Bradford University
Bradford University (University) | |
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Motto | Give invention light (from Shakespeare's Sonnet 38) |
Formation | 1966 |
Headquarters | Bradford |
Type | Public |
Founded as the Bradford Mechanics Institute in 1832 |
The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. This plate glass university received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832.
The student population includes undergraduate and postgraduate students. Mature students make up around a third of the undergraduate community. 22% of students are foreign, and come from over 110 different countries. There were 14,406 applications to the university through UCAS in 2010, of which 3,421 were accepted.[1]
It was the first British university to establish a Department of Peace Studies in 1973, which is currently the world's largest university centre for the study of peace and conflict.[2]
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History
Early history and founding
The university's origins date back to the Mechanics Institute, founded in 1832, formed in response to the need in the city for workers with skills relevant to the workplace. In 1882, the institute became the Bradford Technical College.[3] In 1957, the Bradford Institute of Technology, was formed as a College of Advanced Technology to take on the running of higher education courses. Construction of the Richmond Building, the largest building on campus, began in 1963. The Horton Building and Chesham building were subsequently added, on the opposite side of Richmond Road.
The Charter of Incorporation was granted in 1966, to create the University of Bradford; the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson became the university's first chancellor.[4]
1980s and 1990s
Expansion of the main campus continued in the 1970s and onwards, with the addition of the Library and Computer Centre, Communal Building, Pemberton Building and Ashfield Building. An extension to the Library and Computer Centre was completed in the mid-1990s. In 1996, the university joined with the former Bradford and Airedale College of Health, which then became the School of Health Studies within the university. The Department of Physics was closed in the 1980s. The Department of Mathematics was closed to new undergraduates in 1997, with the remaining postgraduate activities and lecture support being integrated into the Department of Computing as the Mathematics Unit. The Department of Mathematics has since been reopened within the School of Computing, Informatics and Media.[5]
In 1987, the university became one of the twelve founding members of the Northern Consortium.[6]
21st century
In September 2009, it was announced that the University was to merge with Leeds College of Music. The college had originally announced a merger with Leeds Metropolitan University in April 2009,[7] however, discussions broke down due to issues with the provision of further education courses at the college.[8] It was later announced that this merger would not go ahead due to financial constraints. LCM's degrees are now validated by the University of Hull.[9]
Notable former students
- Melih Abdulhayoglu – founder & CEO of Comodo Group
- Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal – former PM of Mongolia
- Richard Byles – Central Bank of Jamaica Governor
- Nick Baines – Bishop of Bradford, Bishop of Leeds and broadcaster
- Amjad Bashir – Conservative MEP
- John Beaman – Channel Islands politician
- Crawford W. Beveridge – Executive Vice President and Chairman of Sun Microsystems
- Roland Boyes – Labour MP
- Alex Brummer – journalist
- Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass guitarist in The Stranglers
- David Chaytor – Labour MP
- Chakufwa Chihana – Malawian pro-democracy activist, trade unionist and Second Vice President of Malawi
- Michael Clapham – Labour MP
- Nexhat Daci – former speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo
- Paul Donovan – CEO of Eircom Group
- Saeb Erakat – Chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee
- Dame Janet Finch – former Vice-Chancellor of Keele University
- Martin Fletcher – NBC News Middle East correspondent
- David J. Francis - Chief Minister of Sierra Leone
- Kevin Gaskell – CEO (Europe) of CarsDirect.com, former managing director of BMW (GB)
- John Gater – archeological geophysicist, Time Team presenter
- Tori Good – BBC weather forecaster
- John Hegley – performance poet[10]
- Stephen Hesford – Labour MP
- David Hinchliffe – Labour MP
- Felicia Hwang Yi Xin – actress, supermodel, Miss International Indonesia 2016 and Puteri Indonesia 2016 winner
- Mo Ibrahim – entrepreneur
- Frederick William Jowett – Labour MP
- Clive Lewis - Labour MP
- Jeannette Littlemore – Professor of Linguistics
- Tula Lotay – comic book artist
- Riek Machar – former Vice-president of the SPLM South Sudanese Government. Head of the South Sudan rebel movement. 2013–
- Bernard Mariette – Global President of Quiksilver
- Steve McCabe – Labour MP
- Jon McGregor – writer
- Michael Meadowcroft – former Liberal MP
- Mehran Karimi Nasseri – Iranian refugee who lived in CDG airport
- Paul Ogwuma – Central Bank of Nigeria Governor
- Stella Chinyelu Okoli - Nigerian businesswoman in pharmaceuticals
- Iffy Onuora – former footballer
- Tony O'Reilly – Chairman Independent News & Media Group, former CEO H.J. Heinz Company
- John Pienaar – BBC journalist
- Susan Price – Vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy – Labour MP
- Linda Riordan – former Labour MP
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle - Labour MP
- Kate Swann – CEO of WH Smith
- Robert Swindells – author
- Ann Taylor – former Minister of State for International Defence and Security
- Benson Taylor – composer (honorary doctorate)
- Julian Thomas – Professor of archaeology at Manchester University and author of Understanding The Neolithic
- Hassan Ugail – professor in visual computing, assisted Bellingcat.
- Paula Vennells – CEO of the Post Office
- David Ward – former Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East
- Gavin Williamson - UK Secretary of State for Education and former Secretary of State for Defence
- Sadegh Zibakalam – Iranian professor, writer and political analyst
Employee on Wikispooks
Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
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Imran Khan | Chancellor of Bradford University | 7 December 2005 | 7 December 2014 |
Alumni on Wikispooks
Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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Vincent Bagiire | Uganda | Politician | WEF/YGL who as ICT permanent secretary in Uganda in May 2020 worked to "ensure the public is given the right information" about Covid. | ||
Neil Davidson | 13 September 1950 | Lawyer | Scottish lawyer and former Advocate General for Scotland. | ||
Saeb Erekat | 28 April 1955 | 10 November 2020 | Diplomat Politician | Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO | |
Ilhan Kesici | 22 November 1948 | Turkey | Politician | Turkish politician and Bilderberger | |
Clive Lewis | 11 September 1971 | Politician | English Labour Party politician | ||
Anthony O'Reilly | 7 May 1936 | Eire | Rugby player Billionaire Businessperson | Rugby player who became Ireland's first billionaire. Media owner. 1993 Bilderberg. | |
Naz Shah | 13 November 1973 | British Labour Party politician | |||
Peter Skinner | 1 June 1959 | UK | Politician | A member of the European Parliament | |
Ann Taylor | 2 July 1947 | Politician | |||
Gavin Williamson | 25 June 1976 | Politician | UK politician |
References
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8473460/University-of-Bradford-guide.html
- ↑ http://www.bradford.ac.uk/peace/bradford/%7Ctitle=Peace Studies – University of Bradford
- ↑ https://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/special-collections/collections/bradford-technical-college-archive/
- ↑ https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-official-opening-of-the-first-building-for-the-university-of-bradford-1965
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101115201711/http://maths.brad.ac.uk/home/
- ↑ https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmhaff/773/773vw12.htm
- ↑ http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-music-college-in-merger.5207538.jp
- ↑ http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-Met-and-College-of.5633656.jp
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140823160738/http://www.lcm.ac.uk/About-Us/Governance.aspx
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/apr/27/poetry.comment