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?