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University of Bradford
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- Richmond Road, Bradford, England, UK
- Telephone Numbers: + 44 (0) 1274 232323
- Official Website:[2]
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- History & Memorable Moments
The university has its origins in the Bradford Schools of Weaving, Design and Building which in 1882 became the Bradford Technical College. In 1957, the Bradford Institute of Technology was formed 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. Expansion of the main campus continued in the 1980s, 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. [1]
The Bradford Race Riots of 2001 lead to a sharp fall in applications to the university, but the situation has improved since and in 2005 undergraduate applications from home students was up by 35% on the previous year. In 2005, a £79 million redevelopment of the campus was announced, and a project to create the world's first 'Ecoversity' was formed. The university would strive to reduce it's environmental footprint by reducing waste and using sustainable materials, and would imbue sustainability into everything that the institution does, including teaching. As part of this, Bradford became a Fairtrade University in December 2006. As of the beginning of 2008, several of the redevelopment projects have been completed; the Richmond Building has been partially re-clad with extra insulation and a new atrium opened in December 2006, the roof of which uses ETFE, the same material used in the Eden Project. The university's cancer therapeutics research centre was moved from a separate site on All Saint's Road onto the main campus, into a new building which also provides conference facilities; the buildings on the old site were demolished in February 2008. Further plans include redevelopment of the sports facilities, commencing in 2009 and new halls of residence. Of the existing halls owned by the university, those on the Laisteridge Lane site were sold to Corporate Residential Management in 2005, and Shearbridge Green Halls were demolished in December 2006. Longside Lane halls are due to be demolished in 2008, and Kirkstone Halls will follow in 2009. [1]
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- Elwary, Souna M. Amin (January 2005 - January 2006)
- Heywood-Hilton, Anita (September 1980 - July 1984)
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