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A Covid-19 vaccination campaign created by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV has been nominated for a radio prize at the 2022 Amplify Awards.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV is set to host a performance by the Philharmonia Orchestra based around their Hear & Now project – an award-winning intergenerational community project which has been running for more than ten years.

A team of public health and maternity care academics from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV have collaborated with the Luton Roma Trust in an effort to increase uptake of antenatal care by Roma women in Luton.

In partnership with HSBC UK, two winning Â鶹´«Ã½AV students are taking part in a development programme for aspiring entrepreneurs from under-represented backgrounds.

Keech Hospice Care has launched a 12-month ‘End of Life Care Research Partnership’ in collaboration with the Â鶹´«Ã½AV, aiming to identify barriers and improve access to palliative care amongst ethnic minority populations.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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.

Graduates from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV have created 870 start-up businesses since the 2014/15 academic year, the fourth most of any university in the country according to data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV has received a first class award in the 2021 People & Planet Â鶹´«Ã½AV League, retaining its position at eighth place out of 154 institutions.

Research conducted by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV in partnership with Schoolreaders shows that literacy levels of most primary school pupils have been adversely impacted by disruptions to learning caused by Covid-19.

Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV have contributed towards a report examining first-time mothers’ experiences of foetal reduction in multi-foetal pregnancies following Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatment.

Academics from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV have been commissioned by Central Bedfordshire Council to conduct research into the area’s arts and culture sector.

A leading academic from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV is set to speak at a virtual conference centred around the role and contributions of health psychologists during the Covid-19 pandemic, hosted by the Australian Psychological Society (APS).