Post on 03-Jan-2016
Welcome to your Open Day at the University of Bedfordshire
Today is your introduction to the University of Bedfordshire...
• Meet academic staff – get a taste of the teaching
• Talk to current students – find out about the student experience
• See the facilities
• Check out the accommodation
• Ask questions – get all the information you need
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Today’s Programme
9.45am to 10am Registration
10.15am Welcome talk
10.45am Academic department sessions
11.30am-2.30pm Speak to Student Experience and Support teams including finance, disability support, career planning Students’ Union, plus Campus and accommodation tours led by student ambassadors
12 noon Lunch
12.30pm-2.30pm Hear from our graduates
1:00pm Careers, Finance and Student Life talk
1:00pm-2:30pm Academic Advice – 1:1 discussion with one of our academic staff
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Generous financial support
• £3million set aside for scholarships and bursaries – money that does not
have to be paid back
• Scholarships include:
• Up to £3K in Access scholarships to remove financial barriers to university for an individual student
• VC Scholarship worth up to £9000 a year
• Centenary Scholarship worth up to £3000 per year of study
• A range of sports scholarships worth £1500 per year
• Talk to our finance advisors
• Visit our website www.beds.ac.uk/scholarships
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A supportive environment
• Friendly, welcoming and culturally diverse – 100+ countries represented
• Personal Tutors for every student
• Personal Development Planning to support academic and personal achievement
• Award-winning Student Information Desk (SiD) on every campus
• Active Students’ Union running more than 50 cultural, religious, arts and sports clubs and societies
Employment focused
• More than 90% of graduates in employment or further study within 6
months of graduation (DLHE 2011)
• Award winning Careers and Employment Service
• Links with some 4,000 organisations including...
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A successful university
• The University of Bedfordshire has leapt up 18 places in The Times Good University Guide 2013 • The University of Bedfordshire has jumped a massive 59 places in The
Guardian’s University Guide 2013’s league table for English
• Our Language and Linguistics courses are ranked second for student satisfaction in the latest edition of the Complete University Guide (CUG)
• 53.6% of students graduated with a First or Upper Second class degree.
• Academic staff have received a number of National Teaching Fellowship Awards
World class research
• ‘World-leading’ research (Research Assessment Exercise 2008)
• In 2011, we launched the National Centre for Cyber stalking Research (
NCCR), which is one of the first formal initiatives in this area
• International reputation in applied social sciences research
• Pioneering research into power-harvesting technologies
• Research academics working with UNESCO to develop augmented reality books for China and India
• Talk to our academic staff about research in your subject
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£180m investment in facilities
• £34m modern Campus Centre, right in the heart of the Luton campus
• £40m en-suite student accommodation opened in 2011
• £12m is being invested in new facilities in the Computing and Media departments
• £1.4m invested in our business facilities including unique Business Pods and a professional-standard Law Moot Court
• Upgraded Psychology and Biomedical and Forensic Sciences laboratories
Luton – the town
• International airport on our doorstep, carrying over 9m passengers per year
• London only 30 minutes by train
• The University contributes some £300m to the local economy each year
• Massive future investment programme
• Huge choice of pubs, clubs and restaurants
• Great shopping, entertainment and sports venues
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Any Questions?