Education in West Yorkshire - Education in Bradford, Education in Calderdale, Education in Kirklees, Education in Leeds, University of Bradford (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 121. Not illustrated. Chapters: Education in Bradford, Education in Calderdale, Education in Kirklees, Education in Leeds, University of Bradford, University of Leeds, University of Bradford Union, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds Trinity University College, Leeds College of Music, Bradford College, College of the Resurrection, Leeds City College, University of Bradford School of Management, Tolstoy Cup, Leeds College of Art, Park Lane College Leeds, Namal College, Joseph Priestley College, Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College, East Leeds Family Learning Centre, Leeds College of Building, Bradford Libraries, Higher Education in Leeds, Old Scatness, Raf Oxenhope Moor, Calderdale College, Mosaic Research Group, Leeds Thomas Danby, Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project, Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College. Excerpt: University of Bradford - The university's Richmond Building and Atrium in February 2008The university has its origins in the Bradford Schools of Weaving, Design and Building dating from 1860 which in 1882 became the Bradford Technical College. In 1957, the Bradford Institute of Technology, was formed as a "College of Advanced Technology" to take on the running of higher education courses. Construction of the Richmond Building, the largest building on campus, began in 1963. The Horton Building and Chesham building were subsequently added, on the opposite side of Richmond Road. The Charter of Incorporation was granted in 1966, to create the University of Bradford; the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson became the university's first chancellor. Expansion of the main campus continued in the 1980s, with the addition of the Library and Computer Centre, Communal Building, Pemberton Building and Ashfield Building. An extension to the Library and Computer Centre was completed in the mid-1990s. In 1996 the univ...