- Libraries:
- There are three libraries, one at the main site, one with the management school at Emm Lane and another with the school of health studies. The combined collection of 530,000 books is more than adequate. There are 1000 or so study places. The main library provides computer based services together with teaching rooms and rooms for group study. There are also a number of informal meeting places around the campus that are used for groups and meetings that need to make a bit of noise.
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- Computing:
- One of the highest rates of PCs per student and all halls rooms are networked up. Gold star for Bradford Uni there then.
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- Sports:
- A plethora of sports facilities including 8 tennis courts, 4 astro pitches and 35 acres of grass pitches. Pride of place has to go to The Nautilus Suite. Cancel that membership to a posh health club, everything you need is here! In the local area you can ski, skate, play golf, hike or play bowls...great. Bradford also has a first class cricket team and along with Leeds, is a 'University of Cricketing excellence.'
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- Future Plans:
- There is a plan in the offing to outsource the running of union bars. There are also plans for a café bar in the main Richmond building foyer. Both of these measures are financially motivated.
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- Disabled Students:
- Bradford Uni has taken the unusual step of giving a 5p share of every drink sold to a disability fund. Its a good policy in our view, but not one that comes in for huge amounts of praise from the students. This isn't because they are tight, just that they don't agree with it on the whole. Some facilities, including induction loops and ramps, have been installed but there is still much work to be done. The establishment of a well staffed disability office has helped and will continue to do so in the future.
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- Student Welfare:
- A health centre and counselling ensure that your mental and physical health needs are well catered for. Help is also available for issues concerning academic work, accommodation and money. Other than that Bradford has nothing out of the ordinary as regards welfare apart from a sabbatical women's officer.
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- Parking:
- Parking is by permit (£15 per term) and there is plenty available but Bradford is a small city and thus a car isn't really necessary.
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- University Shops:
- The Communal Building on the main site has a general shop selling everything, a photocopy shop and a travel agency. There are newsagents and a branch of Morrison's, a supermarket, nearby.
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- University Bookshops:
- There are two dedicated bookshops, a branch of Waterstones on the main campus and a specialist bookshop in the School of Management.
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- Banking:
- There's a branch of Natwest with a well used cash machine in the union bulding. If your with another bank don't worry, they all have branches nearby.
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- Transport Policy:
- A partnership with the local council gives students a cheap West Yorkshire travel card. Other than this there is an inexpensive bus service from campus to the city and, in what will become a recurrent theme, at Bradford, taxis are cheap.
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- Green Areas:
- There is Horton Park near the main site and the management centre is set in its own parkland. Also the Pennines are close by.
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