15learning January/February 2009
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Mike wins sports
history award
A University of Cumbria sports
history professor has been
presented with a prestigious award
from the International Society for
the History of Physical Education
and Sport (ISHPES).
Professor of Cultural History Dr
Mike Huggins from the University's
School of Educational Partnership
and Enterprise has won the ISHPES
Award 2009 in recognition of his
high quality of work in the field.
The award also means that Mike
will be one of the keynote speakers
at the ISHPES congress in 2009,
where the prize will be officially
presented.
Accolade for
top marks in IT
Computing student Joyce
Longcake has won an award from
the North of England branch of the
British Computer Society for
achieving the highest marks on the
first year of her University of
Cumbria course.
She was presented with her
award in a ceremony in Newcastle.
The prize was free membership to
the British Computer Society for
the duration for her course (FdSc
IT Applications), a certificate and a
cheque for �150.
Seaton resident Joyce was very
pleased to discover she had won
the prize, for which she had been
put forward by her university
lecturers.
Campaign to
tackle obesity
The University of Cumbria is
representing the UK in a pan-
European campaign to tackle child
and adolescent obesity.
The project, `In Form: campaign
against child and adolescent
obesity', will take place over the
next three years and has received
funding from the European Union's
Public Health Programme.
The university is engaging with
local communities in the north
west and working with health,
education and community
professionals to implement
projects to improve the diet and
fitness.
The university's first task is to
create a library of research
findings, policies, therapies and
preventative actions to tackle
obesity.
The information will be gathered
during the first phase of the
project and will help shape and
European guidance manual and
the design and development of an
accredited training programme for
20 professional `obesity' trainers.
Working out: `It was fantastic getting into the world of work and this is a
brilliant place to be. It has a great atmosphere and everyone is helpful'
Career progression: Recommended!
Sorted: David Mutter talks to Jonathan Porter on the factory floor. `It's up to you to put the work in,' he says
me had been to university but I came
through the back door.
"I know the company well. It has
moulded me and people here know what
I can do."
The can factory, which employs around
350 people, still takes on a small number
of apprentices each year, usually two
mechanical and one electrical. It is the
largest factory of its type in Europe and
produces two-piece aluminum cans for
beer. It is one of Carlisle's flagship
industries, a direct descendant of the
city's Metal Box company.
Janice Nichols, of Cumbria Higher
Learning, believes David's route towards
HNC demonstrates well the progression
today's work-based learning can offer.
She said: "There are lots of
possibilities for people in work to access
courses at a higher education level
which, in turn, opens up all sorts of
career paths."
More apprenticeship opportunities are
to be created over the next decade as the
Government looks to fill the significant
skills gap in the British economy
identified in the Leitch report. The aim
is to have one in five young people in
apprenticeships within 10 years.

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