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Polhill Library on the Bedford campus University of Bedfordshire – Bedford Campus Centre The Bedford campus includes a Physical Education and Sport Science Centre used to train athletes in the 2012 Olympic Games , and a Bedford Campus Centre boasting a 280-seat theatre, dance studios, a restaurant and social spaces for students.
The University of Bedfordshire is a university created by the merger of the University of Luton and the Bedford campus of De Montfort University 1 August 2006. Bedfordshire is a county in southern England .
In 1904 Luton Council acquired the Modern School, which was a mixed-sex secondary school. This school moved into new buildings in Park Square in 1908 (now the site of the University of Bedfordshire). By 1919 the school had grown significantly and further expansion was needed.
This was confirmed by Bedfordshire County Council the following June. [4] Bedford Academy opened in September 2010. Bedford College main campus entrance. In July 2009, the college was formally awarded Beacon Status by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The status means that Bedford College has been recognised as one of the best ...
British History Online began with a one-year pilot project in 2002 (Version 1.0), and Version 5.0 was launched in December 2014. [11] Version 5.0 contains a number of new features, including subject guides for local, parliamentary and urban history, [12] and a new viewer for the site's collection of historical and Epoch 1 Ordnance Survey maps.
In 2010, the station name was changed to Radio LaB, and broadcast on the internet. Since then, the station holds a community licence and broadcasts to Luton and across Bedfordshire. In 2011, after the new Campus Centre was completed, the studio was moved to a new studio in the Student Centre at the Luton campus of the University of Bedfordshire.
Owing to its favorable agricultural conditions, up until at least the late nineteenth century Bedfordshire was predominantly an agricultural rather than a manufacturing county. From the 13th to the 15th century sheep farming flourished, Bedfordshire wool being in demand and plentiful. Surviving records show that in assessments of wool to the ...
There are over 100 listed buildings in Luton, [1] a large town in Bedfordshire, England.A listed building is one considered to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance, and has been placed on the statutory list maintained by Historic England, to protect it from being demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority. [2]