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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).

A pioneering study led by Â鶹´«Ã½AV to support children with language and communication needs – in collaboration with the Universities of Essex, York and the Open Â鶹´«Ã½AV – has just received £1.4m funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for a new strand of the ‘E-PLAYS’ project.

A professor from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV has spoken about the impact of pollution on local areas in a special climate crisis report by the BBC, as the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference continues.

A PhD student at the Â鶹´«Ã½AV was named winner of the Royal College of Nursing’s Leadership Award last week, following his work raising awareness of organ donation in the Sikh community.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Centre for Research in Law (CRiL) has published a report on refugee family reunion, looking into the challenges faced by refugees seeking to be reunited with their families in the UK.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV and charity ECPAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking) have been announced as research partners, spear-headed by Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC).

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV is hosting its sixth annual ISPAR conference based around the theme of ‘Improvement Through Movement: Performance, health and wellbeing across the lifespan’.