The University of Bedfordshire is a university created by the merger of the Bedford campus of De Montfort University and the University of Luton, on 1 August 2006.The University of Luton was a university based in Luton, Bedfordshire, a northern home county. 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 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.
2006-10-30 16:41:54
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The University of Bedfordshire is a university created by the merger of the Bedford campus of De Montfort University and the University of Luton, on 1 August 2006.
2006-10-31 00:09:36
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