2013

Faith leaders team up to promote organ donation within their communities
THE first Faith and Organ Donation Summit saw leaders of six of the UK’s major religions join community representatives and health professionals to explore how to encourage more organ donation from minority communities.

Getting girls into sports in South Africa
WHEN 15-year-old Charlotte Smith learned that girls in South African schools were not able to take part in sport, she was eager to change it.

Paul to take on 132 mile run for Veterans
RUNNING some 132 miles in five days is the challenge a University of Bedfordshire psychologist has set himself – to raise money for The Veterans Charity.

New PG centre reflects University’s ‘confidence and vision’ says MP
Rt Hon David Willetts MP officially opened the Postgraduate (PG) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Centre at the University of Bedfordshire earlier today (Monday).

On air with the Vice Chancellor
WHAT music does the Vice Chancellor Bill Rammell listen to in his spare time?

Bedfordshire team prove entrepreneurship can be sustainable
A TEAM from the University of Bedfordshire has won the title of Sustainable Entrepreneurs in a national competition for universities.

Film maker pays homage to Polish Solidarity hero
AN academic's new film charting the story of the heroes who changed Poland will be premiered this evening (3 May).

Conference focuses on concerns over growing far-right in Hungary
THE role of the Hungarian media, in the face of growing prejudice against Roma and Jews, a rising Far-Right party and a nationalist government, are among topics to be examined at an international seminar organised by a professor at the University of Bedfordshire.

Books explore tourism’s links to global policy on environment and poverty
THE heightened relevance of tourism to global policy and a sustainable future are reflected in two books published by Andrew Holden Professor of Environment and Tourism.

European adventure for student 'jailbreakers'
BEG, borrow and blag your escape as far away as possible from the Luton Campus, on a budget of nothing. Mission impossible? Not for University of Bedfordshire students who reached southern Spain.

National award for volleyballer Laura
VOLLEYBALL England has presented its Volunteer of the Year Award to a Sport and Physical Education student who launched a club at the University of Bedfordshire.

Make a difference to healthcare of future generations, expert urges students
“THE challenges facing public health over the coming decades are considerable, but Bedfordshire’s students have the opportunity to make a real difference to the healthcare of future generations.”