A Bradford university professor has offered a different view to that of a city divided by ethnicity and ignorance.

Professor Charles Husband, of the Ethnicity and Social Policy Research Unit, said many young people were happy with Bradford.

And he adds it is young people from the Pakistani community who particularly demonstrate a sense of pride and loyalty to the city.

The study of young people - in and out of education - and employers, has been undertaken as part of a major Cities Programme funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Professor Husband, however, warns of 'territorialisation' with young people feeling they own an area.

"Disadvantage and exclusion have given the minority ethnic communities strong reasons for being self-consciously aware of their identities and that differences within, as well as between, ethnic communities are becoming expressed in territorial boundary formation within the city," he said.

"In some areas of high stress, these territorialised identities have a potentiality for inter-group conflict and violence."

The research was conducted into people's aspirations and experience of work.

Students were found to be mostly positive about their school experience and more than 60 per cent of the pupils were aiming for higher education.

But they are also realistic about their prospects in the job market with 70 per cent thinking they would work part-time at some point and 24 per cent expecting to be out of work for a period.