2012

Deputy Lieutenant visits county schools
As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations Professor Les Ebdon CBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire is doing a series of school presentations throughout Bedfordshire and visited The Meads Primary School in Luton recently.

Budding presenters embark on kids’ TV show
Presenters of the future got to grips with children’s television when media students at the University of Bedfordshire filmed and starred in their own children’s programme.

Work of Business School lecturers recognised
Two academics from the University of Bedfordshire’s Business School are to receive a prestigious award from the Emerald Literati Network for a journal article.

Uni to be presented with Fairtrade Status award
A special presentation to celebrate the University of Bedfordshire being awarded University Fairtrade Status takes place at the Putteridge Bury campus this Friday (11 May).

Luton school students try out Uni life
Luton school students got a taste of life at the University of Bedfordshire last week by playing “Student Survivor”, a game where players balance study with money, socialising and maintaining their health. The game was part of discovering what life at the University is really like.

International students get a taste of Europe
It would be a wasted opportunity, once you have travelled halfway around the globe to study in England, not to visit its neighbours like France and Holland.

Guest speaker Lara gives inspirational talk at Uni
Successful business woman and entrepreneur Lara Morgan returned to her Bedford roots recently, as a guest speaker at the University of Bedfordshire.

Sixth formers pass verdict at Law School taster day
More than 30 law students from Luton Sixth Form College acted as jurors in a mock trial when they visited the University of Bedfordshire’s School of Law taster day with a difference recently.

International recognition for Kinesiology Professor
Professor David Kirk, Alexander Chair in Physical Education and Sport, has been honoured by the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) in the United States.

University of Bedfordshire teams go for top honours
Three teams from the University of Bedfordshire are hoping to scoop top honours after being shortlisted in national awards.

Local volunteers championed at awards ceremony
More than 100 people celebrated Luton’s first Volunteering Awards, recently hosted at the University’s Luton campus.

Girls took tips from IT experts
The realm of computer technology is no longer a man’s world, as visitors discovered at the University of Bedfordshire’s Women in IT conference.