At the University of Bedforshire we have an excellent academic reputation, and our recent league table successes have been cause for celebration. The number of students applying to study with the University has nearly doubled in two years (UCAS), making us the most ‘upwardly mobile’ university in the country according to the Times Higher Education. This follows a rise of 29 per cent in 2009, 9.1 per cent in 2008 and an increase of 41.2 per cent in 2007. We have also been rated second in the UK for Journalism and for Marketing, third for Complementary Medicine, fourth for Human Resource Management, seventh for Dance, and 16th for Nursing and for Social Work according to the National Student Survey 2009. Whats more, the University of Bedfordshire has been awarded top marks – a ‘confidence’ rating in a recent Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) audit 2009, which checks how UK universities maintain their own academic standards and quality. We have also completed a £60m investment in our two main campuses in Luton and Bedford, and were delighted when His Royal Highness, the Earl of Wessex, opened the new facilities at our Bedford campus. These include a £6m Campus Centre that houses a £4.5m 280-seat theatre, and an £8m Physical Education and Sport Science Centre which will be used to support 2012 Olympic athletes. See our Bedford campus launch brochure for further details. Our Luton campus has also seen massive investment with the introduction of a multi-million pound Media Arts Centre, a £7.8m Learning Resources Centre and £1.2 million innovative Business Pods which have been commended in a recent Government Green Paper as an example of best practice. The University is now embarking on an additional £74m redevelopment project to enhance our Luton campus further, which will introduce brand new £34m Campus Centre that will be ready for use in September 2010, and a new £40m en-suite Accomodation block that will be located on campus, which is scheduled to be rea