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University of Bedfordshire
TypePublic
Established2006 - University of Bedfordshire
1993 - gained University Status as University of Luton
1882 - Teacher Training College
Endowment£1.4 million[1]
ChancellorBaroness Howells of St Davids
Vice-ChancellorLes Ebdon
Students23,930
Undergraduates17,129
Postgraduates6,801
Location
Luton and Bedford
,
Bedfordshire
,
UK

51°52′40″N 0°24′41″W / 51.87778°N 0.41139°W / 51.87778; -0.41139
CampusUrban
Websitehttp://www.beds.ac.uk
University of Bedfordshire - Luton Campus

The University of Bedfordshire is based in Luton and Bedford, the two largest towns in the English county of Bedfordshire with an additional campus in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, for students studying Nursing and Midwifery. It has more than 24,000 students, over 2,000 staff and a turnover of over £130m [2]. Nearly 3,000 international students study with the University [3] and it has a global network of 70,000 alumni.[4] The University was 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.[5] In 2012 it achieved Fair Trade status. [6]

History

The University of Bedfordshire is made up of a number of higher education institutions with histories dating back into the Nineteenth Century. The University’s two main campuses are in Luton (in the town centre), and Bedford (on Polhill Avenue). Both have been recently extensively modernised with new teaching and social facilities and new on-campus accommodation.[7]

Luton Modern School was founded in the 1890s and the Luton Modern School and Technical Institute opened its doors in 1908 on the Park Square site still used by the present University today. This became Luton College of Higher Education with the merger of Luton College of Technology and Putteridge Bury College of Education in the mid-1970s.[5]With the passing of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 it converted to university status in 1993 and will celebrate its twentieth anniversary in 2013.

The Bedford campus was originally the Bedford Training College for Teachers, founded in 1882 and Bedford Physical Training College founded in 1903. These merged with a further education college to become the Bedford College of Higher Education in 1976. In 1994 the higher education parts of the college merged with De Montfort University (based in Leicester). [5]

In December 2005, the University announced that it was taking over the Bedford campus of De Montfort University purchasing the site for £15 million. With permission from the Privy Council, it changed its name to the University of Bedfordshire on 1 August 2006. [5][8]

The University has a third campus based at Putteridge Bury, a neo-Elizabethan country mansion located on the edge of Luton on the A505 road to Hitchin. The campus is situated in approximately 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 current 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.[5]

There are also two dedicated campuses for the teaching of nursing and midwifery degrees at Butterfield Park on the outskirts of Luton and at the Buckinghamshire campus at Oxford House in Aylesbury. [5]

Faculties

The University of Bedfordshire has four faculties:Creative Arts, Technologies and Science;Education and Sport;Health and Social Sciences;and the University of Bedfordshire Business School [9]

Academic Reputation

In 2004 The Sunday Times named the University of Luton 'Best New University' for the second year running (prior to the purchase of the Bedford campus and rebranding). [10] By contrast, the Sunday Telegraph criticised the University for its high drop-out rate and proposals to relax the consequences for students failing second-year exams, with the headline "Is this the worst university in Britain?" [11]. Tim Boatswain, Luton's then Pro vice-chancellor “insisted that the requirements for examination passes followed established national standards and denied that the changes devalued Luton's degrees.” [12] He went on to say "Luton has an excellent teaching quality rating. It came 14th out of 120 institutions on this measure and was described by Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, as 'bloody brilliant'. Recently the Quality Assurance Agency, which monitors university courses, said that the teaching in our business school was inspirational. This record hardly suggests that Luton has low standards." [13]

In 2005 the QAA conducted an institutional audit of the University of Luton (prior to the creation of the University of Bedfordshire). The audit questioned the academic standards of the University's awards and reported a lack of confidence in the university's quality standards. [14]

After that audit was taken the QAA was shown that appropriate action was taken by the University of Luton to respond to its concerns and as a result the audit was signed off in July 2007. [15]

In 2007 the University of Bedfordshire was short-listed for the Times Higher Education Supplement's University of the Year 2007.[16]

In 2009 the QAA again undertook an institutional audit and gave the University of Bedfordshire its highest “confidence” rating. It reported that “Confidence can reasonably be placed in the soundness of the institution's present and likely future management of the academic standards of its awards [and] in the soundness of the institution's present and likely future management of the quality of the learning opportunities available to students [17]

Bedfordshire was ranked 71 of 114 British universities in The Times Good University Guide league table, released in June 2009,[18] 72 out of 113 in The Independent Complete University Guide,[19] and 88 out of 117 in The Guardian University Guide.[20] The Guardian's league tables are compiled mainly on the basis of teaching data (staff/student ratio, job prospects, inclusiveness), and The Times's also include data on research ratings and the percentage of students who complete a degree.

The university has been criticised for its association with the Institute for Optimum Nutrition,[21][22] an unacredited and controversial organisation whose founder, Patrick Holford's advocacy of vitamin C as better than conventional drugs to treat AIDS was described as 'very scary' by the British Dietetic Association.[23] During the mid-2000s the University did offer a Foundation course in Nutrition with the Institute of Optimum Nutrition but dropped this in 2009. [24]


University of Bedfordshire - Bedford Campus Centre

Teaching quality

In 2004 The Sunday Times awarded the University of Luton the title of Best New University [25] and in 2007 the University of Bedfordshire was short-listed for the Times Higher Education Supplement's University of the Year 2007.[26]

The University received top marks in the Quality Assurance Agency, the Government’s higher education quality watchdog, most recent audit (2009). [27] The University of Bedfordshire’s Language and Linguistics courses is ranked second in the latest edition of the Complete University Guide (CUG) for student satisfaction.[28]

Awards

  • Awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2011.[29]
  • Outstanding Finance Team winners in the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2011.[30]
  • ‘Gold’ award from Investors in People – their highest accolade – awarded in 2011[31]

Rankings

In June 2012 the University was ranked 82 (out of 116) in the Complete Universities Guide, a rise of 21 places over its 2011 ranking. [32] The University is also ranked 88 (out of 116) in The Times Good University Guide, a rise of 18 places. The Times reports that the percentage of graduates gaining a first or upper second class degree has risen from 44.4 per cent last year to 53.6 per cent and there has been an increase in spending per student by the University on services and facilities, from £1,368 in 2011 to £2,004 in 2012. [33]

In The Guardian University Guide the university was ranked 102 out of 117.[34] This guide is compiled using mainly teaching data (staff/student ratio, job prospects, entrance criteria, inclusiveness), while The Times guide also includes data on research ratings and the percentage of students who complete a degree.

In 2012 the University of Bedfordshire received a First Class Award and was ranked 36th out of 145 in the People and Planet Green League 2012 – rising 17 places from the previous year.[35] In 2012 the University also received accreditation as a Fair Trade University.[36][non-primary source needed]

UK rankings
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Times Good University Guide 88 106 71=[37] 89[37] 84
Guardian University Guide 102 103 88[38] 91[39] 95
Sunday Times University Guide 102[40] 102= 98 104 106[41] 83rd[42] 82 74 100
The Complete University Guide 82[43] 103[44] 72=[45] 86=[46] 86=[47]
The Daily Telegraph 86
People and Planet Green League 36[48] 53

Campuses

The University has two main campuses: Luton (in the town centre), and Bedford (on Polhill Avenue). Both these campuses have on-campus accommodation. There are also two dedicated campuses for the teaching of nursing and midwifery degrees at Butterfield Park on the outskirts of Luton and at the Buckinghamshire campus at Oxford House in Aylesbury. The University also has a fifth site at Putteridge Bury which is home to the University of Bedfordshire's Knowledge Hub and postgraduate Business School. [49]

The University of Bedfordshire offers part-time schedules for full degrees at both of its main campuses.

Luton Campus

The University’s £34m Campus Centre opened in October 2010.[50] Designed for social activity as well as teaching the Campus Centre incorporates learning zones. It houses a 240-seat lecture theatre, an exhibition area for displaying student work, the Student Information Desk offering help and support for students and the Students’ Union's support services and executive offices. There are also several places to eat and drink.

A £20m Postgraduate and Continuing Professional Development Centre is scheduled to be completed in early 2013 and includes state-of-the-art IT and AV equipment, informal and quiet learning spaces, two “Harvard-style” lecture theatres, as well as a student lounge and cafe.[51] The Luton Learning Resource Centre has over 200,000 books and specialist texts, 9,000 journals and 300 fully networked PCs that are available at the Park Square campus. There is also an extensive online library of resources.[52]

Luton campus is home to the following schools of study: Business; Media, Art and Design; Science; Computing; Law; Psychology; and Social Sciences, and there are over 1,800 bedrooms available for students across the Luton campus. The University has invested £40m in developing student accommodation at Fitzroy and Wenlock Court both of which have extensive communal areas ideal for socialising and relaxing.[53]

Putteridge Bury, Luton

Built in 1911, Putteridge Bury is a country mansion set in 30 acres of landscaped gardens and parkland, just four miles from the Park Square campus on the Hertfordshire - Bedfordshire border. It is home to the Bedfordshire Business School postgraduate programmes and the University’s Conference Centre.

The Putteridge Bury campus has its own Learning Resources Centre equipped with PCs, accessing on-line information, databases and over 2,000 electronic journals. There is a free shuttle bus service between Putteridge Bury and the Park Square, Luton campus, allowing students to use the resources available there.[54]

Bedford Campus

The Bedford campus on Polhill Avenue is located about 20 minutes on foot from Bedford town centre. The University provides a free bus service running between the town centre and the campus. The campus has recently undergone a redevelopment which includes an Physical Education and Sport Science Centre used to train athletes in the 2012 Olympics,[55] and a Bedford Campus Centre boasting a 280-seat theatre, dance studios, restaurant and social spaces for students.[56] Liberty Park, the recently completed £20m on-campus student accommodation, offers 500 en-suite study bedrooms.[57] The Bedford campus is home to the following schools of study:

  • Primary Education
  • Secondary and Post-Compulsory Education
  • Education Studies
  • Physical Education and Sport Studies
  • Sport and Exercise Sciences
  • Tourism and Leisure

Health, Nursing and Midwifery

Health, Nursing and Midwifery at Butterfield Park

Butterfield is home to a purpose-designed building for Health, Nursing and Midwifery students, and £1m has been invested to offer students appropriate teaching and learning resources. The 85-acre 'building and technology' zone provides facilities that includin a skills lab and a £500,000 clinical simulation centre, complete with operating theatre suite, hospital ward and family room, that ensure students develop and refine their clinical abilities in realistic settings.[58] [59]

Butterfield Park was named Green Office of the Year 2008 in the The Office Development Awards competition for the environmental development of the future.[60] It also boasts a mix of networked computer suites, and a Learning Resources Centre which is home to a digital library including 2,000 health-related e-journals. Nursing students also have access to the NHS Trust Libraries as well as the many specialist texts and journals available at the Park Square campus.

It is home to the Luton Institute of Research in the Applied Natural Sciences (LIRANS), which focuses on postgraduate training, research, applied research and product development - in association with other academic groups and in collaboration with industry. LIRANS carries out research in three broad areas: cryobiology, environmental change and sensors.[61]

Butterfield Park is located on the north-east side of Luton. It is also near to the University’s Putteridge Bury Campus, which is four miles from the main Park Square campus.

Nursing and Midwifery at Aylesbury and High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire campus)

The University of Bedfordshire's Buckinghamshire campus, based in Aylesbury, is equipped with purpose-built facilities including a multi-purpose skills lab with comprehensive simulation facilities. Students undertake clinical placements at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, in Wycombe General Hospital in High Wycombe, and in a range of community based healthcare settings. Students can take advantage of accommodation just a short walk from the hospitals. There is the opportunity to be involved in local communities and with the practitioners from local NHS Trusts and disciplines. [62]

Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury

Stoke Mandeville Hospital is a large hospital in Aylesbury, one of three hospitals within the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust. It provides a range of acute hospital services including 24 hour Accident and Emergency, Critical Care, General Medicine, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery and Women’s and Children’s Services. The Stoke Mandeville Hospital is also the base for Ophthalmology for the area. The Burns and Plastics Services covers a population of over 1.5m - stretching north to Northampton and west towards Reading. The site also hosts the National Spinal Injuries Centre, which serves a population of 14m. The spinal unit is the first spinal unit in the country to have a dedicated ward for children.

Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe

Wycombe General Hospital is located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and, like Stoke Mandeville, it is one of three hospitals in the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust (the third is Amersham Hospital). It offers a wide range of hospital services including emergency medical care, planned surgery including orthopaedics and specialist cancer services, midwifery led maternity care and a Children’s ambulatory care centre. Wycombe Hospital provides a specialist centre for Urology and stroke treatment, and Vascular Surgery and Heart Investigative Services are also based at this hospital site.

League table standing

The 2012 Guardian University Guide ranked the University of Bedfordshire’s nursing courses 11th (of 78 courses nationally), a rise of 12 places over 2011 and awarded us the maximum added value score. [63]

Overseas offices

The University of Bedfordshire has regional representatives in several parts of India who have extensive training to give free counselling, advice and, where possible, a face to face interview to students. They are based in Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad and Vadodara. [64]

2012 Olympics and Paralympics

The Bedford Campus of the university has been selected as an official training site for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and will act as a main hub for other training sites in the Bedford area. The Maldives National Olympic Committee will base its competing athletes at the campus, while Paralympic athletes from Angola, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Lesotho, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda will also be based at the Bedford campus. With the exception of Weymouth (which will host various sailing events) Bedford will accommodate more Olympic teams in 2012 than any other town or borough in the UK.[65]

Learning Resources and Student Support

Each University campus has its own dedicated library and learning resources. There is also a large online digital library. Luton Park Square houses the University’s main library collection, the Social Learning Space and IT Suite. The Bedford Polhill campus has a large library offering a full range of services including IT in the Learning Hub whilst Putteridge Bury specialises in materials supporting courses in education. Each course has Academic Liaison Librarians who are subject specialists they can help you with subject specific enquiries, training and support via LRC/library inductions and one to one interviews. [66]

Scholarships and bursaries

According to the Daily Telegraph the University of Bedfordshire has “one of the most generous” [67][non-primary source needed] scholarship programmes in the United Kingdom. It maintains a £3m scholarship and bursary fund.[68]

Student Life

The Students' Union

The University of Bedfordshire Students’ Union (UBSU) is a place to meet other students and join in a wide range of social activities. In May 2012 UBSU's Welfare Advice Service was presented with an Advice Quality Mark recognising their contribution to the care of students and local residents. [69][non-primary source needed] It also represents students in University decision-making and nationally. It provides a wide range of services for students as well as providing social facilities and bars and cafes. It is affiliated to the National Union of Students, which represents students nationwide. Elections are held every year to elect a new executive committee.

There are many different societies and club at the UBSU - both in Luton and Bedford. These are set up and run by students, with full support of Student Activities Co-ordinators, and provide a wide variety of events and activities through the year. At present there are 55 active societies which cover cultural, recreational, sporting, religious and political themes.

Over the academic year the Students Union runs several RAG events to raise money for various causes. Students take part in the fund raising helping out by taking part in events or volunteering on a fund raising stall. [70]

Student Publications

There is a regular staff and student magazine and e-zine called “Life” which covers news, features, sports and cultural issues. There is also a regular student union e-zine.

Sports

The University has a large number of sports teams that compete in BUCS (British Universities and College Sports) leagues. In 2010/11 a number of teams won their leagues from both Luton and Bedford campuses.[citation needed]

Post Graduate Studies

The University offers courses at the postgraduate level.[71] It currently has 4,000 postgraduate students and 1,200 members of staff from more than 100 countries, with more than 46 per cent of students aged over 25.[72]

In the latest Government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, the University of Bedfordshire was recognised as 'world-leading' for its research in Earth Systems and Environmental Science; Social Work, Social Policy and Administration; English Language and Literature; and Communications, Cultural and Media Studies.[73] [74] The University has also been recognised as 'internationally excellent' in the areas of Computer Science and Informatics; and Business and Management Studies. [75] [76]

Professional Accreditation

The University’s courses are accredited through, or the University has close links with, the following organisations:

Educational partner institutions

The University works together with a number of partner institutions to offer a range of courses:[77]

The university is a co-sponsor of Central Bedfordshire University Technical College, a new university technical college which is due to open in Houghton Regis in September 2012.

Notable alumni

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    University of Bedfordshire, Luton campus
  • University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus
    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
  • University of Bedfordshire Bedford campus
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  • University of Bedfordshire Putteridge Bury campus
    University of Bedfordshire Putteridge Bury campus

See also

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