2013

Fri 17 May, 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.

Wed 15 May, 2013
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.

Tue 14 May, 2013
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.

Tue 14 May, 2013
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).

Mon 13 May, 2013
On air with the Vice Chancellor

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

Wed 08 May, 2013
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.

Tue 07 May, 2013
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).

Tue 07 May, 2013
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.

Thu 02 May, 2013
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.

Tue 30 April, 2013
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.

Mon 29 April, 2013
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.

Mon 29 April, 2013
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.”