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Meeting of Court April 2006
Annual Report2004-05
August 2004 - July 2005
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Major Activity
• Launched Corporate and Financial Strategies
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Major Appointments
• New Senior Management Team – DeputyVice-Chancellor, 3 new PVCs, Directors of Human Resources and Estates
Professor Phil Coates PVC Research andKnowledge Transfer
Professor Rae EarnshawPVC e-Strategy
Professor Geoff LayerPVC for Learning
and Teaching
Professor Jeff Lucas Deputy Vice-Chancellor
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New Chancellor
• Baroness Lockwood stood down as Chancellor – July 2005
• Imran Khan announced as the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford
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Major Recognitions
• No 1 university in England for widening participation achievements (Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2005)
• One of the most socially inclusive universities in the UK (THES Working Class Heroes League Table 2005)
• No 1 in North of England for Graduate Employment and 2nd in the UK (after Cambridge)
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Key Developmentsand Achievements
• Retained ‘Investor in People’ award• Launched new courses
– Psychology, Media Studies, ICT
• Appoint Professor of Diversity• DTI ‘Customer First’ kite mark
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Key Developmentsand Achievements (2)
• School of Management– Master’s Suite ranked 2nd best in UK and
5th best in Europe
– Maintain our Executive Education ranking, still in top 75
– Middle East graduates awarded MBA
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• SSIS - Peace Studies– South Asia Strategic Stability Unit launched
– £1.75m awarded by the Ferguson Trust to conduct research into war torn areas of the world
Key Developmentsand Achievements (3)
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• School of Life Sciences– Appoint Director of ICT
– Building work starts on new Cancer Research Facility
– IPI established as CIC
Key Developmentsand Achievements (4)
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• EDT – INTI College agreement signed• Informatics Digital Arts Studio opens• Archaeological Sciences – host public
lecture by ‘high altitude’ archaeologist
Key Developmentsand Achievements (5)
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• Health Studies – awarded £210K from Department of Health for research
Key Developmentsand Achievements (6)
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Key Developmentsand Achievements (7)
• Research Income– Awarded £375K for 3 new academic fellows
in EDT and Peace Studies
– Research Showcase launched
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• 21st Century Estates Plan• Second Student Satisfaction Survey
Key Developmentsand Achievements (8)
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Finances
• Turnover about £91 million – considerable growth
• Significant surplus – again, 3.4%
• Only 37% of our income from HEFCE
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Our Honorary Graduates
• Inspector Martin Baines• Barrie Rutter• Barbara Stephens OBE• Lord Haskins of Skidby• Baroness Morris of Yardley• Professor Craig Jordan OBE• Dr Gill Hawksworth MBE
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Our Honorary Graduates (2)
• Tommy Ashdown
• Bary Malik
• Zenobia Nadirshaw
• Ray Hill
• Sir Bernard Ingham
• Jenny Agutter
• Raminder Singh
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Building for the Future
• New Chancellor• Partnerships with City and District of
Bradford• Campus Improvements• Re-vamping our Brand Image
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Building for the Future (2)
• Improve and expand our course portfolios, UG and PG
• Capitalise on student applications improvement – 33% home UG,17% overseas UG, 28% home PGT,9% overseas PGT
• Maintain our research position
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Building for the Future (3)
• Capitalise on improving League Table position– Guardian, 19th April 2005 number 31
from 54 (2004) and from 69 (2003)– Excellent discipline strengths, 15 in
top 20 including Biosciences 3rd after Oxbridge universities
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