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Annual Report 2007/8The academic year 2007/2008 was one to celebrate for the University, its students and staff.
Our student population has continued to grow in a sustainable way creating a truly diverse and international campus, attracting students from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds. We are proud to offer a first-class education based on the strengths of our staff, who continue to show their commitment to the University by offering high academic standards of teaching and research and combining that with their dedication in helping to maintain a friendly and supportive environment, in which to both learn and work.
It is difficult to select just a few highlights from my first academic year; here is a sample of our achievements.
The University was delighted to receive an award of £5 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in February 2008. The University will use this money, along with extra support from the regional development agency, Yorkshire Forward, to work with local employers in designing and delivering learning programmes to meet their particular skills needs.
In keeping with Ecoversity, in July 2008, the University commissioned a Biomass Boiler from which it hopes to save 500 tonnes of carbon per year. The boiler, which replaced three existing gas fired boilers, will be part of a new Energy and Recycling Centre to be housed at the rear of the University’s J B Priestley Library. Its installation has been funded by both the University and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Life is never dull at Bradford and extraordinary scenes in November 2007 saw Chancellor Imran Khan arrested and detained in prison during Pakistan’s period of emergency rule.
Imran, who is also Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) Party and an opposition politician was arrested during a rally at Punjab University in Lahore and detained in Dera Ghazi Khan - one of the most hard line prisons in Pakistan.
During a dramatic week, the University took a number of steps to highlight the injustice of Imran’s incarceration and called for his release. Whilst a rally was being finalised the University got the word that Imran had been released.
At the end of the year it was a pleasure to ask our Chancellor to open the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics. Imran laid the original foundation stone for the building in 2005 and three years later took part in the official opening celebrations.
It has also been yet another successful year for Research and Knowledge Transfer with success in areas ranging from hospital infection to nanotechnology and peace and conflict resolution.
Professor Mark Cleary
Vice-Chancellor and Principal
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