Bedford campus

About the Bedford campus
The Bedford campus has lots of green open spaces while being very close to Bedford town centre and local amenities. It boasts our Gateway building, a three-storey building that offers high-quality teaching spaces, informal learning spaces, lecture theatres and a new student services centre.
In the Campus Centre you can find both of the campus Theatres as well as the main campus Café while in the surrounding buildings you can find our Physical Education and Sport Science Centre which was used to train athletes in the 2012 Olympics, Teacher Education Centre, four dance studios, campus gym, our four-storey campus library and a newly refurbished Students' Union social space that holds a variety of student events such as pub quizzes, live music and various themed club nights.
Courses at our Bedford Campus
Undergraduate courses
Clinical Exercise Therapy BSc (Hons)
Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation BSc (Hons)
Master of Physical Education (Secondary) (with QTS) MPhysEd
Early Years Education BA (Hons)
International Sport Development BA (Hons)
Education Studies and English BA (Hons)
Sport and Physical Education BA (Hons)
Clinical Exercise Science BSc (Hons)
Sport Science and Coaching BSc (Hons)
Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)
Law LLB (Hons)
Early Childhood Education (Graduate Practitioner) BA (Hons)
Education BA (Hons)
Children and Young People's Nursing BSc (Hons)
Nursing Associate Practitioner FdSc
Early Years and English Language Teaching BA (Hons)
Performing Arts BA (Hons)
Education and Sociology BA (Hons)
Dance and Professional Practice BA (Hons)
Football Studies BA (Hons)
Health and Social Care BA (Hons)
Adult Nursing BSc (Hons)
Paramedic Science BSc (Hons)
Sport and Physical Education BSc (Hons)
Acting BA (Hons)
Applied Early Years Studies (Top up) BA (Hons)
Applied Education Studies BA (Hons)
Applied Personal Training and Specialist Exercise Instruction BSc (Hons)
Applied Special Educational Needs and Disability (Top up) BA (Hons)
Applied Sport and Physical Education BSc (Hons)
Applied Sport Science and Coaching BSc (Hons)
Business Management BSc (Hons)
Business Management with Law BSc (Hons)
Early Years Studies FdA
Education with Psychology BA (Hons)
English Language and Linguistics BA (Hons)
English Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language BA (Hons)
English Language Teaching Certificate in English Language Teaching
English Literature BA (Hons)
Football Business BA (Hons)
Football Coaching BA (Hons)
Football Development BA (Hons)
Football Science BSc (Hons)
Health, Nutrition and Exercise BSc (Hons)
International Business BSc (Hons)
Nursing with Registered Nurse Child (September 2017) BSc (Hons)
Primary Education (with QTS) BA (Hons)
Special Needs and Inclusive Education BA (Hons)
Sport Science and Personal Training BSc (Hons)
Strength and Conditioning BSc (Hons)
Postgraduate courses
PGCE Early Years Birth to 5 (with EYTS) Employment Pathway PGCE
International Education (Leadership and Administration) MA
Secondary English PGCE
Sport and Physical Activity (Leadership and Management) MA
Secondary Physical Education PGCE
Secondary Maths PGCE
Sport and Physical Activity (Executive Leadership) MA
Applied Linguistics (TEFL) MA
Applied Linguistics (TEFL) MA
Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc
Dance Performance and Choreography MA
Dance Science MSc
Early Years (Birth to 5) (with EYTS) PGCE
Education MA
Education (Early Years) MA
Education (Early Years) MA
Education (Leadership) MA
Education (Leadership)
Education (Leadership) MA
Education (National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination) PgCert
Education (Practice) MA
Education (Practice) MA
Education (Social Justice) MA
Education (Social Justice) MA
Education (Special Educational Needs) MA
Education (Special Educational Needs) MA
English Language Teaching (Leadership and Management) MA
English Literature MA
Human Resource Management MSc
Human Resource Management PgDip
Physical Activity, Nutrition and Behaviour Change MSc
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy MA
Primary Education PGCE
Primary with Physical Education PGCE
Primary with Mathematics PGCE
Secondary Art and Design PGCE
Secondary Design and Technology PGCE
Secondary Drama PGCE
Secondary Geography PGCE
Secondary History PGCE
Secondary Music PGCE
Secondary Religious Education PGCE
Secondary Science with Biology PGCE
Secondary Science with Chemistry PGCE
Secondary Science with Physics PGCE
Strength and Conditioning MSc
Bedford Campus Facilities

Gateway Building
The Gateway Building located at the entrance of the Bedford campus holds a wide range of facilities including the main reception, student information desk, a café on the ground floor, large lecture theatres as well as a range of study rooms & breakout spaces on all floors.
Part of the University's 'greening of the campus' initiative, the £25m investment in the Gateway includes a number of sustainable and low carbon technologies such as rainwater harvesting. The project team are aiming towards a BREEAM sustainability rating of 'excellent'.

Campus Centre
The Bedford Campus Centre holds the large 280 seat professional theatre on the ground floor and the 80 seat studio theatre on the first floor as well as a box office just inside the entrance where students, staff and the wider community can get tickets for the variety of student performances that are held by our School of Media & Performance
Also on the ground floor is the main campus café which offers a wide variety of tasty food & drink and is a great social space for meeting friends and group working.

Sports Science Labs
Our specialist labs give students a fantastic environment to develop their research skills and expertise, where a student can explore the biology of an elite athlete who could be performing simultaneously within the sports hall.
The state-of-the-art laboratories are purpose built for research and teaching in the fields of exercise and nutrition science. This includes specialised equipment and facilities for assessing human health risk and delivering exercise and diet interventions for health promotion.

Teacher Education Centre
The teacher education centre is set out over a number of blocks on campus containing realistic mock classrooms for students to learn and train within. As part of this our Forest School also provides the opportunity for teachers to be trained in outdoor learning and the educational benefits of outdoor play.
We have a long-established history in teacher training and education with over 500 partnerships with schools, colleges and other organisations.

Sports Hall & Fields
The sports hall is an integral space in the School of Sport Science and Physical Activity, complementing the discipline leading Sport and Exercise Science and muscle cell and molecular biology laboratories, all co-located on the Bedford campus.
Alongside the large sports hall the campus is surrounded by sports fields and a multi-use games area for the University's Sport and Physical Education degree students.

Campus Library
The Bedford Campus Library set over four storeys offers students access to our extensive range of physical and digital resources with 300,000+ books & 80,000+ ebooks.
PCs are provided on each level for students to use offering access to a wide range of applications as well as access to group-work areas and presentation-practice rooms and a dedicated silent study floor.
Bedford location
Bedford is a riverside town with a mixture of lively traditional pubs and restaurants, shops and first-class sports facilities. The Corn Exchange in the town centre shows regular music and comedy gigs, plus there are museums, landscaped parks, and a cinema.
Bedford is well-placed with its main train station linking London and Brighton to the south and Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield to the north.
The surrounding area has a wealth of parks and open spaces including Bedford Park near the Bedford campus which is ideal for walks, cricket, tennis and basketball. Slightly further afield are 206 acres of open country for lake and river walks, angling, wildlife and conservation areas.
Also close by is Woburn Abbey and Safari Park, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) nature reserve at Sandy.

Directions
Full campus address
By Car
- From the north, leave the M1 at Junction 14.
- Take the A422, following signs for Bedford.
- From the south leave the M1 at junction 13, then follow the A421 to Bedford.
- From the A1, south of St Neots, take the A428 to Bedford.
Bedford campus is next to the A428 on the eastern side of Bedford (Polhill Avenue).
By Train
There are frequent trains, operated by Thameslink from London St Pancras International station - journey time about 50 minutes.
East Midlands Trains also run from London St Pancras International station - journey time about 40 minutes.
There are also direct trains from Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield. Services to the West Midlands, Lancashire, and Scotland are via Milton Keynes.
The University runs a free shuttle bus for staff and students from Bedford train station to the campus.
By Bicycle
Our Bedford Campus is very close to the centre of town being only 15 minutes by bicycle from the train station using the A4280.
On campus there is parking for bicycles outside the Campus Centre.
See www.sustrans.org.uk for more details on cycle routes and maps.
Parking
At our Bedford campus we offer plenty of on-site parking.