1. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Annual Report 2004-05 August 2004 - July 2005

2. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Major Activity Launched Corporate and Financial Strategies

3. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Major Appointments New Senior Management Team – Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 3 new PVCs, Directors of Human Resources and Estates Professor Phil Coates PVC Research and Knowledge Transfer Professor Rae Earnshaw PVC e-Strategy Professor Geoff Layer PVC for Learning and Teaching Professor Jeff Lucas Deputy Vice-Chancellor

4. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 New Chancellor Baroness Lockwood stood down as Chancellor – July 2005 Imran Khan announced as the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford

5. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Major Recognitions No 1 university in England for widening participation achievements (Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2005) One of the most socially inclusive universities in the UK (THES Working Class Heroes League Table 2005) No 1 in North of England for Graduate Employment and 2nd in the UK (after Cambridge)

6. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Key Developments and Achievements Retained ‘Investor in People’ award Launched new courses –Psychology, Media Studies, ICT Appoint Professor of Diversity DTI ‘Customer First’ kite mark

7. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Key Developments and Achievements (2) School of Management – Master’s Suite ranked 2 nd best in UK and 5 th best in Europe – Maintain our Executive Education ranking, still in top 75 –Middle East graduates awarded MBA

8. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 SSIS - Peace Studies –South Asia Strategic Stability Unit launched –£1.75m awarded by the Ferguson Trust to conduct research into war torn areas of the world Key Developments and Achievements (3)

9. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 School of Life Sciences –Appoint Director of ICT –Building work starts on new Cancer Research Facility –IPI established as CIC Key Developments and Achievements (4)

10. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 EDT – INTI College agreement signed Informatics Digital Arts Studio opens Archaeological Sciences – host public lecture by ‘high altitude’ archaeologist Key Developments and Achievements (5)

11. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Health Studies – awarded £210K from Department of Health for research Key Developments and Achievements (6)

12. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Key Developments and Achievements (7) Research Income –Awarded £375K for 3 new academic fellows in EDT and Peace Studies –Research Showcase launched

13. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 21 st Century Estates Plan Second Student Satisfaction Survey Key Developments and Achievements (8)

14. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Finances Turnover about £91 million – considerable growth Significant surplus – again, 3.4% Only 37% of our income from HEFCE

15. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Our Honorary Graduates Inspector Martin Baines Barrie Rutter Barbara Stephens OBE Lord Haskins of Skidby Baroness Morris of Yardley Professor Craig Jordan OBE Dr Gill Hawksworth MBE

16. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Our Honorary Graduates (2) Tommy Ashdown Bary Malik Zenobia Nadirshaw Ray Hill Sir Bernard Ingham Jenny Agutter Raminder Singh

17. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Building for the Future New Chancellor Partnerships with City and District of Bradford Campus Improvements Re-vamping our Brand Image

18. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Building for the Future (2) Improve and expand our course portfolios, UG and PG Capitalise on student applications improvement – 33% home UG, 17% overseas UG, 28% home PGT, 9% overseas PGT Maintain our research position

19. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Building for the Future (3) Capitalise on improving League Table position –Guardian, 19 th April 2005 number 31 from 54 (2004) and from 69 (2003) –Excellent discipline strengths, 15 in top 20 including Biosciences 3 rd after Oxbridge universities

20. University of Bradford www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports Meeting of Court April 2006 Annual Reports online www.bradford.ac.uk/annualreports