Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford

As of 2018[update], it claims to be the world's largest university research centre for the study of peace and conflict.[citation needed] An idea for a School of Peace Studies dates to 1964, two years before the establishment of the University of Bradford.When they were devising the charter of statutes, Ted Edwards and Robert McKinlay, the university's first vice-chancellor and pro-vice chancellor, agreed that they would establish such a school when the opportunity arose.Later in the 1960s, the Society of Friends approached a number of universities with similar ideas, and Bradford proved to be the only one prepared to fund such an initiative.With 10 weeks of the launch of a public appeal in 1971, the required £75,000 to found the centre had been raised, with contributions coming from figures including Harold Wilson, J.B. Priestley, Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten.
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