2016
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“Dirt! The Movie” - Free Film Showing - Bedford - July 13th 2016
July 13th 2016 - Free screening of “Dirt! The Movie”, tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility - from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation.
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Faith leaders asked to become organ donation ambassadors
An article published in Transplantation Proceedings (25 May) by a University of Bedfordshire academic highlights the global problem of low rates of organ donation within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.
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University launches unique healthcare app
University of Bedfordshire computing expert Professor Feng Dong has played a key role in a European project to build a unique healthcare phone app.
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University launches unique healthcare app
University of Bedfordshire computing expert Professor Feng Dong has played a key role in a European project to build a unique healthcare phone app.
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New book on public health intelligence
University of Bedfordshire senior lecturer Krishna Regmi struggled to find a relevant textbook for the course he was teaching so he wrote his own.
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New book on public health intelligence
University of Bedfordshire senior lecturer Krishna Regmi struggled to find a relevant textbook for the course he was teaching so he wrote his own.
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WHO looks to English strategy to lower global teenage pregnancy rates
Alison Hadley OBE, the University of Bedfordshire academic who helped to bring about record lows in teenage pregnancies in England, has been called on by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to share the key successes of the strategy, so that other countries can learn from England’s approach.
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Ten tips to beat exam stress
Lee Bowling Student Engagement Manager at the University of Bedfordshire has put together some handy tips on how to combat exam stress.
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WHO looks to English strategy to lower global teenage pregnancy rates
Alison Hadley OBE, the University of Bedfordshire academic who helped to bring about record lows in teenage pregnancies in England, has been called on by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to share the key successes of the strategy, so that other countries can learn from England’s approach.
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Students use chemistry to solve crime
The University of Bedfordshire saw 48 students from 12 local schools enjoy a day of chemistry on Wednesday (18 May).
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Bedfordshire lecturers awarded title of Queen’s Nurse
Two University of Bedfordshire nursing lecturers are celebrating after being awarded the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse.
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Trust in science
Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir Paul Nurse spoke at the University of Bedfordshire
about the importance of building trust in science and the benefits that science has brought to humankind as part of the University’s 'Science & Society' lecture series (Monday 16 May).