Bradford University

Abe Amer · Oct 18, 2006

Dear All

I want your opinion about University of Bradford. I am an electrical engineer who had get his graduate studies from Kuwait University and I want to get my Phd from Bradford(distance learning ) to teach in the universities in Kuwait .

Do you think Bradford applicable for the above

I need your opinion

raristud2 · Oct 19, 2006

University of Bradford

http://www.brad.ac.uk

Is this the university you are enquiring
about? I am not familiar with the
university of bradford. There is no
accredited bradford university or
university of bradford in the US. You may
do a search here for verification:

http://www.chea.org/search/default.asp

Abe Amer · Oct 19, 2006

yes this is the university, but it is in England not the Us

Abe Amer · Oct 22, 2006

No one knows any thing about BRADFORD university???

Lerner · Oct 22, 2006

Are they listed on UK Dfes site if not then they are not recognized.

Department of Education and Sckills UK.

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/

O.K I checked the site

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/recognisedukdegrees/index.cfm?fuseaction=institutes.list

A-Z of Recognised Bodies
All Recognised Bodies

B
University of Bath
Bath Spa University
Birkbeck College
University of Birmingham
The University of Bolton
Bournemouth University
University of Bradford
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
Brunel University
University of Buckingham
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College

40 not out! University of Bradford celebrates 40th birthday.

Yang British University.

Well its not Oxford but British degrees are very well respected in the world and in my opinion you will have to compete with persons who get Oxford degrees

Looks like decent choice

Lerner · Oct 22, 2006

Wiki

History
The university has its origins in the Bradford Schools of Weaving, Design and Building which in 1882 became the Bradford Technical College. This was succeeded by the Bradford Institute of Technology in 1957, and in 1966 a Charter of Incorporation was granted to create the University of Bradford. 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 Bradford Race Riots of 2001 lead to a sharp fall in applications to the university, however the situation has improved since and in 2005 undergraduate applications from home students was up by 35% on the previous year.

In 2003, a merger with the nearby Bradford College was proposed, to create a combined further and higher education institution; at the time, the university validated the college's degree courses and some resources were shared between the institutions. This plan was discarded later in the year at least partially due to a dispute over the name of the new institution, as any change of name would necessitate a new charter. The two institutions resumed the competition and co-operation between them. In 2004, courses in Law and Human Resource Management were launched in direct competition with the college, leading the college to announce in 2005 that it was to seek validation of its degrees from Leeds Metropolitan University instead, of which it is now an associate college.

94% of students are from the state sector, though overseas students may count for most of the remaining 6%, with comparatively few independent-schooled students enrolled. The student drop-out rate is 15%. There are many overseas students at Bradford, especially in science subjects.

In 2005, a £79 million redevelopment of the campus was announced, which included new / replacement halls of residence, sports facilities and a cancer therapeutics research centre. Shearbridge Halls were closed. The Richmond Building is currently being refurbished internally and resurfaced externally, and a new atrium is also under construction, due to open in September 2006 (Now due to officially open 18th October, delays in building work have pushed it forward).

Chancellor
The current chancellor is the former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, who was installed on the 7th December, 2005. He took over from Baroness Lockwood of Dewsbury, who had served since 1997. Prior chancellors have included, in reverse order, Trevor Holdsworth (1992-1997), John Harvey-Jones (1986-1991) and Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (1966-1985).

Vice-Chancellor
At present, the role of vice-chancellor is filled by Professor Chris Taylor, who took office on the 1st October 2001. He took over from Professor Colin Bell, who was VC between 1998 and 2001 and who was later VC at the University of Stirling. Bell died suddenly in April 2003 and the university now holds an annual memorial lecture in his name discussing widening participation.

A new vice-chancellor is expected to be announced later in 2006.

Alumni
Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal - Former PM of Mongolia
Steve Anderson - Assistant Producer, Freeserve (now Orange Broadband)
Nicholas Baines - Bishop of Croydon and broadcaster
Roland Boyes - Labour MEP
Michael Clapham - Labour MP
David Cowling - BBC & ITV Election Pundit
John Hegley - Performance poet
Stephen Hesford - Labour MP
Milton Reame-James - Keyboards, Cockney Rebel
Ann Taylor - Labour MP & peer
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Abe Amer · Oct 26, 2006

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