The high quality of teaching is one of biggest reasons students come to Bedfordshire. The University of Bedfordshire provides an MBM suite of one-year courses to graduates who want to gain a solid foundation in Business and Management to improve their employability and career prospects. The university has been awarded Silver award in the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and recently came eighth in the UK in the People and Planet University Green League and crowned 9th as the most improved university for teaching. The university has been ranked the 81st in UK according to The Times Higher Education.