2013

'Millions of older people with diabetes denied proper care'
OLDER people with diabetes are “needlessly developing devastating complications because they are being denied proper care and aggressive treatment”.

Looking back to look forward
THE Rt Hon David Blunkett MP will be revisiting his 'landmark' speech at Greenwich in 2000 to draw conclusions about the higher education sector when he visits the University of Bedfordshire tomorrow (7 March).

Polly Toynbee calls half-time on Mr Cameron’s premiership
DAVID Cameron is “a man with a plan, and always was”, looking to pick up where former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher left off. That’s the opinion of journalist and political commentator Polly Toynbee who spoke at the University of Bedfordshire.

Plug in to a healthier future
Research to set up an online system enabling doctors to access patient’s health records from all across the European Union, has been launched today (Monday).

Milton Keynes’s own university campus
A NEW university campus for Milton Keynes was launched today (Friday, 22 March).

Training for teachers gives hope for Malawi’s children
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For the past three years, tutors and students have been helping to train teachers in one of the poorest parts of Africa – and it’s proving to be as good for Bedford’s trainee teachers as it is for the Malawians - Rose Taylor reports

Miraculous car accident recovery story leads students to volunteer for charity
A CAR accident left Carole Mason comatose for three weeks, with doctors not expecting her to survive.

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David Blunkett first to speak at new Public Policy Lectures
LABOUR MP David Blunkett will be the first speaker in a new series of Public Policy Lectures being held at the University.

Top award for diabetes professor
Professor Alan Sinclair’s work into improving the healthcare of older people with diabetes has won him an international honour.

Research aims to help psychiatric patients
CLEAN, simple and beautiful premises can lead to calmer psychiatric wards, a study conducted by a University of Bedfordshire academic has shown.

Mark Blundell joins F1 panel to talk motorsport
FORMULA One’s future could be threatened by a "short-sighted" financial plan that stops the most-prestigious F1-hosting countries from holding grand prix - and prevent some of the world's best drivers taking their place on the grid.