House of Lords Opens its Doors to University

Academics from the University recently mixed with experts from the world of Environmental and Archaeological Sciences in a high profile event at the House of Lords. Key opinion formers, well-known faces from television and representatives from foreign embassies converged on the terraces of the famous building beside the River Thames.

Over 180 guests were greeted by Chancellor of the University, Baroness Lockwood of Dewsbury, and Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Bell. Professor Bell later introduced keynote speaker Professor Martin Jones (pictured left), of the University of Cambridge, who congratulated Bradford for its successful work in the areas of archaeological and environmental research and science.

Professor Jones is an archaeobotanist, with research interests in biomolecular archaeology of early crops, ecological theory and archaeological method, and prehistoric and early historic agriculture in Europe.

He said: "I have always held Bradford in high regard because of its contribution in Archaeological Sciences and Environmental Sciences. It is a very exciting time for Bradford. It is a great honour to be here and to help celebrate it.

"I remember as a boy Archaeological Sciences was something which was seen as scrubbing bits of pots with nail brushes. At the time there was a rumour going around that Bradford was trying an interface between Archaeology and Physics and they were steaming ahead with a new initiative that put Bradford on the world map."

Professional Archaeologist and Presenter of the popular BBC programme 'Meet the Ancestors' Julian Richards, also praised the University's researchers.

He said: "Bradford is somewhere our programme makers have turned to a lot because our programme depends a lot on Archaeological Sciences for reconstruction. Meetings such as these give me a chance to catch up with people I know and to meet new people and talk about ideas we have.

"Bradford is the obvious choice for us to turn to. A lot of universities have experts within them looking at scientific areas in Archaeological Sciences but one of the greatest concentrations is at Bradford, so it is somewhere which enables us to access different sorts of specialism."

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