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6 activities to keep you busy over the winter break

Spend time with family Whether you’ve missed your time at home or not, make sure you spend time catching up with your family. Don’t take this time with loved ones…

By Alice Gill on Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 in Everything else

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Getting Ready For University

I got my results. I got into university. Now, all I need to do is get ready to go. One thing I did not realise was how many emotions I…

By mariamwrites17 on Thursday, September 14th, 2017 in Everything else, Living, Studying

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My journey to medicine: why I know Bradford will make me a better Doctor

I’m Lloyd Finlay and I moved from Lincolnshire to study the Foundation in Clinical Sciences/Medicine at Bradford. I applied to the course through route 3 and I’m transferring to Leeds School of…

By Alice Gill on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 in Clinical Sciences, Everything else, Studying

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Watch: Graduates talk about Bradford

I know, some videos are slick marketing operations that are carefully crafted to sell, sell, sell. However, this video ain’t that. At summer graduation, Maq and Alice picked some fresh…

By alexat on Monday, August 21st, 2017 in City, Everything else, Living

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Discovering what makes Jaguar Land Rover squeal

We’ve got a lot under the hood here at Bradford when it comes to engineering. Some of the world’s leading car manufacturers work in partnership with our researchers to develop…

By Stephen on Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 in Careers, Engineering, Everything else, Research

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11 Instagrammable places in Bradford

Whether you’re new to Bradford or have lived here for years, be sure to visit our top 11 Instagrammable locations. Explore the University of Bradford and the city for yourself….

By Alice Gill on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Everything else

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Overturning the hijab ban

Pharmacy student, Raabya, discusses the University of Bradford’s diverse sporting community, how the women’s basketball team helped overturn Turkey’s ban on women wearing a hijab whilst playing, and how sport…

By Katie on Friday, May 12th, 2017 in Everything else

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Life at LEGO: Home Stretch (Part 2)

Welcome back. Let’s jump into the second half of the last post. This week will be my last in Denmark – at least until I (hopefully) come back for a…

By thomasharding on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 in Careers, Engineering, Everything else, Living, Placement, Study Abroad

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Life at LEGO: Home Stretch (Part 1)

Hello again to anyone who’s still following me. Thank you for sticking around! What’s happened since my last post? Not a lot, but that’s Denmark – particularly Billund – for…

By thomasharding on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 in Careers, Engineering, Everything else, Living, Placement, Study Abroad

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Living at home? It’s a breeze if everyone follows these top tips…

Hi my name’s Emily and I spent three years studying Clinical Sciences BSc at the University of Bradford, and am now training to be a secondary school biology teacher. My time…

By Katie on Friday, December 2nd, 2016 in City, Clinical Sciences, Living, Studying

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Digitising Iron Age art

Our School of Archaeological Sciences is actively involved in many high-profile research projects. The ENTRANS project is a €1M project HERA and European Commission funded project to support work from 2013-2016….

By Ambreen on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 in Archaeology, Research

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Woah, we’re halfway there…

Hello! I apologise for the long gap between posts. I just haven’t got round to it! I’ve now been in Denmark for almost two months, and I’m still loving it…

By thomasharding on Monday, October 10th, 2016 in Careers, Engineering, Everything else, International, Living, Placement, Product Design, Study Abroad, Subjects

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Det bedste er ikke for godt (Pt. II)

Hello everyone, and welcome to part 2 of this post! This one is just a continuation from a longer post on my Tumblr blog, cut down to two shorter posts…

By thomasharding on Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 in International, Living, Placement, Product Design

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Pokemon Go – A Trainer’s Guide to Bradford #BradfordPoGo

Unless you’ve been on another planet this summer, you’ll know the phenomenon that is Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm since its release in July. Timing is everything,…

By lucywoodives on Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 in Everything else, Living, Students' Union

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Burial rituals from the Covesea Caves

A Bradford team, led by Professor Ian Armit and Dr Lindsey Büster from the School of Archaeological Sciences, has recently been exploring a series of remote sea caves along the Moray…

By Ambreen on Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 in Archaeology, Research

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Bradford students help uncover secrets of the lost village of Lodge

Our students have many opportunities to take part in excavations during their studies. Below is a brief report on Archaeology students Polly Harris and Munazzah Khalid who took part in the Nidderdale…

By Ambreen on Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 in Archaeology, Placement

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Det bedste er ikke for godt (Pt. I)

Hello everyone, I hope you’re all having as fantastic a time as I am! 😀 I have now been in Billund, Denmark, for just over two weeks, and it’s been…

By thomasharding on Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 in International, Living, Placement, Product Design

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When One Door Closes, a Window Opens…

Bozhidar Baltov, a BSc Biomedical Science student at the University of Bradford, received a Short Term Travel Award to spending a month in Vienna at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL). Ever…

By bozhidar on Monday, August 22nd, 2016 in Archaeology, Placement, Study Abroad

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Billund, Here I Come!

I’ve really enjoyed my time in Bradford so far, and my course has given me many skills and abilities that will be useful in the design world. And they’ve already proven…

By thomasharding on Friday, August 12th, 2016 in Careers, Engineering, Everything else, International, Placement, Product Design

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Who are you supposed to be?

Hello to anyone and everyone who may be reading this! My name is Thomas Harding, and I’ve just finished my second year of Product Design at the University of Bradford….

By thomasharding on Thursday, July 21st, 2016 in Engineering, Everything else, Living, Product Design

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Nursing during Ramadan

One of our third year BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) students, Zahid Iqbal, is currently on placement with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. Zahid has written a blog post for RCNi about…

By Katie on Tuesday, July 5th, 2016 in Careers, Nursing, Placement

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From Athens with love

Eva Tsoukou, a second year BSc Biomedical Science student at the University of Bradford, is spending three months on an Erasmus+ traineeship, in the historic city of Athens, in Greece. She…

By evatsoukou on Thursday, June 30th, 2016 in Biomedical Science, Careers, Placement, Study Abroad

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End of the year – end of an era?

It’s an emotional time for many at the University of Bradford at the moment, as final year students try to put off leaving Bradford for as long as possible. This…

By Katie on Friday, June 3rd, 2016 in Filmmaking, Living, Media

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‘If you wanna play, you play’

Ikra Ali spoke to BUCS – British Universities & Colleges Sport – about playing football for the University of Bradford.

By Katie on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 in Living, Students' Union

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Peace beats War in ancient rivalry

The Tolstoy Cup is an annual football match between the University of Bradford’s Peace Studies department, and the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Peace F.C. 5 –…

By kieranmitchell on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 in Living, Peace Studies

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Grace lives in Bradford: Making Memories

Grace is a Chemistry and Forensic Sciences student from the USA who is spending a semester studying abroad here at the University of Bradford. She has been blogging about her…

By Katie on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 in Chemistry, City, Forensic and Medical Sciences, International, Living, Study Abroad, Studying

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Filmmaking: Rachel’s story

Rachel May Noble is a Digital Filmmaking MA student. She has her own blog, where she writes about everything from bath bombs to weigh-ins. I’m currently studying Digital Filmmaking at the…

By rachelmaynoble on Thursday, March 24th, 2016 in Filmmaking, Media, Studying

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‘Positive vibes’ from Bradford: An international student’s perspective

Manahil Javed from Pakistan graduated from her MSc Biomedical Sciences degree at Bradford last year. Here she tells us about her experiences during her time here – and what made…

By Katie on Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 in Biomedical Science, City, International, Living, Postgraduate, Studying

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BUSOM present Back to the 80s

I wrote a post a few weeks ago to advertise our tie-dying event to raise money for BUSOM’s (Bradford University Society of Operettas and Musicals) upcoming production of Back to the…

By Katie B on Monday, February 29th, 2016 in Living, Students' Union

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Chris Davey at his desk.

Fitting Salt & Eggs in a Jar – My Work Life Balance

Chris Davey is a PhD researcher in Peace Studies and, as well as writing his own blog, originally wrote this for our Career and Employability Services blog. How would I…

By Katie on Friday, February 19th, 2016 in Careers, Living, Peace Studies, Postgraduate, Studying

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