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ISSUE05
Invitation to the 2010
Graduate Reunion
Profiling Graduate
Lawrence Tomlinson,
Entrepreneur by Design
Braduate Fund Success

2. CLASSOF2009
Many congratulations and a special
welcome to our new graduates
W
hether you are
continuing with
your studies or
have left the University and
are following your chosen
career path, you continue
to belong to the University
community and we look
forward to keeping in touch
and continuing to provide
help and support. On behalf
of all Bradford alumni,
welcome to the family.
Our 2009 Honorary Graduates
J
oining our graduates in 2009, fifteen distinguished
individuals were awarded honorary degrees by the
University to whom we would like to extend our welcome.
Conferred in July 2009, Author, Sir Terry Pratchett OBE; Bradford-
born actor, Peter Firth; Artistic Director and CEO of Kala Sangam,
Geetha Upadhyaya; Artist and world peace activist, Matt Lamb;
Colin Parry OBE and Wendy Parry, Co-Founders of the Tim
Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace; Jan Fletcher OBE,
Chairwoman of Montpellier Estates; former Pro-Chancellor of the
University, Alan Jerome; Ornithologist, John Mather; and Microbiologist,
Don Whitley.
Conferred in December 2009, Mohammed Salam, Chief Executive of the
Consortium of Ethnic Minority Organisations; Noorzaman Rashid, Director
of Board and Leadership Services at Harvey Nash Group PLC; Dick Mills,
BBC Sound Engineer; Achhar Paul Dharni, Chairman of the Hindu Cultural
Society of Bradford; and Ann Cryer, MP for Keighley.
SirTerryPratchettOBE
ColinParryOBEandWendyParry

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www.bradford.ac.uk/alumniWELCOMEANDNEWS
Welcome to the 5th
Edition of The Braduate,
The magazine for alumni and friends of the
University of Bradford
I
t is great to be back in the Alumni Office
and communicating with graduates again
after my 12-month sabbatical.
I was lucky enough to meet up with over 200
graduates on a tour of Brunei, Malaysia and
Singapore in November 2009. More about the
reunions on page 9 where you can also see a
selection of photographs.
The University launched the Braduate Fund in
2010, giving graduates the opportunity to support
current and future students during a four-week
telethon. Details about the Braduate Fund on
page 2.
We have set up an official Alumni Facebook
page to make communicating with graduates
easier and to allow you to share your photos
and memories. Go to www.facebook.com/
Bradfordalumni and become a fan. You can also
follow the University on Twitter at twitter.com/
BradfordUni.
You will notice that your Braduate magazine is
now in a new smaller format which will help us
reduce the amount of paper we use in line with our
environmental policy. We hope you find this new
handy sized magazine useful, a condensed update
on news, research and profiles. If you are happy to
receive your Braduate magazine electronically,
email us at alumni@bradford.ac.uk.
The University is very proud of its green credentials
and has, in fact, climbed three places in the national
league of environmentally friendly universities to
seventh place – making it the greenest university
in Yorkshire. The 2010 ‘People & Planet Green
League’ shows the University of Bradford rising
from 10th place in 2009, and 31st in 2008.
Last but not least, we are arranging a UK
reunion for graduates of all years on Saturday 11
September 2010 to coincide with the opening of
the new Student Central – you may have known
this as the ‘Commie’. Your invitation is on page 3
and we hope to see you there.
June Kronbachs, Alumni Relations Manager
During the December award ceremonies two
graduates from the United Arab Emirates
Navy presented a gift to the University on
behalf of the Navy.
The gold ship is considered one of the highest
levels of gift to be given by the UAE Navy to
an institution that it feels has helped its staff
in gaining knowledge that will enable them to
improve in their field of work.
Ahmad Mohammad Salem Alhassan said:
“We wanted to show our appreciation to the
University and the staff. We had a very good
time learning here and we never felt that we
were away from home. The staff really value
the international students and understand
their needs.”
Easa Hasan Mohamed Alsabab Altenaiji said:
“The University logo ‘Making Knowledge
Work’ was one of the reasons I applied
to study. The city of Bradford was very
welcoming and the people are very friendly.”
UAE Navy presents gift
to University
Tel: + 44 (0) 1274 233086
Fax: +44 (0) 1274 236280
Email: alumni@bradford.ac.uk
Web: www.bradford.ac.uk/alumni
Replacement Certificates/Transcripts:
www.bradford.ac.uk/hub/Transcriptand
CertificateRequests/
Tel: + 44 (0) 1274 232233
Stay in Touch
Professor Mark Cleary accepting the gift from graduates Easa
Hasan Mohamed Alsabab Altenaiji and Ahmad Mohammad
Salem Alhassan

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SUPPORTINGBRADFORD
W
e are delighted to report that the
University’s first alumni fundraising
campaign has raised more than
£70,000! A month-long telethon was held to
raise money for The Braduate Fund, created
to help improve the student experience and
support services, provides scholarships and
strengthens hardship funds. Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Mark Cleary, said: “I am absolutely
delighted that we have raised so much,
this money will make a real difference to
students. A huge thank you to all our alumni
who gave so generously.”
We are presently recruiting a committee to
assess applications for funding to ensure your
donations provide the greatest opportunities
to students in line with your wishes. In future
newsletters we will report on how your
generosity has made a real difference.
Braduate Fund success
Student callers, Akhtar Munir (above), a first-year student on the
BSc Information and Communications Technologies degree,
and Judith Imholt (above right), a second-year Peace Studies
BA student, chatting to alumni
New web pages
We’ve had some wonderful feedback about
our new web pages. Here you can find how to
pledge a gift, hear from a current student about
how a scholarship has changed their life, or get
in touch with the Development Office. If you’ve
not yet visited www.bradford.ac.uk/giving-to-
bradford, take a look and let us know what you
think!
The gift of a lifetime
Following requests from alumni, we will soon
be launching a brand-new brochure explaining
how you could make a very real difference
to the University by leaving a gift in your will.
Would you like to leave a scholarship in your
name or that of a loved one? Or a gift to your
old department? To receive a copy of the new
brochure, or if you have made provision in
your will and would like to let us know, please
call Carol Vickers on 01274 236493 or email
giving@bradford.ac.uk.
University of Bradford Gifts
Gifts are available throughout the year from
Just Shop in the Atrium or from the Alumni and
Development Office, Room D17, Richmond
Building. To purchase items by post, download
and complete the form from our website at
www.bradford.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-goods-
and-gifts/ and send it with your cheque to the
Alumni Office, University of Bradford, Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP. If you would prefer
to pay by credit card please call the
Finance Cashiers with your card details:
+44 (0)1274 23 3137 or 3138 or 3123.

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Vision of Student Central
Invitation
2010 Graduate Reunion
Saturday 11 September 2010, 11am
An invitation to graduates of all years to join us on campus.
Preview the new Student Central and enjoy a free curry lunch, visits to
academic Schools, tours of the campus, exhibitions, displays and talks.
Attend the Graduates’ Association AGM and see how you can get involved.
Places are limited so please register your interest as soon as possible by emailing
reunion@bradford.ac.uk
Further details and programme will be available at www.bradford.ac.uk/alumni
from July onwards
T
he Communal Building facilities are being completely refurbished and extended to
create an attractive, modern and interactive space which includes the introduction of
a new glazed roof over the central courtyard to create an additional 1000m² of internal
space and a glazed link to the J B Priestley Library building. The new building has been
renamed Student Central, which was chosen by current students.
Come along to the reunion on 11 September, which will be based in Student Central, and take
a look for yourself. You can also join a tour and see how much the campus has changed, and is
continuing to do so as the University’s £84 million investment programme progresses.
Student Central

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NEWSANDRESEARCHINBRIEF
Graduates from the School of Computing, Informatics and
Media at the University of Bradford can join our Graduates
Network.
Joining our Graduates Network is free and will allow you
to access exclusive job adverts, keep in contact with
fellow graduates, promote your business, share industry
experience and give you the opportunity to develop
professional skills such as coaching and mentoring.
To register please visit http://graduates.scim.brad.ac.uk/
where you can also find news from the School and how you
may be able to receive 10% discount on postgraduate study.
Graduate Network
School of Computing,
Informatics and Media
School of Health Studies
Improving People’s Lives through
Research, Knowledge Transfer
and Educational Innovation
a
O
ver 70 delegates from NHS trusts and health
organisations, local authorities and universities
across the region, as well as service users,
ttended the School of Health Studies Research and
Knowledge Transfer Showcase at the University on 22nd
June.
This second annual event demonstrated the breadth and depth
of the School’s research and knowledge transfer activities,
educational innovation and external partnership collaborations.
The event was opened by Dean of School, Shirley Congdon,
and the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Cleary.
Henrietta Spalding, Head of Policy and Practice from UK
charity Changing Faces, gave an enlightening keynote
presentation on the holistic rehabilitation challenges for
people with disfigurement. Henrietta also explored how
healthcare professionals should integrate some of the charity’s
interventions into their daily practice.
Colleagues from across the School presented on recent
research successes including the involvement of service users
in healthcare teaching and research and the impact of equality
and diversity in healthcare.
School of Life Sciences
England’s Chief
Pharmaceutical Officer
opens £1m clinical suite
C
hief Pharmaceutical Officer
for England, Dr Keith Ridge,
officially opened a £1m state-
of-the-art Clinical Skills Suite at the
University in January.
The suite is part of the Bradford School
of Pharmacy at the University and is a
modern, up-to-the-minute facility that
allows students to contextualise their
learning in different clinical settings.
School of Engineering,
Design and Technology
£1 million project set
to move frontiers of
testing
next generation test methods for
Aat the University of Bradford
£1 million project launched
in May 2010 will develop
turbochargers, a key component for
reducing emissions from engines
worldwide.
The Advanced Turbocharger
Technology Engineering Project is
the latest world-leading development
in turbocharger technology by
Huddersfield-based Cummins Turbo
Technologies, technology leaders for
some of the world’s best-known engine
manufacturers.
Working in partnership with the School
of Engineering, Design and Technology
at the University, Cummins Turbo
Technologies have successfully secured
joint funding with Yorkshire Forward,
demonstrating the regional development
agency’s commitment to securing
engineering excellence in the region.

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NEWSANDRESEARCHINBRIEF
D
School of Life Sciences
transformation which converts kinetic energy
into electrical power. By highlighting the energy
modification from one form to another (e.g. food,
roundabout, heat and electricity), we can tie this
into the National Curriculum and assist teachers
to design updated and interactive teaching
materials about energy transformation.”
Merry-Go-Green Dynamo:
Making Physical Exercise Fun to Tackle Obesity
r Sam Wong, a lecturer in the Division
of Archaeological, Geographical and
Environmental Sciences, working
with Sheffield and Warwick Universities, has
obtained £15k from the National Endowment
for Science, Technology and the Arts to build
an innovative roundabout on a primary school
playground in a deprived area of Bradford.
The schoolchildren will be involved in choosing
the design of the roundabout, which will be built
in transparent material in order to see how the
mechanics work. An electronic read-out will be
constructed at the school to let the children know
how much green energy they help produce every
day.
Dr Wong said: “When young children play,
the central bar of the roundabout will also be
illuminated. It visualises the concept of energy
Ins and Outs
School of Management
Dean retires this summer
Professor Arthur Francis retires
in August after 12 successful
years as Dean of the School
of Management. Under his
direction, the School has
doubled the amount of quality
research income and expanded
the provision for the distance
learning MBA across the globe.
Professor Francis said: “I’ve
worked in three other universities
and what I’ve loved about
Bradford is the warmth of the
relationship between staff and
students. It’s a really friendly
environment and I’ve made
many friends, and many rich
relationships, and I shall miss
those greatly when I leave.”
Bradford graduate appointed
as new Dean
The School of Management
has appointed Bradford
languages graduate Dr Sarah
Dixon as its new Dean. A former
international strategist from
Shell and currently head of MSc
programmes at the University of
Bath, Sarah will join the School
in September 2010 when
Professor Arthur Francis retires.
Dr Dixon said: “I am excited
to be joining this top-ranking
business school with its
established reputation of
excellence.
“We are operating in an
increasingly challenging
environment with government
funding cuts and international
competition. My intention is to
encourage innovation across
all areas of activity and increase
our co-operation with business,
public and third sector
organisations. In the jargon of a
business strategist, I am keen to
secure sustainable competitive
advantage for the School.”
A linguist, Sarah achieved her
BA in Russian and German at
Bradford.
Stop Press!
Last week the MBA and selected MSc programmes were fully accredited by AMBA until 2015

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PROFILE
LawrenceTomlinson
MechanicalEngineering
Lawrence with
the electric car
he designed

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FEATUREPROFILE
Fast track
to success
U
niversity of Bradford graduate,
Lawrence Tomlinson, is a Yorkshire-
based entrepreneur with an estimated
wealth of £400m.
He graduated from the University of Bradford in
1987 in Mechanical Engineering. He said: “The
course was hard work. After the first six months
I was quite conscious that I didn’t know all I
needed to know. I don’t think I even knew what
thermodynamics was! I didn’t pass all my exams
in my first year and had to re-sit, but it made me
realise that I had to knuckle down and do some
more work, having really enjoyed student life for
six months.
“I was sponsored by Wellman Bibby, an
engineering company who had paid for me to
come for four years, so I had to work hard. But
the social life was great. I saw some great bands
performing at the Students’ Union.”
Whilst studying, Lawrence lived in a house off
Great Horton Road, which he shared with a
friend for about £8 a week. “The door didn’t even
shut, never mind lock! It was awful in winter, the
door would blow open and it would be snowing
in the house! Spending money on heating was
not a priority. We once put the heating on whilst
we went out and when we came back all the
wallpaper had peeled off the walls!”
After University, he completed graduate
training at Holset Engineering, and worked in
the prototype department. Soon after, he was
running a care home business and used his
engineering and software programming skills to
make managing the business easier.
“One morning I made a call to a bank trying to
get a loan. I asked for £526,000 to set up my
own business. I was only 23 and I’d no idea how
I was going to pay it back. Thankfully it was a
success.”
Lawrence is the sole founder and Chairman of
LNT Group, which includes LNT Construction,
GLP Taylors, Haigh Mechanical and Electrical,
CoolBlue Software, Ideal Care Homes, Basic
Solutions, LNT Aviation, Ginetta Cars, and the
Repton-based Zytek Engineering, in which he
has an equal stake.
Motor sport is his first love, and he fulfilled a
lifetime ambition in 2006 when he and two co-
drivers won first place in the GT2 class of the
Le Mans 24-hour race. He has also developed
an electric car, which took six months to build
and travels 200 miles before needing to be
recharged.
“I looked at the figures about electric cars and
didn’t believe that it wasn’t possible or wasn’t
financially viable. So I built it (pictured). It’s great
and I use it by charging it on my windmill at home.”
Lawrence can’t be too sure what it is that got
him where he is today. He’d always enjoyed
software, but was encouraged to take an
engineering degree. “Who knows what I’d
have become if I’d not taken that path. I think
Engineering is a fantastic degree and really sets
you up. My course included software as well so
it was quite broad.”
With so many successful businesses under his
belt, we’re sure there are many more exciting
things to come from Lawrence.

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ALUMNIPROFILES
Left to right: Prof Jo Neill; Olanike; The Nigerian High
Commissioner; Prof Kay Marshall; and Mrs Folasade Ogunro
PROFILE
CliveLewis
BSc Social and Economic Studies
C
live Lewis graduated in
July 1993 with a BSc in
Social and Economic
Studies after studying politics
and history in his first year. He
was President of the Bradford
Students’ Union in 1993 and
subsequently elected as Vice-
President of the NUS.
Following postgraduate study
in newspaper journalism, Clive
worked for newspapers for about
18 months, until he was selected
Clive with some young friends in
Afghanistan
for the BBC news trainee
scheme. Work followed at BBC
Leeds, Look North and BBC
Midlands Today. He then joined
BBC East where he is presently a
Senior Broadcast Journalist.
Clive is very hands on,
researching and filming the
stories, editing, presenting
live or pre-recorded bulletins.
“The more skills you have, the
better,” he comments. “The
people coming out of college
and university now are taught
everything, the works.”
This hands-on approach also
applies in his personal life,
Clive joined the Territorial Army
and became one of the oldest
(34) officer cadets to pass out
at Sandhurst in 2006. In the
summer of 2009 he took six
months off from the BBC to serve
a frontline tour of Afghanistan as
an officer in charge of a regular
army combat camera team.
When we asked how relevant his
degree was to his job and what
university had taught him that
helps now, Clive said: “So often
a story that you’re doing has an
economic angle, so it helps to
know something about macro
and micro economics, so you
are not completely baffled by
economic jargon because it can
be quite scary. Doing the degree
did help, because politics also
has an economic slant.
“It’s also the life experience
you get at university, making
new friends, becoming an
adult in your own right, it’s an
excellent initiation for young
people to strive for bigger and
better things. I loved Bradford, I
loved being in Bradford, I loved
the whole ambience. It was a
nexus - the point at which my life
changed and branched out into
possibilities and opportunities I
could never have imagined.”
PROFILE
OlanikeAdebayo
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
A
fter graduating in 2005, Olanike
trained as a biomedical scientist at
the University of Cambridge NHS
Foundation Trust, Cambridge, before moving
to the South Manchester University NHS Trust
and taking further specialist qualifications.
Presently Olanike is a Specialist Biomedical
Scientist at Charing Cross Hospital in London.
Olanike said, about her time at Bradford: “The
quality education (including extra-curricular)
and skills gained from the University immensely
prepared me for my career path and my
progression in the field.”
After university, Olanike enrolled on a creative
writing course while pursuing her career as
a biomedical scientist and she has just been
published. The book, entitled The Real Deal:
The Journey of an International Student in
the UK, highlights the many challenges that
international students experience and how to
overcome them. Online reviews of the book
have been excellent, showing 5* ratings.
The Real Deal was launched on the 21st
May 2010 at the Nigeria High Commission in
London which was hosted by HE Dr Dalhatu
Sarki Tafida, OFR, The Honourable High
Commissioner of Nigeria to the UK and the
Court of St James’s. Representatives from the
University included Professor Kay Marshall,
Head of Pharmacy and Professor Jo Neill.

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NEWSINGENERAL
M
ore than 200 graduates attended
reunion events in Brunei, Kuala
Lumpur and Singapore during
November 2009. Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Mark Cleary, hosted the three events
supported by the Deans and members of staff
from the Schools of Engineering, Design and
Technology, Life Sciences and Management.
Special guests included the British High
Commissioner of Brunei, representatives from
the British Council in each country, Ministries
of Education and colleagues from partner
institutions. The guests joined graduates and
staff at the events, which included presentations
on the progress of the University by the Vice-
Chancellor, followed by a buffet dinner.
Photographs from all three events are on the
alumni website at www.bradford.ac.uk/alumni/
international-alumni/events-and-reunions/
Far Eastern Reunions
Brunei SingaporeKuala Lumpur
We know that many of the University of Bradford’s graduates have become successful business
people. We would really like the opportunity to work with you again and support you to build on
your business success. We can help you, your employees, and your business develop.
For more information contact the Regional Business Partnerships Centre:
Tel: +44 (0)1274 236000 Email: rkts@bradford.ac.uk Website: www.bradford.ac.uk/gateway
University services to business
Graduate Success Profile
Bradford graduate Jun Sheng Chan, who
achieved a first class BEng (Hons) in Industrial
Engineering, completed a University of Bradford
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with
Surgical Innovations Group plc in 2009. The
project was to develop knowledge-based
systems to comply with both European and
US regulatory frameworks, including risk
management procedures. Mike White, Technical
Director for Surgical Innovations, said: “The KTP
helped us to progress our Product Development
process to deliver new CE-marked devices in
the shortest possible timescales.” Surgical
Innovations were so impressed with Jun, that he
was offered a position as Production Engineer
with the Group. Jun said: “The KTP has acted
as a springboard into my career and personal
development, it was a great experience and I
would highly recommend it to fresh graduates.”
Jun is currently undertaking a Postgraduate
Diploma in Engineering. This, coupled with the
experience gained from Surgical Innovations, will
help him acquire Chartership of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) to increase his
career options for the future.

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made from recycled paper
Annual General Meeting – Saturday 11 September 2010
Make a difference
On graduation, you automatically become a member
of the Graduates’ Association for life!
It’s easy to think ‘So what?’ but did you know this
gives you a voice on the governing and decision-
making bodies of the University forever? The
Graduates’ Association Committee is elected by
the association members (you) and represents your
views on the University’s Court and Council.
The association aspires to represent all the diverse
groups within our student body and with Skype
and Elluminate (virtual conferencing software) now
both very much a reality, there is no reason why this
cannot now include people from long distances
away, as well as people who can get to Bradford
more easily.
We need you now to build a strong graduate
association committee to influence how the
University goes forward and provides important
networking support for alumni career development
and social reunions.
All Executive Committee Officer posts are due to
expire this year, including Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer,
Secretary and a number of expert co-optees. The
association needs graduates who think they can
offer something - a viewpoint, some wisdom,
some experience of committee operation, some
communications expertise or perhaps some online
skills. You will need to devote a day per year to
attend or virtually attend a meeting with your fellow
committee members, commit to reading papers
sent in advance and perhaps one more day to follow
through on some agreed actions.
The Annual General Meeting is taking place on
Saturday 11 September 2010 to coincide with
the Alumni reunion. This is where nominees and
volunteers will be voted into office. So if you don’t feel
like getting completely immersed in the committee
this year you can still come along and exercise your
vote to get the right people appointed. We hope
though that many of you will think ‘Why Not?’ After
all, Higher Education is facing some of the greatest
challenges it has faced for many years and the voice
of our graduates should be helping to form the future
success of the University of Bradford.
If you are interested in being nominated as one
of the above officers, just send us an email with
details of the post you are interested in and provide
100 words that we can put to voting members to
support your suitability for that post. Email the Chair
of the Graduates’ Association (Jawahar Dhutia –
Mathematical Sciences 1979) at j.dhutia@bradford.
ac.uk or jmkdhutia@aol.com and cc the Alumni
Office at alumni@bradford.ac.uk. Or you can
phone Jawahar for an informal chat about it first on
tel: 07999 481266 or 07957 348551 (mobiles).
The University holds personal data of its graduates which has been imported from the student records database into the alumni
database. Information is added to the records of alumni as their relationships with the University progress. Personal data is used primarily
for communication between the University and its alumni but may also be used for marketing, promotional and fundraising purposes.
All information held by the Alumni and Development Office is held securely and will remain confidential to the University in accordance with
the Data Protection Act 1998.
Data will not be disclosed to any external bodies, other than those acting as agents for the University of Bradford for alumni matters and
related projects.
You have the right to object to the use of your data for any of the above purposes. For further information regarding your details and data
protection at the University of Bradford, please write to: The Data Controller, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP.
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