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Research and Training Hub for the English Lake District

A partnership's plan breakthrough action to enhance the special landscape, natural & cultural heritage and promote a prosperous economy in the English Lake District. Includes initiatives in montane scrub, carbon sequestration, knowledge transfer partnerships, conservation of freshwater pearl mussels, sustaining Cumbria & hill farming systems, world-class visitor experience, vibrant communities, and various training programs.

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Research and Training Hub for the English Lake District

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

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

  3. THEME 3 – A World Class Visitor ExperienceTHEME 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 DEVELOPING POTENTIAL Undergraduate Animal/ Marine & Aquatic Conservation, Conservation Biology Forestry & Woodland Ecology Outdoor Studies, Education & Adventure Social Enterprise Zoology & Biology Undergraduate Environmental Geography National Parks & Protected Areas Sustainable Engineering Post graduate European Transcultural Outdoor Studies Forestry Outdoor Education Sustainable Leadership Post graduate Bushcraft Ecosystem Assessment Post graduate ??

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

  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

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