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Your teaching staff use the latest research and real-life scenarios to enrich your learning experience

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All students have Personal Academic Tutors who provide support throughout their student journey

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Throughout your student journey, we ask you to reflect on your experience and give us your feedback in many different ways to enable an environment of continuous improvement

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All students get access to careers support for a lifetime after graduation

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Our interactive virtual career development platform, Beds Career Builder, gives you access to the tools you need to kick-start your career

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We want to see where our student voice was being heard and acted upon.

We have updated the process to give feedback to ensure students have an opportunity to share their views with us via Student Voice

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We are struggling with the current cost of living crisis

We created a Cost of Living hub, which is continuously updated with help, advice and support. Plus we have made our gum memberships free and reduced the costs of meals at our campus restaurants.

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Bedford library should have more spaces to practice presentations and for group study.

A massive refurbishment of the ground floor which now includes two new presentation rooms with large screens and sofas as well as study booths for group work. We also developed areas on the first and third floors to incorporate a large study booth, comfortable high back seating for individual study and round tables for shared study.

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The library needs to be open for longer from when we need it.

Extended our opening hours to 24/7 in Luton and midnight in Bedford from September to November. Longer open hours again in March and April.

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Overnight library laptop loans was not long enough.

Extended our library laptop loan period to one week.

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We want more opportunities to develop our skills and improve our grades

Our dedicated academic skills webpages will enable you to improve your grades throughout your student journey.

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We need more opportunities to access careers advice

We offer final year students evening appointments to offer guidance around your studies

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We are keen to develop your employability skills so we invite relevant guest speakers, including experts from Luton Airport, Wizz Air, Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd.

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School of Aviation, Marketing and Tourism

We have organised fields trips to Luton Airport, Emirates Experience London, the Olympic Park and the World Travel Market.

All Arts course tutors are practising and exhibiting artist and photographers. Award-winning lectures such as Terry Lee and his award-winning Fantastic Noise podcast.

This is an opportunity to work on BedsTV, our in-house TV Station which offer three-month internship as station manager after the course has finished.

Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies & Science

Latest data shows continuation rate of 93.5% for education courses.

Faculty of Education, English and Sports

Genuine integration of theory, practical application and soft skills with visible impact on others' lives.

Partnerships with Luton Town, F.C. Bedford Blues rugby and many more. Opportunities for students to engage with potential employers.