PCSM Education Hub
The PCSM Education Hub aims to promote, support and advance medical education in Cumbria and beyond by training skilled clinicians to deliver high-quality care and fostering a research-informed culture at the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine.
We support faculty development within the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine and for our NHS and medicine partners in the region. Our aim is to create a community of practice for evidence-based best practice across Cumbria and to develop education research.
Education Hub Events
Explore our upcoming events and opportunities at the PCSM Education Hub
The next Education Hub Symposium events are as follows:
Title: From Access to Achievement: Widening Participation and Educator Impact
Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026, Time: 19:00 – 20.30
Location: Teams, Remote
Schedule
19:00 – 19:05 | Welcome
Speaker: Dr Amit Paik, Education Hub Lead
- Welcome
- Agenda for evening session
19:05 – 19:45 | Imperial Prospective: Widening Participation. “Supporting Every Learner to Succeed: Having conversations about learning”
Speaker:
- Dr Christopher-James Harvey
- Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for Undergraduate Science (Imperial, Faculty of Medicine)
- Director of the Accomplishment Group
- Head of Academic Tutoring for the MBBS programme, overseeing the principal system for student academic and pastoral support
40 min presentation
- Imperial’s own journey through widening participation
- Specific focus on work undertaken as part of the “Accomplishment Group”, supporting those students from widening participation backgrounds with complex or concurrent support needs
19:45 – 20:20 | PCSM Prospective: Widening Participation. “The story at PCSM so far”
Speaker:
- Dr Helen Horton
- Head of Admissions, Recruitment and Outreach (PCSM)
- GP & GP Trainer, Distington Surgery, West Cumbria
40 min presentation
- PCSM’s reflection on widen participation approach in terms of admissions/applications and outreach, including why is this important.
- Specific approach undertaken by PCSM to aid widening participation
20:20 – 20:30 | Closing Q&A, Final Reflections
Speaker: Dr Amit Paik
10 min Q&A
- Open Q&A and shared reflections from the evening
- Announcement of the next symposium