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I'm doing Performing Arts and it's really good, I’m in my second year. It's really versatile and you get to choose a lot of what you want. If you just want to do dance, if you want to choreograph your own dance, if you just want to do acting or if you want to do a bit of both. That's what I'm doing, a bit of dance and a bit of acting so you've got a wide spectrum of what you can do! You can help in all the aspects of putting on your own production such as directing, stage set-up, lighting, things like that.
I've got a gallery piece that's going on in a few weeks time, using new media, I’ve never picked up a video camera before and I’ve got a piece of video installation going on in two weeks time!
We've just had the new dance studio opened, fantastic space, new dance floor, changing area, really nice and next month the campus centre opens which has the new theatre in it and the performance studio which should be great!
The lecturers are fantastic, absolutely brilliant, anything you need, meetings, tutorials, equipment, anything like that, they've got it! They get involved as well they're not just lecturing you, they're in there getting involved with the practical work that you're doing, and it’s really good!
I studied a bachelor's degree in psychology and it's a really good course, it is a lot of hard work! You have to write the essays and turn up to the lectures, the exams get harder and harder but it's all worth it, you feel like you've really learnt something and you feel like the lecturers really put in the effort!
I know that we get everything put on the internet but it's really worth turning up for the lecturers, if you look at them they're all doctors and terribly smart and if you listen they have a lot of wisdom behind them so it's worth it!
I couldn't believe it when i got here, with the facilities, everything is so high-tech! In the second year i actually got my brain waves read, they put electrodes on my head, it was all quite exciting! They put me in front of a lecture hall with about 200 students and said "Now relax, we want to read your brain-waves whilst you're relaxed!"
It worked and it was really fun, you can get a lot out of it!
“I was aware of the University's excellent reputation in media. After researching the course content, I realised it covered the subject areas that I was interested in, such as radio presenting and autocue reading.
There are plenty of practical elements involved, and I particularly liked the idea of working with the final year students to create a performance piece while I was in my first year.
"The course was even better than I expected. I really enjoyed the radio, television and acting skills, and as many of the staff still work in the industry, you know you are getting the best possible support and advice!"
Tell me the 3 best things about the University of Bedfordshire…
“I think the first is the location, it is very close to London so we decided it would be a very good place to come to. I came with my family first to see how it was and we found a few things that were interesting.
Second, the friendliness of a quiet town, for us I mean, we’re coming from a big city so we found everybody to be very friendly when we came to visit first of all. We were trying to find a place to live and a school for my boy.
Lastly, it’s a multicultural environment! We thought it was very interesting to find people from all over the world, just like us, living here and feeling so at home.”
"The past three years at the University's Luton Campus have provided me with many memorable experiences that will stay with me forever. My course was really interesting and rewarding.
The group assignments prepare you for a working environment as you get to team-up with people of different ages and opinions. I have made some great friends and the social scene caters for everyone. If I had to do it all again, I would choose the University of Bedfordshire every time."
