding teacher education and development is creating great opportunities for stronger partnerships between schools and between schools and universities. However, he points out that the same policies risk unintended outcomes of dumbing down teacher education and reducing teachers to a technician role. His aim is to influence this situation and help to enhance the professional status of teachers in our society.

IT’S TIME TO GET ON YOUR BIKE… Some of the bikes in the bike loan scheme are still available for this year and if you are a student or a member of staff, you can hire one for just £50 (inc VAT). Here, former member of staff, James Burch tells us about the transformation he experienced after hiring one of the bikes through the scheme.

“The Bike Loan Scheme, run by the excellent and ever-helpful Ian Rodham, transformed my life! That may sound a bit like over-egging the proverbial pudding, so let me explain. For almost 40 years I was a keen runner; and this was my means of keeping fit. Unfortunately, I developed severe arthritis in both knees, with one knee being particularly bad. I also have incipient arthritis in both hips (perhaps that is a lesson not to run so much?!).

cycling because it is not load-bearing. Consequently, I decided to enrol in the bike loan scheme and cycle to work. “As mentioned above, this has had a transformational effect. My daily commute would start at 6.00am, arriving at work just before 7.00am having completed a 12-mile cycle ride, partly along the delightful Lune valley cycle track and the Lancaster Canal.

“The Bike Loan Scheme, run by the excellent and ever-helpful Ian Rodham, transformed my life!”

The beauty of cycling to work is that taking exercise becomes a normal part of one’s everyday routine. For me, it was only three times slower than going by car and quicker than taking the bus.”

“From a biomechanical perspective, I am sadly no longer able to run. As such, I needed to find a way of keeping the muscles around the knees as strong as possible so as to put off having knee replacements until absolutely necessary. I must admit, a knee operation is tempting because things that normally give me so much pleasure, e.g. going up and down mountains, are no longer any possible. I can get up okay, but it is the coming down that is the main issue. Since I have an almost pathological aversion to swimming, the consultant at the hospital suggested Ben Jowett and Nick Dow (from our parking management company Excel Parking) at the top of Hartside Pass while doing the C2C during the summer. Ben is one of the parking attendants for our Ambleside and Lancaster campuses and they both used loan-scheme bikes to train for their endeavour.

Colin Stones (Bike Repairs Lancaster) servicing the fleet of bikes during the summer.

If you’re interested in one of our bikes, the first port of call is your campus accommodation officer.

Further details are available on the website at: www.cumbria.ac.uk/ StudentLife/Travel/ BikeRental.aspx

OT student Clare Bowman, with her daughter

than taking the bus. Commuting a total of about 3000 miles a year, in most weather conditions, saved a lot in terms of diesel. “The bikes provided by the scheme are incredibly sturdy and reliable. I added a rack to the back of mine to carry two substantial panniers. Simple maintenance kept the bike running throughout the year and it is serviced once a year by Ian’s excellent and refreshingly eccentric mechanic, Colin. The only real problem I had was worn-out cogs on the gears. “So what about the knees? The change in pain levels has been transformational. I am no longer aware of them in the way that I used to be, unless of course I attempt to run. Not bad for £50 a year! I heartily recommend the bike loan scheme.”

RESEARCH ROUND-UP A selection of some of our staff research outputs from the past few months

General: Cathy Devine (Senior Lecturer in Sport) provides further evidence of staff playing a leading role in professional associations and learned bodies. Cathy was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the British Philosophy of Sport Association as Secretary. Raye Ng, Plenary Speaker for the Annual Conference of International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Winners and Losers in the Modern Era, Nanjing China, 19 June 2015 A text authored by Professor Robert Williams is included in the latest Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/Whitechapel Gallery Documents of Contemporary Art publication. According to the MIT, in 2006 Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous Whitechapel Gallery and the MIT Press formed an editorial alliance to produce a new series of books.

Documents of Contemporay Art combines affordable paperback prices, good design, and impeccable editorial content. Each volume in the series is a definitive anthology on a particular theme, practice, or concern that is of central significance to contemporary visual culture. The artists and writers included in these books, like the guest editors who conceive them, represent the diversity of perspectives, generations, and voices defining art today (ref: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/series/ whitechapel-documents-contemporary-art). Robert says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very influential and respected series of publications, and I am very proud to have my text included by an authority of the stature of Professor Lange-Berndt. The list of other contributions to the book is interesting and includes luminaries such as: Marjorie AlthorpGuyton, Joseph D. Amato, Karen Barad,

Barthes, Georges Bataille, Nicholas Bourriaud, Judith Butler, Germano Celant, Elizabeth Grosz, Gilles Deleuze, Georges Didi-Huberman, Natasha Eaton, Kenneth Goldsmith, Jens Hauser, Susan Hiller, Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm, Tim Ingold, Mike Kelley, Wolfgang Kemp, Julia Kristeva, Esther Leslie, Primo Levi, JeanFrançois Lyotard, Robert Morris, Dietmar Rübel, Robert Smithson, Monika Wagner, Gillian Whiteley, Richard J. Williams, Jiro Yoshihara.” Lange-Berndt, Petra (ed.) (2015). Materiality. MIT/ Whitechapel Gallery. London/Cambridge, MA. Pp.115-6. ‘Robert Williams. Disjecta Reliquiae: The Tate Thames Dig//1999’. Martin Fowler was interviewed at the Nairn Book and Art Festival in Scotland, on Friday 4 September about the launch of his Unipress publication Scotland the Brave: A Graphic History of Scotland 1514-2014. The launch was accompanied by an exhibition of the original drawings which Martin had made for the book.

2015 publications-in house journals Education & Higher Education & Pedagogy 1. Boyd, P., Smith, C., & Ilhan Beyaztas, D. (2015). Evaluating academic workplaces: the hyper-expansive environment experienced by university lecturers in professional fields. International Journal for Academic Development, 20(1), 18-32. 2. Armstrong, D., Morrison, C., Hallett, F., Elliott, J., & Hallett, G. (2015).Understanding Child & Adolescent Behaviour in the Classroom. Cambridge University Press. 3. Hymer, B., Watkins, C., Dawson, E., & Buxton, R. (2015). Embedded voices Building a non-learning culture within a learning enrichment programme. Gifted Education International, 31(1), 5-24.

Emeritus & Visiting Professors & Research Fellows in Education 1. Bloxham, S., & Price, M. (2015). External examining: fit for purpose?. Studies in Higher Education, 40(2), 195-211. 2. Hall, S., Horsley, M., & Kotzé, J. (2015). The Maintenance of Orderly Disorder: Modernity, Markets and the PseudoPacification Process. Journal on European History of Law, (1), 18-29. 3. Horsley, M. (2015). The Dark Side of Prosperity: Late Capitalism’s Culture of Indebtedness. Ashgate Publishing Ltd http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?pa ge=637&calcTitle=1&isbn=978147243 6573&lang=cy-gb Child & Family Studies including Young People 1. O’Riordan Z (2015) Living in the “real world”: the experiences and support of school leavers with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties Chpt 7, In; Visser, J. (2015). Transforming Troubled Lives: Key Issues in Policy, Practice and Provision. Routledge. 2. Stuart, K., Maynard, L., & Rouncefield, C. (2015). Evaluation Practice for Projects with Young People: A Guide to Creative Research. SAGE. Psychology, Counselling, Sociology, Philosophy including Social Work 1. Grimwood, T. (2015). Key Debates in Social Work and Philosophy. Routledge. 2. Miller, P.K., & Grimwood, T. (2015). Mountains, cones and dilemmas of context: The case of “ordinary language” in philosophy and social scientific method. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0048393115579668 CaCHet – Innovative & Health Technology 1. Bidmead, E., Reid, T., Marshall, A., & Southern, V. (2015). ‘Teleswallowing’: a case study of remote swallowing assessment. Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 20(3). http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/ abs/10.1108/CGIJ-06-2015-0020

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Ultrasound, 43(3), 145-152. 3. Booth, L. & Kada, S. (2015). Student radiographers’ attitudes toward the older patient: An intervention study. Radiography. Doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2014.09.010 4. Booth, L., Henwood, S., & Miller, P. (2015). Reflections on the role of consultant radiographers in the UK: What is a consultant radiographer?. Radiography 5. Englefield, C. (2015). Radioactive source security: the cultural challenges. Radiation protection dosimetry, 164(1-2), 13-17. 6. Helbren, E., Fanshawe, T. R., Phillips, P., Mallett, S., Boone, D., Gale, A., ... & Halligan, S. (2015). The effect of computeraided detection markers on visual search and reader performance during concurrent reading of CT colonography. European radiology, 1-9 7. Henwood, S. & Booth, L. (2015). Models of Communication Excellence. In Henwood, S. (Ed.) Practical Leadership in Nursing and Health Care: A multiprofessional approach. London: Taylor and Francis Group. pp. 53-68. Doi: 10.1201/b16629-5 See: http://www. crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b16629-5 Conservation, National School of Forestry, Environmental engineering 1. Hillyer, A. P., Armstrong, R., & Korstjens, A. H. (2015). Dry season drinking from terrestrial man-made watering holes in arboreal wild Temminck’s red colobus, The Gambia Primate Biol., 2, 21–24 http:// www.primate-biol.net/2/21/2015/pb2-21-2015.pdf 2. Convery, I, Corsane G, Davis P Eds (2015) Displaced Heritage. Responses to Disaster, Trauma, and Loss Boydell & Brewer. Contributions from Ian Convery, Mark Wilson (Fine Art) & Billy Sinclair http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/ store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=14642 3. Convery, I., Carroll, B., & Balogh, R. (2015). Flooding and schools: experiences in Hull in 2007. Disasters, 39(1), 146-165. 4. Samarra, F. I., Deecke, V. B., Simonis, A. E., & Miller, P. J. (2015). Geographicvariation in the time‐frequency characteristics of high‐frequency whistles

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