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Activities for particular degree programmes

Here are all of the activities open to students on particular degree programmes.

Broadening Horizons - Healthcare Student Conference

The Broadening Horizons Conference aims to inspire and challenge healthcare students to reflect on their current practice as students and develop a broader understanding of the role of nurses in future healthcare. Students will be encouraged to question current practices and consider how to apply a wider perspective when exercising problem solving skills, drawing on different specialities to change how they view and address a problem. 

Through attending the Broadening Horizons Conference, students will develop skills in networking and building professional relationships with others from the healthcare community. Students from all year groups will be exposed to the experiences of working professionals. There will be the opportunities for open floor discussions that facilitate healthy conflicts of opinion and sharing personal experiences with a diverse group of peers and professionals. Session will be delivered by healthcare professionals from a variety of specialities and backgrounds. This provides an opportunity to learn from people that healthcare students may not have the opportunity to work with during their placements or university based learning. Students will demonstrate their learning through the submission of reflective practice forms. As well as providing opportunities for student learning, this event will also provide opportunities for healthcare professionals to acknowledge the ideas and perspectives of the future workforce. 

Any pre-registration healthcare student at Oxford Brookes University may participate.

Interested students should contact Charlotte Maddison and Jasmin Sadler-ladell (student) at cmaddison@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Community Legal Outreach Collaboration (CLOCK)

This activity is open to any LLB student at level 5 or level 6 who has passed all their modules from the previous year, or a GDL student, or a LLM student. Volunteers will assist those who lack legal representation in court.    

Interested students should contact Dr. Achas Burin at aburin@brookes.ac.uk and Dr. Gayle McKemey at gmckemey@brookes.ac.uk for more information.

Developing a metaverse context for educational experimentation

This activity will involve a group of students (n=20) constructing a closed metaverse/virtual reality world focused on developing student-led education encounters, using the platform Edumetaverse. Students will collaboratively agree the design of the space based on an existing template, and they will agree together the kinds of educational activities that will take place in the space. This could involve, for example, audiovisual content, art exhibitions, reading groups, peer-led seminars, and so on. 

This is an opportunity for students to co-design an educational experience at the experimental cutting edge of technology and pedagogy, in an act of future-making. Students should be over 18 for safeguarding reasons. 

Interested students should contact Patrick Alexander at palexander@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Geography Mentoring Scheme

This activity has a BrookesEDGE rating of 50 hours overall, based on your participation in a mentor training workshop, completion of the mentoring induction moodle course, and mentoring year 2 students taking part in GEOG5003 over the year.  

This activity is open to Geography students in their third year who have completed and passed the GEOG5003 Advanced Research Skills module.

Interested students should contact Professor Helen Walkington at hwalkington@brookes.ac.uk for further details and enrolment.

History of Art Discussion Group

This activity has a BrookesEDGE rating of up to 50 hours overall, based on your attendance and participation in the discussion group, preparation of materials / ideas and introduction / management of topics for discussion. The group, which is student-led and which engages with a broad range of topics within the History of Art, meets weekly throughout the year, across both semesters.

This activity is open to students on the History of Art degree programme.

Interested students should contact Dr Athene Reiss at preiss@brookes.ac.uk for further details and enrolment.

LawID

The LawID Co-Curricular Programme allows law students to gain recognition for their involvement in a wide range of co-curricular activities, including advocacy, client interviewing, mediation, negotiation and commercial awareness activities; volunteering and pro bono activity; law-related student journalism; solicitor and barrister mentoring schemes; law-related work experience programmes; and law-related careers talks, panels and events. 

This activity is open to students on the following programmes: Foundation in Law, LLB Law, LLB Commercial Law, LLB Criminal Justice, LLB Law with Business, LLB Law with Criminology,  BA Business and Law, BSc Criminology and Law, Graduate Diploma in Law and Master of Laws. 

Interested students should contact Marc Howe at marc.howe@brookes.ac.uk or Dr Charlotte Houghteling (p0096633@brookes.ac.uk).


Modern Languages with Translation Representatives

Take the opportunity to represent your classmates studying languages at university. You will be invited to the Languages Subject Meetings, where issues about the course and specific modules can be discussed. You will also hear about plans for the future and be able to give feedback on them. Being a Student Rep provides a range of skills, including negotiation, expectation management, and organisation - which will be extremely useful for your future career. 

This activity is open to students taking the Modern Languages with Translation degree programme.

Interested students should contact Dr. Esteban Devis-Amaya at edevis-amaya@brookes.ac.uk and Dr. Enora Lessinger at elessinger@brookes.ac.uk.

Modern Languages School Events Engagement

You will be taking part in our school events and initiatives to build positive relationships between Modern Languages students and language learners from secondary schools. Help us on the day by supporting visitors at Oxford Brookes – meet and greet, encouraging participation during the workshop(s), run a short Q&A session on studying languages at University/Brookes. Your engagement will vary depending on the event / initiative but expect around 10-12 hours of commitment.

This activity is open to students taking the Modern Languages and Translation degree. 

Interested students should contact Dr. Irène Hill at ihill@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Modern Languages Research Events

You will attend and actively participate in seminars, workshops and other research events organized by the Modern Languages with Translation team. The type of skills and competencies you develop will vary according to the types of events you attend. However all events within this BrookesEDGE activity will offer you new and exciting perspectives on other languages and societies and a unique opportunity to hone your skills of cross-cultural engagement. 

This activity is open to students taking the Modern Languages and Translation or Japanese Studies degrees.  

Interested students should contact Dr Enora Lessinger at elessinger@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

OBBS Student Partners

  • Are you interested in the chance to make a difference and help shape the future development of Oxford Brookes Business School? 
  • Are you interested in working more closely with academic staff across the Business School to develop what we do? 
  • Are you interested in developing a range of transferable employability skills that will enhance your CV? 
  • Are you interested in getting involved in activities that you could use in an application for the Dean’s List to demonstrate how you have exemplified the University’s Guiding Principles during your time at Oxford Brookes Business School and how your activity has positively impacted the School?

If the answer to all of these questions is 'Yes', then you may be interested in applying to join our team of OBBS Student Partners. This role entails working closely with a range of academic staff, for example Module Leaders, Subject Coordinators, Programme Leads and the Dean/Associate Deans/Deputy Associate Deans of the Business School, to enhance the student experience. Examples include:

  • participating as a project team member on one of our OBBS Student Experience Task and Finish Projects
  • helping to run our digital skills workshops for the Oxford senior community
  • working with our UG/PG induction coordinator, our Senior Faculty Academic Adviser and our Academic Integrity Lead on a variety of projects.

It doesn’t matter whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student or whether you are in your first, second or final year - this opportunity is open to all OBBS students. You do not need any previous experience of this kind of role or need to be a Student Representative; we are looking for students who are hard-working, reliable and keen to make a difference.

This is a paid role and you are contracted to do no more than 24 hours per semester (48 hours over an academic year) - so around 2 hours a week. Expressions of interest for the OBBS Student Partner roles are advertised at the start of each academic year on all Programme Moodle sites.

Interested students should contact Lisa Hale at lhale@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Placement / Study Abroad Vlogger

You will create engaging video blogs about your life as a student on the Placement / Study abroad year. You will tell your story and develop your vlogging (2-3 vlogs of between 1.5-4 minutes each) per semester for one year. You will need to have a strong interest in marketing / social media and an ability to represent Oxford Brookes and your course in a friendly, positive, and appropriate manner as this may be used for marketing the programme. The time used for this depends on your experience, length of the videos and chosen style. Students may undergo a selection process before they undertake the activity and receive some guidance with topics and themes that you can cover. 

This activity is open to students taking the Modern Languages and Translation degree who are taking their year abroad / placement and who are registered on the module MDES5003.

Interested students should contact Dr. Irène Hill at ihill@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Placement / Study Abroad Photo Competition

You will participate in the photo competition for the Placement / Study Abroad in the third year, which you will be conducting as a student taking MDES5003 or JPNS5010. You need to submit up to two photographs: these can be from any work you do, writing, your workspace, group work in your new cultural setting. We encourage creative approaches to show the experience abroad! You then submit the photograph(s) to the competition via email. You will be eligible to complete the activity regardless of whether you win the competition itself.

This activity is open to students taking the Modern Languages and Translation degree or Japanese Studies degree who are taking their year abroad / placement and who are registered on the module MDES5003 or JPNS5010.

Interested students should contact Dr. Irène Hill at ihill@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Who Gets My Vote?

Dr Jonathan Wheatley is part of a consortium "Preference Matcher" which is a group of academics who run online platforms which helps people decide who they should vote for at a general election. The platform does this by providing a series of questions about political issues and then identifying which party best matches your expressed preferences. Dr Wheatley is going to set up the "Who Gets My Vote" platform to be up and running for the forthcoming UK general election.

To set up the platform, Dr Wheatley requires help "coding" the manifestos of political parties, so that the questions match up to the policy commitments within the manifestos. This does not require formal coding experience, but rather looking for evidence of where each of the main political parties stands on a range of issues.

Dr Wheatley is therefore looking for 4-5 students to commit to about 20 hours each to support him in this activity. Students selected would be given training by Dr Wheatley about what was expected of them. There is uncertainty about exactly when the UK general election would be, but it is likely to be in the autumn of 2024. Therefore Dr Wheatley would require the support early September to October. In concrete terms, students selected would be given a set of policy questions about political parties (e.g. "Do they support tax cuts?") and would then need to do some internet-based research to answer them, and provide supporting evidence (e.g.manifestos or speeches etc). The students would then compare notes on their answers and have the chance to revise their answers, if they felt that someone else had provided more appropriate/accurate responses.

Students who complete this activity would contribute to the successful operation of an online platform that, in previous iterations, has helped thousands of people to decide who to vote for. 

Students must be in the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Interested students should contact Professor Michael Lister at mlister@brookes.ac.uk for further details.

Women in Small Democracy Politics: Country Reports Author

You will be responsible for writing a report on the position of women in national politics within a small democracy. You will be guided in doing so by a Country Report template generated as part of the Women in Manx Politics project and supervised by one of the Women in Manx Politics team based in HSS. A Country Report will typically take around 25 hours to research and write, and can be spread over an entire academic year. Your final report will appear on the Women in Manx Politics blog as a Country Report. You need to have lived experience of the small democracy you are writing your report on.

Interested students should contact Peter Edge at pwedge@brookes.ac.uk for further details.