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Associate Dean at University Campus Milton Keynes, ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, Paul Sant took his place alongside other judges including Top Gear’s James May, to decide the winner of this year’s Loebner Prize in Artificial Intelligence.

Acclaimed journalist Polly Toynbee was presented with an honorary degree in the first ceremony of the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s November graduations today (November 18).

A short story by the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s Senior Lecturer in Script Writing has beaten over 1,300 writers to feature in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual.

A £25m redevelopment of the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s Bedford campus took a giant leap forward when the University was handed the keys to its new teaching and learning building (Thurs 13 November), by ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ based contractor Kier Construction.

The Substance Misuse and Ageing Research Team (SMART) at the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ is to evaluate a nationwide programme aimed at alcohol-related harm prevention for the over-50s.

Comedian Al Murray, the former Minister of Universities and Science, David Willetts, and nationally-acclaimed journalist Polly Toynbee are among those due to receive honorary degrees from the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ next week.

̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s Students’ Union (Beds SU) has announced it is to begin the creation of a student branch of the United Nations Association.

A book by a marketing expert at the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ compiles advice from specialists around the world on developing innovative methods to collect data.

The ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ has won the Best Faculty Campaign category in the 2014 Prospects Postgraduate Awards.

An award-winning filmmaker from the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ is to premiere a controversial film at a two-day conference in London this weekend (Nov 8 and 9).

Team GB Badminton player Tom Wolfenden was interviewed by students at the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ yesterday (November 4).

The ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s international and cultural work was highlighted during Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s visit to its Luton Campus last Friday (October 31).