Graduates from 1977, eh?
“Graduates from 1977, eh?” said curator Andy with a grin as he welcomed us in. “I’ll talk louder, then”. Good thing he did. Time had done its share of…
Posts Categorized: Alumni and Networking
50 Years’ Chemistry Reunion – Woohoo!!
What a great weekend! We finally made it after 50 years. The weekend started on Friday afternoon when we began assembling at Heaton Mount. Ron and Helen Armstrong, Ian and…
Three things you should do after graduation.
You dreamt, you planned, you believed, you worked, and you conquered. Congratulations on achieving this milestone! Now get ready for a whole new adventure. Along with the thousands of new…
20-Year Pharmacy Reunion, Class of 1993-97
If someone had said to me on graduating in July 1997 that our first reunion would be twenty years later and I would be arranging it, I would have ridiculed…
Bradford Chemistry Reunion 2017
What were you doing in June 50 years ago? Don’t know? Well a group of Bradford chemistry students know exactly what they were doing, they were celebrating graduating. In 1967…
Living and working abroad: The big challenges and the average week
The following challenges of living abroad are all rooted in my experience of moving out to Kampala (Uganda) two years ago. There is no average week and what remains consistent…
Bradford Alumni Celebrate 50th Anniversary in Abuja, Nigeria
It was a pleasure to join fellow Bradford alumni and staff at a special 50th anniversary gathering in Abuja on Wednesday 20 July 2016. The programme was held at the…
Beermats in The Shearbridge and ‘The Bradford Mafia’
It all started over 30 years ago in Bradford, specifically the Shearbridge pub on Great Horton Road, now sadly closed. I had left the University with a degree in Chemical…
Bumps and Breakthroughs: Was a Peace Studies Degree Pointless?
With a background of volunteering in Rwanda and Thailand, a First Class Degree in Development and Peace Studies and two internships (in Uganda and Oxford, respectively), I thought I was…
Lagos Alumni Association Inaugural Annual Lecture 2016
On Friday 22 April, 2016, several brilliant Nigerian minds and alumni of the University of Bradford gathered at the Jade Palace, Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos for the inaugural Lagos Alumni Association…