December 2002
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International Scholarships Students Reception

New international undergraduate and postgraduate students from the University were recently awarded scholarships on the grounds of academic merit, worth half the overseas tuition fee.

The scholarships attract high-quality candidates from many courses and, with more than 600 applicants from 12 countries, there was very strong competition for the 20 scholarships offered.

At the special ceremony to award the students their scholarship certificates, Dr Haydn Bartlett, Head of the University's International Office, said: "We are very pleased to be able to support these high-flying international students in this way, and hope that the scholarship students feel justly proud of their achievement".

One of the international students awarded the scholarship is computing undergraduate, Mohammed Mehdi Haider.

When asked why he was keen to become a student at the University, Mohammed said: "I wanted to do computing because the course is accredited by the British Computer Society and this will stand me in good stead for the future."

He added: "The University of Bradford is also a great place for me as I am a keen cricketer and the University is a designated National Centre of Cricketing Excellence."

Brent Bullock, scholarship student in the Department of Optometry, said: "Being from Trinidad and after studying in Florida, I'm having a hard time dealing with the weather but apart from that, I'm really enjoying living in Bradford. The Optometry course I'm studying was recommended to me by final-year students and I find it has excellent practical opportunities and training - especially with the clinics."

3 December 2002

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