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Cumbrian GP reflects on his medical school journey, as applications for Cumbria’s first graduate entry medical school launch.
“If you’re considering coming to work in Cumbria, go for it – there’s no better place to be!”
Cumbria’s new medical school now open for applications
Applications for the new graduate entry programme in Medicine at the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine have opened for the first time today.
Our unique partnership between the University of Cumbria and Imperial College London will focus on training doctors in Cumbria, for Cumbria. Based in Fusehill Street, Carlisle, the medical school will open its doors to the first cohort of students in August 2025.
Pears Cumbria School of Medicine attend the Partnership agreement between University of Cumbria and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Leaders from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust have attended a ceremony at the University of Cumbria Lancaster campus to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise the organisations’ partnership.
Local talent shapes Pears Cumbria School of Medicine development ahead of 2025 opening.
The team behind the development of the pioneering Pears Cumbria School of Medicine (PCSM) continues to expand, with local talent joining the team to shape its development and create the region’s first graduate-entry medical school, based in Carlisle.
Six of the latest new recruits are from Cumbria and are all excited to be part of a unique partnership that will see this bespoke, innovative and research-informed graduate-entry medical school open its doors in 2025.
University and nursing leader awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
The University of Cumbria is thrilled to congratulate Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Brian Webster-Henderson who has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Recruitment launched to lead exciting £4.8m health research project
Work has begun to appoint the first roles to an exciting £4.8m scheme that will create a centre of excellence in research into local health-related issues affecting people in north and west Cumbria.
United and university leaders pledge collaboration to support Carlisle and Cumbria’s communities.
Vice Chancellor Professor Julie Mennell DL has welcomed new Carlisle United owners Tom and Patty Piatak to University of Cumbria’s Fusehill Street campus, which is situated less than a mile from the League One club’s Brunton Park ground.
Contribution of arts, culture and creativity to health and wellbeing explored in Arts Council England visit to Cumbria
A dynamic two-day event focusing on the contribution of the arts and creative sectors to health and wellbeing in Cumbria has been taking place this week, co-hosted by University of Cumbria with Arts Council England, Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council.
Sir Trevor Pears
As Jerry Maguire famously once said, you had me at hello.
Five-million-pound gift creates The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine
The creation of Cumbria’s first medical school, a partnership between University of Cumbria and Imperial College London, has taken another step forward with £5 million in philanthropic support from Pears Foundation.
Unlikely marriage of universities can ease NHS staff crisis
The NHS is facing a staffing crisis. The British Medical Association estimates that the current shortfall is over 50,000 doctors. The shortage in the number of doctors is unevenly spread across the UK, mirroring the distribution of social deprivation and health inequality, with the North of England particularly affected – 11 per cent of NHS posts are vacant compared to 3 per cent in London.