Vice Chancellor Communications

September

• 4 September 2025 - Celebrating our rise in the Guardian University Guide 2026
• 17 September 2025 - We’ve been awarded the Race Equality Charter Bronze Award

October

• 28 October 2025 - Consultation Launch – Thursday 6 November

November

• 7 November 2025 - Academic Restructure Consultation: Message from the Vice Chancellor
• 28 November 2025 - Update on the appointment of the next Vice Chancellor

January

• 5 January 2026 - Vice Chancellor Recruitment Update
• 23 January 2026 - Academic consultation responses and final organisational structures
• 28 January - Appointment of the permanent Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire

February

• 10 February 2026 - New Vice Chancellor start date
• 12 February 2026 - Update on new Community Diagnostic Centre at Luton Campus

April

• 8 April 2026 - Please join the All Staff Town Hall – Wednesday 22 April

June

• 1 june 2026 - Voluntary Severance Scheme 2026
• 2 June 2026 - Thank You - Staff Survey Participation and Positive League Table News
• 4 June 2026 - Professor Andrew Church, farewell message as interim Vice Chancellor

September

• 4 September 2024 - Please Join Me At Our All Staff Town Hall Meeting

December

• 20 December 2024 - We’re First in the People & Planet University Green League!

January

• 6 January 2025 - Senior Team Announcement - Jim Andrews, Interim Director of People & Culture

February

• 6 February 2025 - Senior team announcement - Susan Shutter, Director of People and Culture
• 10 February 2025 - Royal Visit from HRH The Duke of Gloucester
• 19 February 2025 - Navigating change and facing challenges together

March

• 4 March 2025 - All staff town hall meeting – Proposed Organisational Changes
• 14 March 2025 - University Restructure Consultation – a message from the Vice Chancellor

April

• 28 April 2025 - Final Week of Consultation

May

• 6 May 2025 - Supporting our trans & non-binary community
• 14 May 2025 - Senior team announcement: Director of People and Culture
• 30 May 2025 - Consultation responses and final organisational structures

June

• 9 June 2025 - Senior team announcement - Executive Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies and Science. 

July

• 2 July 2025 - Milton Keynes Campus Closure – Sept 2026
• 4 July 2025 - NHS Community Diagnostics Centre
• 10 July 2024 - NSS 2025 Results – A Fantastic Outcome!
• 14 July - Senior team announcement - Director of People and Culture, Unji Mathur
• 16 July 2025 - Affirming our commitment to the Trans and Non-Binary Community

August

• 4 August 2025 - Restructure completion and turning to the future
• 8 August 2025 - In memory of Sue Shutter
• 26 August 2025 - A personal message from the Vice Chancellor

October

• 11 October 2023 - Conflict in Israel and Gaza

November

• 13 November 2023 - OfS report on UG Business and Management courses
  
• 29 November 2023 - Financial gift

December

• 18 December 2023 - Teaching Excellence Framework

January

• 17 January 2024 - Team Talk 
• 22 January 2024 - Health and Wellbeing week

February

• 5 February 2024 - Join us for Race Equality Week

March

• 14 March 2024 - Two new professor titles announced
• 15 March 2024 - You're invited to the inaugural lecture of our Chancellor Sarfraz Manzoor

April 

• 30 April 2024 - Voluntary Severance Scheme

July 

• 11 July 2024 - NSS 2024 Results Celebration
• 16 July 2024 - Bronze award in the national Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
• 31 July 2024 - Pay award 2024/25

August

• 6 August 2024 - Recent acts of racist violence and intimidation
• 7 August 2024 - Important update on the situation in Bedford and Luton
• 27 August 2024 - University of Bedfordshire's Success in the 2024 PTES Rankings

September

• 9 September 2022 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 - 2022
• 13 September 2022 - Monday 19 September, State Funeral and bank holiday

October

• 27 October 2022 - Responding to your feedback

November

• 8 November 2022 - Launching the Proud to be Beds Awards 2023
  

December

• 6 December 2022 - Second in the UK in the People & Planet University Green League

January

• 10 January 2023 - Ending recruitment to LSC partnership
• 18 January 2023 - Senior Team Announcement - Dr Louise Grant
• 24 Jannuary 2023 - Apprenticeship Ofsted inspection
• 30 January 2023 - Strike Action and final pay offer

February

• 24 February 2023 - Sarfraz Manzoor is appointed as our new Chancellor

March

• 20 March 2023 - New Executive Dean for HSS

April

• 17 April 2023 - Marking and Assessment boycott

June 

• 19 June 2023 - Free gym memberships

August

• 7 August 2023 - Annual Leave to increase from September

September

• 13 September 2021 - Revealing our Strategic Plan

November

• 2 November 2021 - Staff Culture Survey
• 4 November 2021 - Remembrance Day

December

• 9 December 2021 - Plan B
• 16 December 2021 - Christmas Message 2021

January

• 20 January 2022 - Lifting Plan B restrictions
• 31 January 2022 - Senior Team Announcement - Donald Harley

February

• 15 February 2022 - Launching the Vice Chancellor's Awards: Proud to be Beds 2022
• 15 February 2022 - Tea with the Vice Chancellor
• 28 February 2022 - The Ukrainian Conflict

March

• 2 March 2022 - Beds SU Elections
• 23 March 2022 - Working practices easter - 31 October

April

• 12 April 2022 - REF 2021 all staff meeting
• 29 April 2022 - Eid al-Fitr

May

• 12 May 2022 - REF 2021
• 25 May 2022 - Introducing our new Chief Finance and Resources Officer

June

• 13 June 2022 - Vice Chancellors Awards: Proud to be Beds shortlist
• 24 June 2022 - NSS 2022 Outcomes - All staff meeting

July

• 6 July 2022 - National Student Survey 2022 results
• 26 July 2022 - Race Equality Charter Co-Chairs announcement 

August

• 3 August 2022 - Financial gift of appreciation 
• 23 August 2022 - Hybrid Working Policy

September

• 4 September 2020 - Seeing in the new academic year

October

• 26 October 2020 - University appoints new Vice Chancellor
• 28 October 2020 - Senior Team announcement
• 30 October 2020 - Change of alert level in Luton

November

• 2 November 2020 - Executive Deans
• 2 November 2020 - Lockdown part 2
• 6 November 2020 - Remembrance services – Remember them from home
• 9 November 2020 - Lockdown guidance for universities
• 18 November 2020 - Senior team update

December

• 1 December 2020 - Senior team update
• 2 December 2020 - Executive Deans announcement
• 3 December 2020 - Staff financial gesture
• 9 December 2020 - New Director of Human Resources

January

• 1 January 2021 - Return of students in January
• 5 January 2021 - National lockdown
• 12 January 2021 - National lockdown update

February

• 9 February 2021 - NSS windfall projects
• 22 February 2021 - Vice Chancellor’s Awards: Proud to be Beds
• 26 February 2021 - Roadmap out of lockdown

March

• 8 March 2021 - Shaping our new strategy – get involved
• 25 March 2021 - Return to campus update

April

• 8 April 2021 - Back to campus update
• 14 April 2021 - Students to return from May 17 at earliest

May

• 13 May 2021 - Return to Campus Update
• 17 May 2021 - UCEA annual pay negotiations have finished

June

• 9 June 2021 - Vice Chancellor's Awards shortlist announced
• 21 June 2021 - Staff Summer Party 2021

July

• 14 July 2021 - Announcing the winners of the Vice Chancellor's: Proud to be Beds
• 15 July 2021 - Return to campus September 2021
• 16 July 2021 - National Student Survey Results 2021
• 22 July 2021 - PVC Announcement

August

• 6 August 2021 - Return to campus September to December 2021
• 9 August 2021 - Vice Chancellor's Town Hall Meetings
• 11 August 2021 - New Chair of the Board of Governors