THE University of Cumbria is supporting a national effort to recruit thousands of new police officers. The university has joined three other institutions to create a special public sector partnership to help deliver 20,000 additional officers by 2023. Together, they have formed the Police Education Consortium to deliver policing apprenticeships and Degree Holder Entry Programmes (DHEPs) to new recruits joining three forces across south-east England. The University of Cumrbia s police apprenticeship is led by senior lecturer and retired police officer Stephen Wright. It welcomed its first cohort in March 2020. This week, during National Apprenticeship Week 2021, University of Cumbria is preparing to welcome its first students who are joining the ranks of Hampshire Police, increasing student numbers to 268.
Ellis Mead, an apprentice paramedic at South Central Ambulance Service. Picture: Kris Askey OXFORDSHIRE S ambulance service has jointly launched the first paramedic apprenticeship in England . South Central Ambulance Service inducted its first cohort in October and will take on a second group today. The service is launching the official BSc (Hons) Paramedic (Apprenticeship) degree with six other ambulance services. The degree was devised by the University of Cumbria and will take two years to complete, compared to three for a traditional degree in paramedic science The new apprenticeship programme will teach around 1,000 paramedics in the first two years, significantly increasing the national paramedic workforce , they have said.
Here are seven celebrities who spent part of their life in Cumbria- how many were you aware of? (Photo: PA/Instagram) CUMBRIA is home to many famous faces. You may already know that the likes of Lee Brennan and Helen Skelton were born in the county- but many more have links to the county and spent a considerable amount of their lives here. Some attended the University of Cumbria, others attended local schools and some even moved here during their adult life. Here are seven celebrities who spent part of their life in Cumbria- how many were you aware of?