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Keech Hospice Care has launched a 12-month ‘End of Life Care Research Partnership’ in collaboration with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, aiming to identify barriers and improve access to palliative care amongst ethnic minority populations.

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ will be hosting a panel of three local and successful authors – Toby Litt, Adam Croft and Emily Short – for a free online literary-themed event, as part of its long-standing Beds Talks programme.

Students and staff from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ are getting ready to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (8th March 2022) – an annual event dedicated to the recognition of social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women across the globe.

Fashion students from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ recently presented a twenty-piece collection to VIP guests at the prestigious 18th Century Luton Hoo Hotel.

Budding directors and actors from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ are set to showcase their talents by performing a series of short productions to a live public audience.

In an exhibition titled ‘Flow’, postgraduate students from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ will demonstrate how they take their artwork from concept to reality at one of the county’s premier art venues – The Hat Factory.

A new careers hub has launched at Bedford’s Castle Newnham School in partnership with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

An after school club funded by Aspire Higher – part of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Collaborative Projects Team – has helped to increase pupil’s interest in learning about STEM-related topics around the areas of sustainability, community and health.

A final year student from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has been selected to present her paper on improving facial recognition technology at a leading international Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference later this month.

A ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ student has set himself a gruelling running challenge in order to raise money for the Bedford branch of Men in Sheds – a charity which provides mental health support for men and encourages them to build skills and friendships.

A recent graduate who was nominated for her contribution to the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Education at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has been commended by local press and her former lecturer after accepting a prize from Bedfordshire Freemasons at an in-person ceremony.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ graduate and para-dressage international champion, Mari Durward-Akhurst, has been named as an Ambassador of the British Inspiration Trust (BRIT) and is supporting the annual BRIT Challenge this year.