Estates development
Oxford Brookes is committed to building an environment which supports our students, staff and partners to excel. Importantly, our campus spaces need to respond to the evolving needs of the University’s community and the rapidly changing world of education.
The University is committed to moving all of its Oxford-based activity onto the Headington Campus over the coming years. We believe our future Oxford environment will inspire a vibrant, connected and diverse student community to achieve their potential.
Closure of Wheatley Campus and new Headington Hill site buildings
We previously announced our commitment to moving all remaining activity from the Wheatley Campus to the Headington Campus. This has now taken place and the Wheatley site was formally handed over to the housebuilder Crest Nicholson at the end of October 2024.
Faculty activity previously based at Wheatley is moving to two new buildings on the Headington Hill site in Semester Two of the 2024-25 academic year, with further information on this development available on the project's dedicated webpages.
Movement of activity from the Harcourt Hill Campus
We will be moving all teaching and library services from Harcourt Hill to our Headington Campus for the start of the 2025/26 academic year. Information on accommodation options, including rooms at Harcourt Hill in 2025/26 for returning students, is available on the Accommodation webpages. A set of Frequently Asked Questions for current and prospective students in relation to move is available via an online Google Doc which will continue to be updated.
Detailed work continues to take place to look at the sequencing and space requirements required to facilitate the moves. This is also carefully considering future use of services currently provided at Harcourt Hill, such as Brookes Sport facilities. Due to significant maintenance costs required for the swimming pool at Harcourt Hill, a decision was taken to close the facility from 1 September 2024. Further information can be found on the Brookes Sport webpages.
In June 2022, Oxford Brookes received planning permission for two cutting edge, sustainable buildings on the Headington Hill site. The new Teaching and Workshop buildings are the new home for activity previously based at Wheatley Campus. Construction work for the buildings began in January 2023 and both were handed over to the University during the 2024/25 academic year.
Construction work was completed in 2024 as part of the first phase redevelopment of Clive Booth Student Village. The project is providing an increased number of high-quality rooms for students within the University’s estate, close to the Headington Campus. This is also helping to reduce the number of students living in private rented accommodation and support efforts to manage local housing demand.
