Fusehill Street
Carlisle
CA1 2HH
Tel 0845 606 1144
admissioncarlisle@cumbria.ac.uk
www.cumbria.ac.uk
Open days: September 26, October 28

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 104 (96)

Student satisfaction 72.5%
Head teacher ranking 111= (67=)
Peer ranking 109= (125)
Research quality 30.8%
A-level/Higher points 251
Unemployment 7.4%
Firsts and 2:1s 48.8%
Student/staff ratio 14.9:1
Dropout rate 17.5% (14.1%)

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• The Times University Guide table

VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 5,361 (4,516)
Postgraduates 1,090 (1,077)
Teaching staff 504
Applications/places 6,636/1,898; 3.5:1 (+8.0%)
Clearing entry Not available
Live in 20% (98%) £58-£100
Bursaries 100%: £215-£1,290
Scholarships 35: £1,000

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 1.2%/0.4%
Mature 28.7%
State school 98.7%
Lowest social classes 43.2%
Low-participation areas 16.4%

The university, which has just celebrated its second birthday, draws on the experience and reputation of St Martin’s College, Cumbria Institute of the Arts and the Cumbrian campuses of the University of Central Lancashire, which merged in 2007.

Apart from the main Carlisle campus, Cumbria has sites in Newton Rigg, Penrith, Ambleside, Lancaster, and Lillyhall (with a professional development centre for teacher training in east London).

Cumbria is keen to innovate beyond its established courses, providing students with the skills and qualifications needed to develop west Cumbria into Britain’s Energy Coast. From this month a foundation degree in engineering is being taught at Energus, a futuristic building on the new campus at Lillyhall, near Workington. This is shared with further education colleges and other partners, part of a £2 billion project to regenerate the area.

The university hopes Britain’s Energy Coast campus will develop the area’s nuclear expertise (the Sellafield reprocessing site is nearby) into a focus on renewable energy production, including wind, tidal and biomass. There are plans to extend the courses, with the hope of making renewable energy a specialism at Cumbria.

The bursary scheme is one of the most generous. All students are eligible, with a top payment of £1,290 and more than half getting over £1,000 each year.

STUDENT VIEW

Emma Green, students’ union president:

First impressions A diverse set of campuses, based in some of the most beautiful parts of the country.
Worst feature University budget priorities can often be questionable.
Facilities New commercial and office facilities have been built, but some accommodation is outdated.
Deal clincher A rich legacy of several institutions combined into one university.

Rated excellent (3)
Allied health professions; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; nursing and midwifery.

Student satisfaction
Nursing 85.2; English-based studies 79.8; Other subjects allied to Medicine 79.6; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 75.7; Art and Design 75.1; Other Creative Arts 72.4; Management 70.7; Business 70.5; Sports Science 69.8; Social Work 68.7; Performing Arts 67.5; Initial Teacher Training 66.3; Media studies 64.7; Computer Science 64.2; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 57

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