Past events

Past Oxford Brookes University events

Carols at Harcourt Hill campus

17 December 2024 - 17 December 2024

An informal get together at Harcourt Hill campus for carols.

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture Livestream 2024

10 December 2024 - 10 December 2024

Oxford Brookes University is hosting a livestream of the first 2024 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture whilst it is taking place in London.

University Christmas Celebration

5 December 2024 - 5 December 2024

The annual Christmas Celebration is an opportunity to come together on campus to celebrate everything you love about Christmas with carol singing and music from the University Orchestra and Choir.

Everyday digital technologies for remote elder care

5 December 2024 - 5 December 2024

Only near is dear, as the saying goes. But in the era of digital technologies, does it still hold? In her talk, Dr. Tanja Ahlin will show what is special about people picking up the phone.

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Smart Stardom: AI, Immersive Media and the Replication of Celebrity

5 December 2024 - 5 December 2024

CIRIN end of term keynote from Dr Sarah Thomas, Liverpool University reprising her recent keynote from the BAFTSS Performance and Stardom Conference.

Selina Mills: Why Blindness Matters

4 December 2024 - 4 December 2024

Selina Mills: Why Blindness Matters: how to travel through time and life with no or low vision.

Carols in the Forum

4 December 2024 - 4 December 2024

We’ll be hosting our annual singalong in the Forum this year as part of the Brookes Union Winter Market. Put on your favourite festive jumper and join us for a fun singalong and refreshments.

Film adaptations of unreliable narration in British literature

3 December 2024 - 3 December 2024

Expectation in translation: the representation of camera perspectives, voice-over narrators, and paratext.

Heteronormative accommodations: legal asylum processes & asylum accommodation for LGBTQI+ people

28 November 2024 - 28 November 2024

How asylum accommodation provision in the UK puts LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum at risk of harm and can impact their ability to access a fair legal process.

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Levelling Up the Screen Industries - Film & Television Production as Regenerative Strategy

28 November 2024 - 28 November 2024

Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network lunchtime talk with Dr Mark McKenna, Associate Professor in Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business.