• All our Art and Design students develop their practice in our spacious studios in Luton’s Alexon House, previous home of a leading British fashion company, with access to a 3D workshop; print room; 3D printer; and digital pattern cutter.
• The studio culture for Interior Architecture and Design students reflects industry with high-spec computers using software such as AutoCAD, Vectorworks and Sketchup as well as a 3D workshop for models.
• Photography students have their own high-spec photography studio; digital and analogue dark room; and professional monitors, cameras and printers.
• Our Fashion Design studio replicates the commercial world and includes 3D-modelling and avatar software such as Browzwear’s VStitcher.
• Animation and Graphic Design students work to industry standards in our stop-motion suite and green-screen room; Mac computers also give them access to Creative Cloud, Dragonframe and TB Paint software.

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• You have access to Harvard Business Publishing, international learning resources providing advanced business simulations in areas such as sustainability and digital processes.
• Our Reuters trading room allows you to experience what it’s like to be on the trading-room floor, reacting to live ‘stock-market’ data.
• We have a new business analytics suite to support learning in data analytics, 'big-data', data mining, digital marketing, SEO and management skills.
• Learning is supported with a range of immersive simulation software including Simulate (Aviation); Semrush (Marketing); Opera Hotel (Hospitality Management); Sage, Refinitiv Eikon and the econometrics software STATA (Accounting, Finance and Economics).
• Law students practise court proceedings in a simulated moot court.
• All Business students have access to high-spec computer suites.

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• A CCNA Academy computer networking suite.
• Games, animation and graphics studios.
• National Instruments electronic engineering laboratory.
• Forensics and IT security laboratory.
• Rohde & Schwarz telecommunications laboratory.
• Laser and optics laboratory.
• A machine and product design workshop.
• A research lab for robotics with an industrial robot arm; industrial mobile robot; drones; integrate oscilloscope; and a powerful AI computer.
• High-spec computer suites.
• Industry-standard equipment and technology include Auto-CAD software; MATLAB simulation software; 3D printer; virtualised environments; and industrial robot models so our students can be part of creating a robot, from design to assembly.

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• Bespoke modern facilities for teacher training including realistic mock classrooms for English, maths, science, early years, physical education and TEFL.
• Recently refurbished science labs with facilities for wet work.
• A blended-learning, multimedia space for webinars and podcasting.
• A Forest School for training in outdoor learning and play.
• A specialist sensory building for teaching SEND and Early Years courses.
• An 80-seat black-box theatre and 280-seat professional theatre.
• A wide range of indoor and outdoor sports facilities including an arena, which is an international PE venue.

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Our nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare students have an extensive range of simulated settings in which to practise their skills in a safe, supported environment.

• Brewster Square, our brand-new simulation floor in Luton’s STEM building, which takes you from mock home to hospital, giving hands-on experience of scenarios you will encounter in the real world/
• Simulated wards with medical-grade mannequins for our Nursing and Midwifery students.
• A mock operating theatre with anaesthetic equipment and recover room for Operating Department Practitioner students.
• A simulation ‘flat’ with a bedroom, bathroom, living area and moving/handling room for Occupational Therapy students.
• A dedicated physio suite for Physiotherapy students, who can also use our simulation suites to further their practice.
• Two clinical-training ambulances (simbulances) for Paramedic Science students as well as a ‘real-life’ simulation area at our Bedford campus comprising assisted living space; industrial space with scaffolding; hoarder’s room; nightclub area; social deprivation room; a lounge and cluttered bedroom; and space imitating a car park.

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• In Luton’s modern STEM building, we offer a range of research laboratories including a cell culture lab and analytical science suite with HPLC, FTIR and GCMS machines.
• Technology and specialised industry-standard equipment for high-end pharma-biotech experiments such as qPCR and protein purification and characterisation.
• Forensic Science students have a specialist forensic laboratory with industry-standard microscopes, an insectary and analytical equipment such as GC-MS, HPLC and qPCR; a mock crime-scene flat with living room, dining room, bedroom and bathroom; and access to the simulated moot court to practise for court appearances.

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• High-spec, HD multi-camera television studios.
• Industry-standard radio facilities.
• Broadcast TV studio.
• a Mac-equipped newsroom.
• Digital video-editing suites.
• Industry-standard 3D green-screen room.
• Equipment including Netflix-standard cameras; location-recording kit; music-production technology; and Adobe Creative Cloud software.

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• Industry-standard laboratories and computing environments including a biological and cognitive psychology lab; cognitive neuropsychology lab; and VR lab.
• A suite of research cubicles with specialist equipment.
• A driving simulator to test hazard perception.
• Eye-tracking software.
• A physiological data-acquisition system.
• EEG recording equipment.
• KAT Walk omnidirectional VR slide mills.

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• Access to Brewster Square, our brand-new cross-discipline simulation floor in Luton’s STEM building, which takes you from a mock home to hospital, giving hands-on experience of a range of scenarios you will encounter in the real world.
• Our new mock-custody suite and police interviewing room that gives Social Work students the chance to put new skills and knowledge into practice.
• Social Work students also have access to the simulated moot court, to practise being in a courtroom environment.

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• Six BASES-accredited laboratories including an environmental heat chamber; molecular and cellular labs; and biomechanics labs with 3D camera system.
• Human Performance Centre.
• A nutrition research kitchen.
• A sports therapy and rehabilitation centre with sports injury clinic.
• A strength and conditioning facility.
• Community exercise clinic.
• Free gym and Olympic weight room.
• Sports arena and sports centre.
• Sport massage rooms.
• Multi-use games areas.
• External sports pitches.
• Our sports science equipment includes treadmills; hydrostatic weighing tank; echocardiogram machines; breath gas and blood analysers; and a high-speed, motion-capture 3D camera system.
• Our sports analysis equipment – such as the Catapult GPS tracking and Nacsport camera systems – allows students to measure and evaluate player and team performance.

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Our students have outstanding multimedia study resources at their fingertips in our cutting-edge, fully equipped libraries.

• Over 281,000 books
• 386,000 e-journals and e-books
• 1,200 study spaces
• 763 PCs and 30 Macs
• 86 laptops for loan
• Study Hub to develop your academic skills
• Academic liaison librarians to ensure you have the resources you need for your course
• Microsoft Office trainers to help you using Office, Word, Excel or PowerPoint

To help with study needs, we offer induction loops, height-adjustable tables, flat-screen monitors, keyboards for visually impaired users, and Keyboard Pro software for developing typing skills.

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