March/April 2004
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Chinese New Year with a difference

The University celebrated Chinese New Year with a difference earlier this year after figures revealed that the University attracts more students from China than from any other country.

Over 700 University students celebrated Chinese New Year at the end of January, which is a 40% increase from last year's figure of just over 500.

International recruitment trends show that this is an amazing jump from 1999, when the University welcomed just six Chinese students to Bradford.

A Chinese Spring Festival Party, hosted by the University's International Office and the Bradford Chinese Students & Scholars Association, was held at the University to mark the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Monkey and guests enjoyed games, refreshments and a lucky draw.

Head of the International Office Haydn Bartlett said: "China remains one of the University's priority countries in terms of student recruitment, and Bradford has been particularly successful in attracting high-calibre students. We now have students from over 110 different countries. This means that we have a great deal of experience of working and socialising with people from a variety of different cultures."

New overseas student intakes (undergraduate and postgraduate) have reached almost 900 - giving the University a total overseas student population of 1,754 students.

16 April 2004

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