HI

1. A Research and
Training Hub for the
English Lake District.
Partnership’s Plan
Breakthrough Action
1d

2. THEME 1 – Special Landscape, Natural & Cultural Heritage
THEME 2 – Prosperous Economy
Montane Scrub (Sellafield ‘Women into
Science’ & PhD student Carrie Wallace)
Conservation of Freshwater Pearl Mussels (KTP)
(Freshwater Biological Association & Gill Notman)
Carbon Sequestration
Knowledge Transfer
Partnership (KTP)
(LDNPA, Sam Hagon,
Andrew Weatherall & Ian
Convery)
Sustaining Cumbria & Hill Farming Systems
(Cumbria Fells & Dales RDPE Leader & Lois Mansfield)

3. THEME 3 – A World Class Visitor Experience
THEME 4 – Vibrant Communities
‘Learning Away – outdoor
experiences for school
children’
(Paul Hamlyn Foundation &
Chris Loynes)
Local Food Markets
(with Nuture Lakeland, LDNPA
& Naomi van der Velden)
Attitudes to the Expansion of Woodland onto
Farmland (PhD Student: Sara Iversen & the
Forestry Commission)
Langdale Spa Hotel – patent and renovation of
waterwheel (Smith Engineering & Elspeth Lees)

4. TRAINING – Traditional taught provision
CURRENT
Undergraduate
Animal/ Marine & Aquatic
Conservation, Conservation
Biology
Forestry & Woodland Ecology
Outdoor Studies, Education &
Adventure
Social Enterprise
Zoology & Biology
Post graduate
European Transcultural Outdoor
Studies
Forestry
Outdoor Education
Sustainable Leadership
DEVELOPING
Undergraduate
Environmental Geography
National Parks & Protected Areas
Sustainable Engineering
Post graduate
Bushcraft
Ecosystem Assessment
POTENTIAL
Post graduate ??

5. TRAINING – CPD
Bespoke
Conferences,
& seminars
Knowledge
Transfer
Partnerships
Bespoke
Training
Research
studentships

6. Discussion
Endorsement
Next Steps?
Sandra Booth Pro Vice Chancellor
sandra.booth@cumbria.ac.uk
Dr Lois Mansfield Principal Lecturer, Department of Science, Natural Resources
& Outdoor Studies
lois.mansfield@cumbria.ac.uk