May

Tue 21 May, 2013
Students show they have the ‘Graduate Edge’

FINAL year Bedfordshire students met local employers to discuss potential job opportunities at a networking event hosted at the University’s Postgraduate Centre, in Luton.

Tue 21 May, 2013
Internet speak is ‘not destroying language’ says linguistics expert

ENGLISH Linguistics expert Professor David Crystal was guest speaker at the final Leadership Futures lecture of the academic year at the University of Bedfordshire.

Mon 20 May, 2013
Student PE teachers organise Bedfordshire schools athletics event

STUDENT PE teachers from the University of Bedfordshire gained invaluable experience organising the annual Bedfordshire and Luton Schools’ AA Combined Events Championships, held at the Bedford International Athletics stadium.

Mon 20 May, 2013
Care Maker student chosen to promote nursing’s core values to speak at NHS conference

AFGHANISTAN veteran medic, David Smith, who left the army to study nursing at the University of Bedfordshire, is one of five students nationwide chosen to speak at an event for NHS decision makers.

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.