9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (515+ words) Armstrong Watson is celebrating five consecutive years of recognition as one of the UK's leading apprenticeship employers. The accountancy firm, which currently employs almost 200 trainees, has been named in The Sunday Times 2026 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list, ranking at number 51. This…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (317+ words) The University of Cumbria has secured almost "4 million in government funding to help meet critical national skills needs in the defence sector. The university is among the 24 winners, one of two from the North West, selected from 112 applicants in the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (740+ words) Team Barrow is set to commit "1. 7 million to help develop a new educational programme in the town. It is working with Walney School and the Baker Dearing Educational Trust on the new approach to education, which, it is hoped, will…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (660+ words) The University of Cumbria has appointed two new Visiting Professors to support its continuing mission of shaping the healthcare workforce of the future. Dr Karen Deeny and Dr Sarina Beacher join the Institute of Health team at the University of…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago  (373+ words) A University of Cumbria professor has been named as one of the experts appointed to a government group. Amanda Taylor-Beswick, a professor of digital and social science, is among the first members of the new Government Skills College of Experts…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (754+ words) A family-run company which provides branded uniforms for more than 200 schools throughout Cumbria and further afield is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Identity, at Furness Business Park in Barrow, is continuing to grow and is now serving the third and fourth generation…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (593+ words) A training programme to support project professionals in the nuclear industry will be rolled out across the UK. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's One NDA Project Academy is an expansion of a programme launched at Sellafield in 2016 and will support workers…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (496+ words) Employers from across the county met at the University of Cumbria's Barrow campus to explore skills development and future workforce needs. The event brought together industry representatives, academic leaders and members of the university's external advisory board to discuss how…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (458+ words) A Lake District restaurant manager has won a prestigious competition. Joel Pennington, of Cottage in the Wood at Whinlatter, near Keswick, has been crowned Gold Service Scholar for 2026. Joel was among 10 front-of-house staff who competed in the scholarship final earlier…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (387+ words) An innovative tourism and visitor economy degrees will be launched by the University of Cumbria later this year. The programmes include paid industry placements, designed to equip students with real-world experience and a deep understanding of place-based learning in one…...