Bradford University has three sites: Richmond is the main one and has most of the bars and ents. The Laisterridge Lane site is for health related courses and Emm Lane is the location of the School of Management.
Richmond - Main Campus
The Students' Union is in the Communal Building and there is also a bar in the Richmond building. JB's, in the Communal Building is the main SU bar. It has a relaxed atmosphere and is popular with the sports teams. It has recently undergone a refurbishment and has an outside courtyard that is well-used in the summer months.
Below JB's, in the Communal Building, is a venue called Escape which is open on Monday and Tuesday nights for Brown Sugar (Monday - R&B, hip-hop and Raga)and Club Soda (Tuesday - pop and chart music). The rest of the week it can be booked by DJs or clubs and societies for small events, a facility that proves quite popular.
The main SU venue, though, is Colours/The Basement which is also in the Communal Building. It has a capacity of 1300 and hosts the main attraction of the week - FND (Friday Night Disco) - with its adjoining bar Colours. This is a very popular night with students in search of cheap drinks.
Biko, in the Richmond Building, is basically a standard bar, that also sells coffee and light snacks from 11 am, it is the only Students Union bar to be listed in CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Good Bar Guide.
On the whole, the Students' Union suffers quite badly from local competition. The West End district of Bradford is close by and there are stacks of good bars and clubs to visit.
