News from 2024

Oxford Brookes University news from 2024

28 June 2024

Oxford Brookes University Master’s students drive innovation during Business Challenge Week

Postgraduate students at Oxford Brookes Business School worked with businesses to address real-world issues as the University hosted its annual Business Challenge Week.

Business Challenge Week 2024 at Oxford Brookes University

26 June 2024

Oxford Brookes University develops OxTrail ‘grief and loss’ resource packs for children

Oxford Brookes University has teamed up with Sobell House Hospice to develop resources for school children to support difficult conversations around grief and loss.

An Oxtrail Ox outside the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford

21 June 2024

Oxford Brookes Racing gearing up for competition as new all-electric race car unveiled

Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) are aiming to celebrate their 25th anniversary in style by bringing home prizes at the Formula Student racing competition at Silverstone next month.

The 2024 Oxford Brookes Racing car

21 June 2024

Sixty years on, former student returns to Oxford Brookes campus to unearth historic scroll

A former teacher training student returned to Oxford Brookes University’s Wheatley Campus to witness the unearthing of a scroll she buried during the site’s opening ceremony in 1964.

 Celia hands the unearthed scroll to Annabel  Valentine, Archivist in the Oxford Brookes Library in Headington.

20 June 2024

Environmental scientist spends more than four decades researching a potential climate game-changer

In the ongoing fight against climate change, one remarkable discovery has gained significant attention over the past years: phytoliths.

Dr Martin Hodson

18 June 2024

Vice-Chancellor Professor Alistair Fitt to retire

The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes has announced that he will retire, after 13 years at the University.

Professor Alistair Fitt

17 June 2024

WhoGetsMyVote: Innovative tool from Oxford Brookes academic to aid voter choices in General Election

Undecided voters in the upcoming General Election can receive some independent advice thanks to an online tool developed by an Oxford Brookes University academic.

WhoGetsMyVote website

13 June 2024

Oxford Brookes University hosts celebratory night for Oxfordshire Business Awards

Oxford Brookes University opened its doors to over 350 guests for the annual Oxfordshire Business Awards last week (7 June).

The award winners at the Oxfordshire Business Awards dinner

06 June 2024

Oxford Brookes Boat Club athletes to represent Team GB at Paris Olympics

Eight members of Oxford Brookes University Boat Club (OBUBC) have been selected to represent Team GB at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.

The entire Team GB squad pictured