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| Luton came 108th out of 109 in the Times Top Universities 2007 League Table (Times) <ref>The Times Good University Guide 2007 </ref>. Although (according to the university) the Sunday Times awarded the university the title of Best New University (for the quality of its teaching)in 2004.<ref>http://www.beds.ac.uk/aboutus/facts/teachingquality </ref> |
Luton came 108th out of 109 in the Times Top Universities 2007 League Table (Times) <ref>The Times Good University Guide 2007 </ref>. Although (according to the university) the Sunday Times awarded the university the title of Best New University (for the quality of its teaching)in 2004.<ref>http://www.beds.ac.uk/aboutus/facts/teachingquality </ref> | ||
| In 2005 a QAA team expressed limited confidence in the soundness of the quality management of its academic programmes. In 2006 the univeristy admitted to having complaints about bullying and harassment of staff. <ref>http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Luton1105/RG162UniLuton.pdf</ref> | |||
| Some staff claimed that they suffered discrimination because of thier ethnicity. | |||
| <ref> Phil Baty, '''Unacceptable'' harassment claimed by 9% in survey', ''Times Higher Education Supplement'', 6 October 2006</ref> | |||
| National league tables rates the University of Bedfordshire fourth in the country for Nursing and Midwifery programmes.<ref>Bedford Hospital http://www.bedfordhospital.nhs.uk/RunScript.asp?page=867&p=ASP\Pg867.asp </ref> | National league tables rates the University of Bedfordshire fourth in the country for Nursing and Midwifery programmes.<ref>Bedford Hospital http://www.bedfordhospital.nhs.uk/RunScript.asp?page=867&p=ASP\Pg867.asp </ref> | ||
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| Logo of the University of Bedfordshire | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2006 elements date back to 1882 |
| Chancellor | Sir Robin Biggam |
| Vice-Chancellor | Les Ebdon |
| Location | Luton and Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK |
| Website | www.beds.ac.uk |
The University of Bedfordshire is a university created by the merger of the University of Luton and the Bedford campus of De Montfort University on 1 August 2006 following approval by the Privy Council. Bedfordshire is a county in southern England. The University of Luton purchased the De Montfort campus in Bedford for an undisclosed sum believed to be in the region of £13.8m.
History
The University of Luton was a university based in Luton, the largest town in Bedfordshire. The institution was founded as the Modern School in the 1890s. It became Luton College of Higher Education with the merger of Luton College of Technology and Putteridge Bury College of Education in the mid-seventies. With the passing of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 it converted to university status in 1993. On the 15 December 2005, the University announced that it was taking over the Bedford campus of De Montfort University. With permission from the Privy Council, the preferred name of the University of Bedfordshire came into effect on the 1 August 2006.
The campus at Bedford dates back to the Bedford Training College for Teachers which was founded in 1882 and Bedford Physical Training College founded in 1903. There are currently just under 3,000 students based in Bedford.
Putteridge Bury is a neo-Elizabethan country mansion located on the edge of Luton on the A505 to Hitchin. The campus is situated in aproximately thirty acres of landscaped gardens. Putteridge Bury can be traced back to Edward the Confessor's time and has links to the Domesday Book. The building was completed in 1911 and was designed by architects Sir Ernest George and Alfred Yeats in the style of Chequers, having had various redesigns and rebuilds over the years. The campus is home to the university's postgraduate business school as well as the university’s Conference Centre.
Reputation
Luton came 108th out of 109 in the Times Top Universities 2007 League Table (Times) . Although (according to the university) the Sunday Times awarded the university the title of Best New University (for the quality of its teaching)in 2004.
In 2005 a QAA team expressed limited confidence in the soundness of the quality management of its academic programmes. In 2006 the univeristy admitted to having complaints about bullying and harassment of staff.
Some staff claimed that they suffered discrimination because of thier ethnicity.
National league tables rates the University of Bedfordshire fourth in the country for Nursing and Midwifery programmes.
Campuses
The University has three main campuses: Luton (in the town centre), Putteridge Bury (on the outskirts of Luton), and Bedford (on Polhill Avenue). There is also teaching for nursing and midwifery degrees on satellite sites at the Luton and Dunstable, Bedford, Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe General hospitals.
Faculties
The University of Bedfordshire has four faculties, encompassing a number of schools, departments and divisions.
- Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies and Science
- Computing and Information Systems
- Education Studies
- Media, Art and Design
- Psychology
- Science
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Faculty of Education and Contemporary Studies
- Business and Applied Social Sciences
- Education
- Performing Arts and English
- Physical Education and Sports Sciences
- Faculty of Health and Social Science
- Applied Social Studies
- Healthcare (Nursing and Midwifery)
- University of Bedfordshire Business School
- Business and Marketing
- Language and Communication
- Law, Accounting and Strategy
- Tourism, Leisure and Human Resource Management
Educational partner institutions
The University works together with a number of partner institutions to offer a wide range of courses.
- Barnfield College
- Bedford College
- British School of Osteopathy
- Broxtowe College, Nottingham
- Dunstable College
- Grantham College
- Leicester College
- Luton Sixth Form College
- Milton Keynes College
- Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
- Tresham Institute of Further and Higher Education
Alumni
- Becky Jago - Presenter of BBC's Newsround - Media Performance..
- Gemma Hunt - Presenter of CBBC - Media Performance..
- Charlie George - Presenter on MAX TV - Media Performance..
- Matt Fisher - Head of Production Xfm London - Media Performance with Radio..
- Debbie Randle - News Editor for Chiltern FM - Modern English Studies..
- Marie Kemp - Presenter on BBC Radio Berkshire - Media Performance and Radio.
- Peter Paddon - Systems Security Administrator for the Walt Disney Company - Media Production, Video Production and Animation..
- Paul Woloszyn - BBC Digital Text - Modern English Studies.
Photo Gallery
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University of Bedfordshire, Luton campus
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University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus
- University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus sports hall University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus sports hall
- University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus library University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus library
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University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus
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University of Bedfordshire Putteridge Bury campus
- Student Union 'SubClub' Nightclub, Luton campus Student Union 'SubClub' Nightclub, Luton campus
- Student Union 'Bar Soviet', Bedford campus Student Union 'Bar Soviet', Bedford campus
See also
External links
- University of Bedfordshire
- University of Luton Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Institutional Audit April 2005
- University of Bedfordshire current job vacancies
References
- http://www.beds.ac.uk/aboutus/history History
- http://education.independent.co.uk/higher/article1210272.ece Article in The Independent re the Merger
- The Times Good University Guide 2007 Top Universities 2007 League Table
- http://www.beds.ac.uk/aboutus/facts/teachingquality
- http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Luton1105/RG162UniLuton.pdf
- ' Phil Baty, Unacceptable harassment claimed by 9% in survey', Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 October 2006
- Bedford Hospital http://www.bedfordhospital.nhs.uk/RunScript.asp?page=867&p=ASP\Pg867.asp
- http://www.beds.ac.uk/studentlife/campus Campuses
- http://www.beds.ac.uk/departments Departments
- http://www.beds.ac.uk/aboutus/partners Educational partners
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/02/02/radioberks_travel_team_feature.shtml
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4661580.stm
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