Luton University specialises in vocational, employment-based courses It leads the field in areas like business, marketing and public relations The university has links with over 2,000 companies More than £50 million has been spent on new academic and accommodation facilities in the last ten years 1 in 3 students at Luton University are from ethnic minorities Nearly half are mature students, aged over 24 The male to female ratio is 40:60 Teaching quality assessments place Luton well in the top half of the universities league table Luton 6th Form College is the country’s oldest Of Luton’s 12 high schools, one is Catholic Barnfield College is the first and only further education college of it's kind to achieve Beacon Status.