Former PM Harold Wilson, and keynote speaker and current Labour MP Rachel Reeves A PROMINENT Opposition MP has been named as keynote speaker for this year s Harold Wilson Lecture at the University of Bradford. Rachel Reeves, who is Labour MP for Leeds West and also the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, will give the lecture. It is taking place on Thursday, March 11, the anniversary of what would have been Harold Wilson s 105th birthday, and is being delivered virtually. A former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970, and 1974 to 1976, Lord Wilson was also the first Chancellor of the University of Bradford, serving from when the university s received its Royal Charter in 1966 until 1985.
THE University of Bradford has signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Wide Fund for Nature Central and Eastern Europe to promote circular economies and sustainable development. It will mean a closer working relationship between the two organisations and collaborations on tackling issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Andreas Beckmann is regional CEO of WWF Central and Eastern Europe and completed an MBA at the University. He is also a member of the University’s Industry Advisory Board. He said: “On behalf of WWF-CEE, and as a University of Bradford alumnus and member of the University s Industry Advisory Board, I am very pleased to sign this partnership.
The case for making doctoral supervision collaborative
In the course of my research career, I have written relatively extensively on the topic of food, but only now have I realised that the consumption of food can be extended to the consumption of knowledge.
In a recent paper entitled “Doctoral supervision challenges: What do we know and what can we do about it?”, which I presented at the sixth annual online Researcher Education and Development Scholarship (REDS) conference organised by the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, I highlighted a three-point challenge for the PhD supervision experience: recruitment, retention/progression and completion, which I would map to the phases of a three-course meal – the entrée/appetiser, main course and dessert.
While Israel has worked to counter Iran’s efforts to extend its influence in Syria for a decade, recent developments indicate an increased push to eradicate the Iranian presence, raising questions about what comes next.
Israel’s latest wave of attacks on January 12 in eastern Syria was broad and precise. A total of 18 positions – mostly militias supported by Iran – were hit about 600km (320 miles) from Israel’s border. It marked the fourth attack attributed to Israel in a two weeks.
Iran, a major supporter of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, has built a significant military presence in Syria since the civil war began in 2011. The build-up of forces has been regarded by Israel as a threat to its national security.
Forster Square arches A teenager was exploited and abducted by criminal gangs when he committed a spree of eight violent street robberies in central Bradford, a court heard yesterday. The youth, who cannot be named because of his age, attacked boys and male students, snatching phones and money and producing a knife on one occasion. He pleaded guilty to eight robberies committed when he was aged 14 to 16 and was sentenced to a nine-month Youth Rehabilitation Order with a five-month overnight curfew. His barrister, Christopher Styles, said the teenager was exploited by criminal gangs and pressured into carrying out the robberies. At one point, he was abducted and forced to sell drugs in Swansea.