Editing Luton (section)

==Education==
[[File:Universityofbeds.JPG|thumb|right|University of Bedfordshire – Luton]]
Luton is one of the main locations of the [[University of Bedfordshire]]. A large campus of the university is in Luton town centre, with a smaller campus based on the edge of town in [[Putteridge Bury]], an old [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] manor house. The other campuses of the university are located in [[Bedford]], [[Milton Keynes]] and [[Aylesbury]].

The town is home to [[Luton Sixth Form College]] and [[Barnfield College]]. Both have been awarded Learning & Skills Beacon Status by the [[Department for Children, Schools and Families]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communiqueonline.com/cgi-bin/newsdata.pl |title=Barnfield Newsletter |website=Communiqueonline.com |access-date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502051452/http://www.communiqueonline.com/cgi-bin/newsdata.pl |archive-date=2 May 2013  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/lutonhome/About/Performance/Index.html|title=Luton Sixth Form College|access-date=16 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409102451/http://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/lutonhome/About/Performance/Index.html|archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref>

Luton's schools and colleges had also been earmarked for major investment in the government scheme [[Building Schools for the Future]] programme, which intends to renew and refit buildings in institutes across the country. Luton is in the third wave of this long-term programme with work intending to start in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.learning.luton.gov.uk/index.cfm?s=1&m=649&p=238,index|title=L2G Building for the Future Programme details|access-date=19 June 2008}}</ref> Some schools were rebuilt before the programme was scrapped by the coalition government.

There are 98 educational institutes in Luton – seven [[Nursery school|nurseries]], 56 primary schools (9 [[Voluntary aided school|voluntary-aided]], 2 [[Special educational needs|special requirements]]), 13 secondary schools (1 voluntary-aided, 1 special requirements), four [[Further education|further educational institutes]] and four other educational institutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luton.gov.uk/internet/education_and_learning/schools_and_colleges/School%20-%20general%20information%201 |publisher=Luton Borough Council |title=LEA School List |access-date=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516101812/http://www.luton.gov.uk/internet/education_and_learning/schools_and_colleges/School%20-%20general%20information%201 |archive-date=16 May 2008 }}</ref>