News from 2014

University of Bradford Professor co-edits 2nd edition of landmark textbook in dementia care

The new edition of the landmark Excellence in Dementia Care textbook has now been published.

Assessing China's Aid in Africa - Evidence given to the Africa All-Party Parliamentary Group

China's aid programme in Africa raises many issues but there has been little serious analysis of its extent and implications. Dr P B Anand, Head of the Bradford Centre for International Development, gave evidence on this key issue to the APPG earlier this year and work based on this has now been published.

Research to improve dementia care recruits first care homes

A national study led by the University of Bradford aimed at improving care for people living with dementia in care homes has successfully recruited its first care homes to take part in the research in Bradford and London.

The University of Bradford highly commended in Green Gown Awards

The University has been highly commended in the student engagement category of the Green Gown Awards for their 'Our Green Energy Challenge' project. This behavioural change project has driven utility reductions and slashed carbon emissions in the Green, the University's student village.

PECB signs a partnership agreement with the University of Bradford

The University of Bradford is the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board's (PECB) first University partner in the UK.

Digital Catapult Centre planned for Bradford

The Digital Catapult, a national centre set up to rapidly advance the UK's best digital ideas, has today announced that it intends to appoint a Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)-led consortium in Yorkshire to establish one of three local Digital Catapult Centres.

Students Share Their First University Experiences with a 'Big Move' Video

Four first-year students from the University of Bradford have shared their own story about leaving home for the first time. Their story, which they filmed over the summer, documents their thoughts and feelings as it follows them moving from home in to student accommodation at the University.

Service User & Carer Forum

Service users and carers make a vital contribution to social work education including contributing to teaching and assessment as well as recruiting new students. This year Janet Warren has taken a lead in organizing a Service User & Carer Forum where all aspects of service user and carer involvement can be discussed.

Senior diplomat visits Bradford's pioneering new MSc programme delivered in Tajikistan

From the Essays of Francis Bacon we are familiar with a famous aphorism "if the hill will not come to Mohammad then Mohammad will go to the hill". As it happens, when Mohammad Ali and 23 other staff members of Aga Khan Foundation in Afghanistan and Tajikistan wanted to do a Masters programme but could not leave the important work they are doing here to come to Bradford, the University of Bradford programme comes to the region.

Talented students create promotional video of Bradford's City Park

Students from the University of Bradford have created an animated promotional video of City Park.