Making the most of Bedford.

When De Montfort (DMU) university of Leicester could no longer contain themselves with the prospect of making millions from the peppercorn fee that they had paid to the Bedforshire county council years before, they negotiated a merger of their Bedford campus with the then university of Luton.
Even though Bedford provided courses that Leicester wasn't accredited with the gamble was well worth it, Luton Universitys' standings in the league table were dismal to say the least, a merger with one of the country's top teacher training sites would be in the least be a coup for all at Luton!
DMU proposed building works that would compensate the new university of Bedfordshire for the lose of it's lucrative Lansdown site ( how many millions have the developers lost in the recession?), it didn't really work out. The new high profile campus centre was reduced in height by by one floor on the grounds of cost. This is a building that owes more to B&Q than the Savoy theatre, the windows are so badly crafted that they are falling out of their frames, Bedford maintenance staff have reportedly had to screw most shut on H&S grounds! Neither Luton or DMU want to know!