[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA]In a hole in the Pennines not far from the Yorkshire Dales, is a city that bloomed and boomed during the Industrial Revolution because of sheep or, more accurately, wool. Now Bradford is famously multicultural with a large Asian population. The streets are criss-crosses of Victorian terraced housing, except in the city centre, a jigsaw of big civic centres and buildings from the [ITAL]brilliant [EITAL]National Museum of Photography to the [ITAL]fantastic [EITAL]Alhambra Theatre. If the city and its amenities get boring ([ITAL]which won't happen within about 43 years of getting here[EITAL]), Bradford is between Leeds (see [ULNE]University of Leeds[EULNE]) and Manchester. The University is in the thick of it, less than a mile from the city centre and mega roundabouts which trap cars in ever repeating circles. [ITAL]The campus is as compact as a Swiss Army knife and has to be to fit in all the added extras[EITAL]. Most of the modern building blocks rise into the sky leaving room to park cars in between. About 600 students are based 2 miles away in the [ITAL]pleasant [EITAL]suburbs at the Management Centre at Emm Lane which consists of an a former religious training college and 2 modern extensions.[HDNG]ATMOSPHERE:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]Bradford's a small, friendly and utterly unpretentious University - having one main self-contained campus helps keep student spirit from dissipating into the city which would otherwise swallow it with friendliness. Students at Emm Lane are less a part of the party. The fun focus is sharply defined on campus, especially the bars.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]THE CITY:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL][STAT][BULL] Population: 449,100 [BULL] London: 180miles [BULL] Leeds: 9miles [BULL] Manchester: 30miles[ESTAT][EITAL][PARA][ITAL]Bradford is one of the cheapest places to live in the whole country, but does that mean Bradford students spend less? On the contrary, with everything so cheap, most of them end up with stonking great overdrafts (see below).[EITAL] When we say 'everything', we mean[ITAL] everything[EITAL] - Bradford has all the trappings of cosmopolitan commerce and culture.[PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]TRAVEL:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Trains:[EBOLD] Bradford Station is just 1/2 a mile from the campus. Services to London (3hrs, 1/hr), Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds, etc.[PARA][BOLD]Coaches:[EBOLD] National Express services to, among other places, London (ú12, 4:10hrs, 8/day), Manchester (ú3.50, 1hr, 1/hr).[PARA][BOLD]Car:[EBOLD] Just a few minutes off the M62 down the M606, on the A58, A658 and A650.[PARA][BOLD]Air:[EBOLD] Leeds and Bradford Airport (61/2 miles away) operates flights inland, and to Europe, Ireland and, [ITAL]strangely,[EITAL] Canada.[PARA][BOLD]Hitching:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Not too many lifts - the beginning of the M606 is the place to try though.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Local:[EBOLD] Regular bus services at just 18p from the campus to the city centre, but everybody walks if it isn't raining. There are 3 stations around the city (including neighbouring Shipley) which are useful for getting to Leeds (60p).[PARA][BOLD]Taxis:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Not too expensive [EITAL]costing ú2 from the campus to the station. Bradford is too compact to clock up a significantly larger tab for any local journey.[PARA][BOLD]Bicycles:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Bradford and the campus are a bit hilly and anything but a mountain bike is about as useful as bagpipes.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]NOS and REQUIREMENTS:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Engineering[EBOLD] 1,966 12-18pts[BOLD][PARA]Science[EBOLD] 1,511 14-20pts[BOLD][PARA]Soc Sci[EBOLD] 2,195 18-22pts[HDNG]LIBRARIES and COMPUTERS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Books: 500,000 [BULL] Periodicals: 2,400 [BULL] Study places: 725 [BULL] Computer workstations: over 1,000[ESTAT][PARA]The J B Priestley Library and smaller Management library at Emm Lane. Every room in halls has a computer socket for linking up to the University network.[HDNG]CAREER PROSPECTS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Careers Service [BULL] No of staff: 9full/1part [BULL] Unemployed after 6mths (1992): 12%[ESTAT][HDNG]SPECIAL FEATURES:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL]Bradford runs the only Peace Studies course in Britain.[PARA][BULL]All courses include some element of computer usage.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Roland Boyes MP; Ian Bruce MP; David Hinchliffe MP; Alice Mahon MP (Lab); Michael Meadowcroft (former Lib MP); Ann Taylor MP (Lab).[HDNG]FURTHER INFO:[EHDNG][PARA]Prospectuses for undergrads and postgrads.[PARA][PARA]
