University of Luton - Definition

The University of Luton is a university in Luton in Bedfordshire, near London. The institution was founded as the Modern School in the 1890s and then became the Luton College of Higher Education. With the passing of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 it converted to university status in 1993.

Education takes place on several campuses. The main site is Park Square campus in the center of Luton, and there is also Putteridge Bury campus a few miles outside town. Nursing and midwifery degrees are taught at Stoke Mandeville, Wycombe General, Luton & Dunstable and Bedford Hospitals in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

In the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise the university came out last and thus became the butt of innumerable jokes about ex-Polytechnics. In the 2001 RAE it moved six places up. The taillight is now carried by Thames Valley University.

External link

• University of Luton website (http://www.luton.ac.uk)