News
Bike to Fitness June 21st
2012
Bedford College encourages students, staff, and the
community to cycle as part of everyday life. As part of Bike Week, we are having a fun
cycle ride;
Bike to
Fitness!
Sustainability Day March 22nd
2012 Success!
The day was a great success, roughly 400 people attended, nearly
100 pledges were collected and tours of the Brundtland building
were packed, with over 36 students signing up. Students really
engaged with the activities on offer, with the 'Grow Your Own' seed
planting, and Bag-for-Life painting being particularly
popular.
Check out the Sustainability Page for
an interesting overview of the day.
Click for the Mini-Edge
student magazine which contains a review of the day from a
student's perspective.
Watch this space for a short film of the day!
Book Donations Creating a
Better World
The Bedford College Library have been reusing and
recycling books in association with Better World Books. They
have so far collected over 2,000 books! This has saved a total of
34 trees, over 76,000 litres of water, 7,041 kWh of electricity and
1.4 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
Well done to the Library and Learning Resources team!
SSD Competition
The SSD project had one final push to recieve
responses from participants who are now employed. Our competition
resulted in many more job confirmations. The winners of the
competition who responded, and were randomly drawn from a hat
are;
Steven West
Jock Chisango
Edward Cooke
Wendy Pearman
Kelvin Youngs
As part of SSD, colleges across the East of
England provided free courses for individuals who were
not in work.
The Government has set challenging targets for
increasing the use of renewable energy, water conservation and
reducing fuel poverty. By providing additional training
opportunities we helped to meet those targets.
Hitting the Mark - Effective Email
Marketing
“Hitting the Mark - Effective Email Marketing” was the topic of a
talk by Tink Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, dotDigitalGroup on
Thursday 9th February 2012. The event was organised in partnership
with the Bedford branch of the British Computer Society. For
more details see
here.
EU Regional Funding for Business
SMEs (Small to Medium Businesses) in Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk will have
the opportunity to explore how they could benefit from £90m of
EU investment in our region. FREE Workshops run by the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) this year are
supported by Bedford College and the SEE
Project. They will have the potential to make a real
difference to businesses with resource audits, grants and
innovation support. Events will be
held in Norwich on 18th April, in Ipswich on 30th
April and at Bedford College on 16th May.
Booking is required and can be made by contacting Carole Randall
(carole.randall@anglia.ac.uk
or 0845 196 4310). More information is provided by clicking
here.
College to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Carbon
Trust
Bedford College have recently launched the
Carbon
Trust's Further Education Carbon Management
Programme across all of its sites in Bedfordshire. This
programme will aim to reduce the College's Carbon emissions.A
35% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions will be identified
and put into practice by 2017. The project aims to look at all
areas of the College. From encouraging green transport among
students and staff to increasing the efficiency of our
buildings, Bedford College will ensure that the high quality
learning experience they offer takes place in a low carbon
environment.
For more information on how to
reduce your carbon impact see our pages
or to find out how businesses can reduce their carbon footprint
visit the
Carbon Trust.