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Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic)[5] is a public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The university was named after its first principal, John Henry Brookes, who played a major role in the development of the institution.

Oxford Brookes University
TypePublic
Established1865 (Oxford School of Art)
1891 (Oxford City Technical School)
1956 (Oxford College of Technology)
1970 (Oxford Polytechnic)
1992 (Oxford Brookes University)
Endowment£2.5 million (2015)[1]
ChancellorPaterson Joseph[2]
Vice-ChancellorAlistair Fitt
Academic staff
1,471[3]
Administrative staff
1,410[3]
Students16,900 (2019/20)[4]
Undergraduates12,710 (2019/20)[4]
Postgraduates4,185 (2019/20)[4]
Location,
England
CampusUrban, suburban
Colours
AffiliationsUniversity Alliance
Universities UK
AMBA
ACU
Websitebrookes.ac.uk

Oxford Brookes University is spread across four campuses, with three primary sites based in and around Oxford and the fourth campus located in Swindon. Oxford Brookes University planned to demolish its Wheatley campus and build houses on the site; the local council refused planning permission, but Oxford Brookes appealed, and won in 2020.[6] As of November 2021 the Brookes web site said that the institution had 16,900 students, 2,800 staff and over 190,000 alumni in over 177 countries.[7] The university is divided into four faculties: Oxford Brookes Business School, Health and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Technology, Design and Environment. Oxford Brookes University's partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) allows ACCA students to earn a BSc (Hons) in applied accounting with the submission of a research and analysis project work while taking their ACCA examinations. The university also has schools of architecture and law. Brookes is a member of the University Alliance mission group.

History Edit

Oxford Brookes University started in 1865 as the Oxford School of Art, located in a single room on the ground floor of the Taylor Institution at St Giles', Oxford.[8] In 1870 the School of Science was added and in 1891, under the administration of the City Council's Technical Instruction Committee, it was renamed the Oxford City Technical School, incorporating the School of Art, which remained distinct. Plans were made to relocate to the former Blue Coat School for Boys on St. Ebbes.

In 1934 the School of Art and the Technical School were merged and John Henry Brookes, head of the School of Art and vice-principal of the Technical School, was appointed the first principal of the merged institution.[9] By 1950 the college had 4,000 students. A new campus was built on a site offered by the local Morrell brewing family. Renamed "Oxford College of Technology", it opened on the new site in 1956.[9] Its first residence hall was established in 1960 and the college relocated to Headington in 1963.

In 1970, it became Oxford Polytechnic. In 1976, it took over the former Lady Spencer-Churchill College, which had been founded in Wheatley in August 1965. In 1992 it incorporated the Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, the first school of occupational therapy in the UK.[10] Later in 1992, following enactment of the Further and Higher Education Act, it became Oxford Brookes University, the only one of the new universities to be named after its founder.[citation needed] In 2000, it took over the site of Westminster College, Oxford, basing its education and theological activities on the site, although theology was withdrawn in 2015.

In October 2003, Oxford Brookes University became the first university in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status.[11]

Baroness Kennedy served as the university's chancellor from 1994 to 2001.[12] In 2007, Graham Upton retired as vice-chancellor and his successor, Janet Beer, was inaugurated in September.[13] In July 2008, Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, replaced Jon Snow as chancellor.[14]

In March 2015, Alistair Fitt was inaugurated as vice-chancellor, replacing Janet Beer.[15] In May 2022, Brookes Union released a letter stating the student body had filed a no confidence motion against Fitt.[16] Dame Katherine Grainger, a former British Olympic rower, replaced Shami Chakrabarti as chancellor.[17] Grainger is Britain's most decorated female Olympic athlete and the first British woman to win medals at five successive games[18] (Rio 2016, London 2012, Beijing in 2008, Athens in 2004 and Sydney in 2000). She was made a dame for her services to rowing and charity in the 2017 New Years Honours. In June 2020 Katherine Grainger stood down as chancellor,[19] with Paterson Joseph appointed in October 2022.[20]

In 2015, Oxford Brookes University celebrated its 150th anniversary. A range of events and activities took place, including celebrations recognising John Henry Brookes, the university's modern founder. The first founder's day was held in May 2016.[21]

Campuses Edit

Oxford Brookes University has three main campuses and a fourth in Swindon.

Headington Campus
 
Headington Hill Hall, the home of the School of Law
 
Marston Road site, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The Headington campus is in a residential area of Oxford. The campus is made up of three sites; the main site on Gipsy Lane, home to a number of departments from across the university's four academic faculties and the £132m John Henry Brookes Building which opened in 2014. Across the road is the Headington Hill Hall site, home to the School of Arts and School of Law, and a short walk from main site is the Marston Road site a dedicated space for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and home to subjects including nursing, midwifery and occupational therapy.

Located on the campus are the main halls of residence, including Crescent Hall, Cheney Student Village, Clive Booth Hall, Clive Booth non-en suite (formerly Morrell Hall) and Warneford Hall.

Wheatley Campus

The Wheatley campus is near Wheatley in the Oxfordshire countryside, seven miles south-east of the city centre. It is where information technology, mathematics and engineering are taught. The tall tower block can be seen from the A40 dual carriageway. The top four floors of the tower were initially closed in the early 2000s following the suicide of a student from the top. Five years later the rest of the tower was shut after asbestos was found and the building was deemed unsafe to house students. The campus is set for closure in the future, when the subjects taught at Wheatley are due to be moved to the Headington campus.

Harcourt Hill campus

The Harcourt Hill campus is situated on Harcourt Hill on Oxford's western perimeter, two and a half miles from the city centre. Education, philosophy, religion, theology, media and communication, and other subjects are taught here. It has two halls of residence: Harcourt Hill Hall and Westminster Hall. A regular devoted bus service links the campus to other campuses at Headington and Wheatley. It is also home to the university's leisure centre.

The campus was formerly the site of Westminster College, Oxford, an independent Methodist higher education institution which specialised in teacher training and theology. The campus was leased to Brookes by the Methodist Church, and Westminster College became the Westminster Institute of Education of Oxford Brookes University, located at the Harcourt Hill campus.

Swindon campus

Oxford Brookes University opened its Swindon campus in August 2016.[22] The university moved from the former Ferndale campus in Swindon to a new and larger campus situated to the west of the town centre at the Delta Business Park. The building is named the Joel Joffe Building after Lord Joel Joffe, long-time Swindon resident and former human-rights lawyer. Adult nursing, operating department practice (ODP) and a range of continuing professional development (CPD) courses are taught there. The campus features a 185-seat lecture theatre, library and social learning spaces, teaching rooms and three clinical skills suites.

 
The front of the new John Henry Brookes building.

Oxford Brookes University partners with Swindon College as part of its Associate College Partnership to deliver foundation and degree courses, provides widening participation activity with local schools.

Redevelopment Edit

In recent years the university has seen major redevelopments including the opening of the £132 million John Henry Brookes Building, named after the university's spiritual leader,[23] which opened on the Headington campus in 2014. It brings together the library and teaching spaces with student support services and the Students' Union (Brookes Union), who were formerly housed in the Helena Kennedy Centre on the Headington Hill site. The building has won multiple awards including a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) National Award; three RIBA regional awards; Oxford Preservation Trust Award and the Student Experience category of the 2014 Education Estates Awards.[24]

 
The former main reception in 2013

In 2013 the redeveloped Abercrombie Building opened on the Headington campus, offering facilities for architecture students with design studios and collaborative learning spaces. In October 2014 it won the Architects' Journal Retrofit Award.[25]

In January 2015 Oxford Brookes University announced a major estates investment for the next 10 years, with £13 million per year to be spent on redevelopment across all its campuses.[26] This is to include additional building on the Headington and Harcourt campuses as well as a new campus in Swindon. Part of this investment will see all activity moved from the Wheatley campus by 2021/22. The Oxford Brookes Business School moved from the Wheatley campus to refurbished buildings at Headington campus in 2017 with other departments to move to new buildings on the Headington Hill site in 2024. Many of the planned transfers to Headington campus have been postponed due to Covid-19 and issues with budgets. The proposed new location for the School of Arts alongside Engineering remains vacant at this time

The university's original redevelopment proposals were vigorously opposed by local residents in 2009 when presented to the local planning committee, with many undesirable aspects of the large student population in Oxford being discussed. However, the plans for the new building were eventually approved and building work began in 2010.

Organisation and governance Edit

Faculties Edit

Oxford Brookes University has four faculties[27] which sit across its four campuses.

Oxford Brookes Business School
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
  • Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
  • Department of Midwifery, Community and Public Health
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development
  • Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work (including the Functional Food Centre)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
  • School of Architecture
  • School of Arts
  • School of the Built Environment
  • Department of Computing and Communication Technologies
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Chancellors Edit

Vice-chancellors Edit

Academic profile Edit

Reputation and rankings Edit

Rankings
National rankings
Complete (2024)[29]46
Guardian (2024)[30]51
Times / Sunday Times (2024)[31]61
Global rankings
QS (2024)[32]413=
THE (2024)[33]601–800

Oxford Brookes University was ranked among the world's top institutions in 16 subjects and four subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017.[34] In 2016, Brookes was listed as one of the world's top universities for its international outlook in the Times Higher Education's (THE) Top 200 international universities.[35] Brookes has retained its top ten world ranking in the QS Distance Online MBA Ranking 2017 for its MBA programme.[36] The university has 10 National Teaching Fellowships from the Higher Education Authority and was among the top 25 in the UK for teaching quality in the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016.[37] Brookes is ranked in the top 51-100 for Architecture and Business & Management Studies in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019.[38] It is also ranked in the top 10 for Hospitality & Leisure Management in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019. In both 2018 and 2019, QS World University Rankings named it the only UK university on its list of Top 50 universities under 50 years old in the world.[39] It is among the top 400 universities in the world, ranked 363rd by the QS World University Rankings 2020.[40]

In 2011, Oxford Brookes University was the sixth largest employer in Oxfordshire.[41]

Hotcourses UK ranked Oxford Brookes University in the top 15 of the most culturally diverse institutions in the UK in July 2016.[42]

In July 2016, Headington and Harcourt Hill campuses received a Green Flag Award for the quality of their green spaces for the fifth year in a row.

In 2016, Oxford Brookes University achieved an overall satisfaction rate of 87%[43] in the National Student Survey (NSS) higher than the national average of 86%. The university also had 18 subject areas which received 90% or higher overall satisfaction.

Separate schools Edit

Oxford Brookes University's School of Architecture is one of the largest in Britain and is consistently ranked in the top five schools in the UK[44] and in the top 50 in the world,.[45] Brookes' School of Law is the 16th placed law school in the latest Guardian Good University Guide[46] The law school is also ranked 28th out of 100 UK university law schools for the study of undergraduate law in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.[47] Moreover, law courses also are ranked in the top 150-200 bracket of the QS World University Subject Rankings.[48] The university has been successful in national and international mooting competitions, in 2016 winning both the ESU Essex Court National Competition and the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Mooting Competition, meaning the national Magna Carta moot - to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta - as a consequence will be between two Oxford Brookes University teams.[49]

Research standing Edit

In the most recent Research Excellence Framework in 2014 (REF 2014) 94% of research was internationally recognised and 59% judged to be of 'world leading' quality or 'internationally excellent'.[50] This led to a 41% increase in quality-related research funding compared to a 3% rise across the sector.

In October 2016 the university retained its HR Excellence in Research Award[51] from the European Commission, recognising the university's commitment to supporting the personal, professional and career development of its research-active staff.

Specialist study Edit

The Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) in the School of the Built Environment was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize. CENDEP provides an academic setting for the study of cities, humanitarianism and refugees. Singer and activist Annie Lennox is patron of the Master's Course in Humanitarian and Development Practice.[52]

In 2008, the MSc in Primate Conservation was also awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize.[53]

The Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health is the UK's first research centre dedicated to functional foods. The centre was originally the Nutrition and Food Research Group at Oxford Brookes and was founded in 2004.

Computer science

The Department of Computing and Communication Technologies is internationally recognised for its research especially in the area of robotics, web technology, networking and software engineering. The department has a strong international student population in both its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Automotive and motorsport engineering

The Oxford Brookes School of Technology is known for its automotive and motorsports technology/engineering courses leading to undergraduate BSc (Hons), BEng (Hons), MEng (Hons) and MSc degrees. Due to the close links between the school and several Formula 1 teams around Oxfordshire, the syllabus development for the undergraduate and post graduate courses are carried out in collaboration with F1 teams.[54] Over the decade, the school has developed a niche for producing Formula 1 design and race engineers,[55][56] who go on to build championship winning cars, participating in the FIA Formula 1 Championships. The school is also home and lead institution to Motorsport Knowledge Exchange[57] which is a Government-funded small cooperative of institutions, involved in delivering motorsport education at a variety of levels from technician to post-graduate.

In 2007, Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso sponsored 12 Spanish postgraduate students to study for an MSc in motorsport engineering or in race engine design within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the university.[58] The university has a teaching staff that includes Geoff Goddard, a former chief designer at Cosworth.[59]

The School of Technology at Oxford Brookes University is one of the three core universities in Faraday Advance,[60] a partnership in advanced materials for transportation that develops future materials and technology for low-pollution, high-efficiency, cost-effective transport.[61]

Partnerships Edit

Oxford Brookes University's partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) allows ACCA students to earn a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting with the submission of a research and analysis project work while taking their ACCA examinations.[citation needed]

The university has a partnership with the International Business School (Nemzetközi Üzleti Főiskola) based in Budapest (Hungary). IBS students can attend courses which, besides the Hungarian degree, also provide OBU BA degrees in different subjects, such as marketing and communications.[62]

The university has affiliations with Nilai University College in Malaysia. Affiliated subjects are computing, accounting and finance, business management, marketing management and hospitality management. All the subjects mentioned above are 3+0 programs.[citation needed]

Student life Edit

Student union Edit

Oxford Brookes Students' Union is the students' union of the university. It is a member-led organisation and all students are automatically members. The union offers a range of services for students; it hosts a number of student societies, a safety bus service, an advice service, and a system of student representatives. In 2012, Oxford Brookes students' union was ranked amongst the worst in the country for student satisfaction, according to the National Student Survey (NSS), where only 34% of students claimed to be content with the students' union.

Accommodation Edit

 
Cheney Student Village

There are currently 12 student halls four of which are on Headington campus, two on the Harcourt Hill campus, one on the Wheatley campus and three more halls around Headington. In addition, there are five privately operated halls of residence which are managed in partnership with the university by housing associations: Slade Park Student Apartments, Parade Green, Sinnet Court Student Apartments, Beech House Student Accommodation and Dorset House Student Apartments.

  • Cheney Student Village
  • Clive Booth Student Village
  • Crescent Hall
  • Westminster Hall
  • Lady Spencer Churchill Hall
  • Paul Kent Hall
  • Slade Park
  • Dorset House
  • Beech House
  • Parade Green
  • Sinnet Court

Transport Edit

 
Oxford Bus Company flywheel energy storage bus on a BrookesBus service

BrookesBus is a public bus service operated under contract by the Oxford Bus Company which operates between all Brookes campuses and student halls in Oxford.[63][64] In 2014, Oxford Bus introduced a fleet of 20 new buses with flywheel energy storage on the BrookesBus service.[65]

Notable alumni Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

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External links Edit

  • Official website
  • Oxford Brookes Students' Union
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Not to be confused with University of Oxford Oxford Brookes University formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic 5 is a public university in Oxford England It is a new university having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 The university was named after its first principal John Henry Brookes who played a major role in the development of the institution Oxford Brookes UniversityTypePublicEstablished1865 Oxford School of Art 1891 Oxford City Technical School 1956 Oxford College of Technology 1970 Oxford Polytechnic 1992 Oxford Brookes University Endowment 2 5 million 2015 1 ChancellorPaterson Joseph 2 Vice ChancellorAlistair FittAcademic staff1 471 3 Administrative staff1 410 3 Students16 900 2019 20 4 Undergraduates12 710 2019 20 4 Postgraduates4 185 2019 20 4 LocationOxford EnglandCampusUrban suburbanColours AffiliationsUniversity AllianceUniversities UKAMBAACUWebsitebrookes ac ukOxford Brookes University is spread across four campuses with three primary sites based in and around Oxford and the fourth campus located in Swindon Oxford Brookes University planned to demolish its Wheatley campus and build houses on the site the local council refused planning permission but Oxford Brookes appealed and won in 2020 6 As of November 2021 update the Brookes web site said that the institution had 16 900 students 2 800 staff and over 190 000 alumni in over 177 countries 7 The university is divided into four faculties Oxford Brookes Business School Health and Life Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences and Technology Design and Environment Oxford Brookes University s partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA allows ACCA students to earn a BSc Hons in applied accounting with the submission of a research and analysis project work while taking their ACCA examinations The university also has schools of architecture and law Brookes is a member of the University Alliance mission group Contents 1 History 2 Campuses 2 1 Redevelopment 3 Organisation and governance 3 1 Faculties 3 2 Chancellors 3 3 Vice chancellors 4 Academic profile 4 1 Reputation and rankings 4 1 1 Separate schools 4 2 Research standing 4 3 Specialist study 4 4 Partnerships 5 Student life 5 1 Student union 5 2 Accommodation 5 3 Transport 6 Notable alumni 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditOxford Brookes University started in 1865 as the Oxford School of Art located in a single room on the ground floor of the Taylor Institution at St Giles Oxford 8 In 1870 the School of Science was added and in 1891 under the administration of the City Council s Technical Instruction Committee it was renamed the Oxford City Technical School incorporating the School of Art which remained distinct Plans were made to relocate to the former Blue Coat School for Boys on St Ebbes In 1934 the School of Art and the Technical School were merged and John Henry Brookes head of the School of Art and vice principal of the Technical School was appointed the first principal of the merged institution 9 By 1950 the college had 4 000 students A new campus was built on a site offered by the local Morrell brewing family Renamed Oxford College of Technology it opened on the new site in 1956 9 Its first residence hall was established in 1960 and the college relocated to Headington in 1963 In 1970 it became Oxford Polytechnic In 1976 it took over the former Lady Spencer Churchill College which had been founded in Wheatley in August 1965 In 1992 it incorporated the Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy the first school of occupational therapy in the UK 10 Later in 1992 following enactment of the Further and Higher Education Act it became Oxford Brookes University the only one of the new universities to be named after its founder citation needed In 2000 it took over the site of Westminster College Oxford basing its education and theological activities on the site although theology was withdrawn in 2015 In October 2003 Oxford Brookes University became the first university in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status 11 Baroness Kennedy served as the university s chancellor from 1994 to 2001 12 In 2007 Graham Upton retired as vice chancellor and his successor Janet Beer was inaugurated in September 13 In July 2008 Shami Chakrabarti director of Liberty replaced Jon Snow as chancellor 14 In March 2015 Alistair Fitt was inaugurated as vice chancellor replacing Janet Beer 15 In May 2022 Brookes Union released a letter stating the student body had filed a no confidence motion against Fitt 16 Dame Katherine Grainger a former British Olympic rower replaced Shami Chakrabarti as chancellor 17 Grainger is Britain s most decorated female Olympic athlete and the first British woman to win medals at five successive games 18 Rio 2016 London 2012 Beijing in 2008 Athens in 2004 and Sydney in 2000 She was made a dame for her services to rowing and charity in the 2017 New Years Honours In June 2020 Katherine Grainger stood down as chancellor 19 with Paterson Joseph appointed in October 2022 20 In 2015 Oxford Brookes University celebrated its 150th anniversary A range of events and activities took place including celebrations recognising John Henry Brookes the university s modern founder The first founder s day was held in May 2016 21 Campuses EditOxford Brookes University has three main campuses and a fourth in Swindon Headington Campus nbsp Headington Hill Hall the home of the School of Law nbsp Marston Road site Faculty of Health and Life SciencesThe Headington campus is in a residential area of Oxford The campus is made up of three sites the main site on Gipsy Lane home to a number of departments from across the university s four academic faculties and the 132m John Henry Brookes Building which opened in 2014 Across the road is the Headington Hill Hall site home to the School of Arts and School of Law and a short walk from main site is the Marston Road site a dedicated space for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and home to subjects including nursing midwifery and occupational therapy Located on the campus are the main halls of residence including Crescent Hall Cheney Student Village Clive Booth Hall Clive Booth non en suite formerly Morrell Hall and Warneford Hall Wheatley CampusThe Wheatley campus is near Wheatley in the Oxfordshire countryside seven miles south east of the city centre It is where information technology mathematics and engineering are taught The tall tower block can be seen from the A40 dual carriageway The top four floors of the tower were initially closed in the early 2000s following the suicide of a student from the top Five years later the rest of the tower was shut after asbestos was found and the building was deemed unsafe to house students The campus is set for closure in the future when the subjects taught at Wheatley are due to be moved to the Headington campus Harcourt Hill campusThe Harcourt Hill campus is situated on Harcourt Hill on Oxford s western perimeter two and a half miles from the city centre Education philosophy religion theology media and communication and other subjects are taught here It has two halls of residence Harcourt Hill Hall and Westminster Hall A regular devoted bus service links the campus to other campuses at Headington and Wheatley It is also home to the university s leisure centre The campus was formerly the site of Westminster College Oxford an independent Methodist higher education institution which specialised in teacher training and theology The campus was leased to Brookes by the Methodist Church and Westminster College became the Westminster Institute of Education of Oxford Brookes University located at the Harcourt Hill campus Swindon campusOxford Brookes University opened its Swindon campus in August 2016 22 The university moved from the former Ferndale campus in Swindon to a new and larger campus situated to the west of the town centre at the Delta Business Park The building is named the Joel Joffe Building after Lord Joel Joffe long time Swindon resident and former human rights lawyer Adult nursing operating department practice ODP and a range of continuing professional development CPD courses are taught there The campus features a 185 seat lecture theatre library and social learning spaces teaching rooms and three clinical skills suites nbsp The front of the new John Henry Brookes building Oxford Brookes University partners with Swindon College as part of its Associate College Partnership to deliver foundation and degree courses provides widening participation activity with local schools Redevelopment EditIn recent years the university has seen major redevelopments including the opening of the 132 million John Henry Brookes Building named after the university s spiritual leader 23 which opened on the Headington campus in 2014 It brings together the library and teaching spaces with student support services and the Students Union Brookes Union who were formerly housed in the Helena Kennedy Centre on the Headington Hill site The building has won multiple awards including a Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA National Award three RIBA regional awards Oxford Preservation Trust Award and the Student Experience category of the 2014 Education Estates Awards 24 nbsp The former main reception in 2013In 2013 the redeveloped Abercrombie Building opened on the Headington campus offering facilities for architecture students with design studios and collaborative learning spaces In October 2014 it won the Architects Journal Retrofit Award 25 In January 2015 Oxford Brookes University announced a major estates investment for the next 10 years with 13 million per year to be spent on redevelopment across all its campuses 26 This is to include additional building on the Headington and Harcourt campuses as well as a new campus in Swindon Part of this investment will see all activity moved from the Wheatley campus by 2021 22 The Oxford Brookes Business School moved from the Wheatley campus to refurbished buildings at Headington campus in 2017 with other departments to move to new buildings on the Headington Hill site in 2024 Many of the planned transfers to Headington campus have been postponed due to Covid 19 and issues with budgets The proposed new location for the School of Arts alongside Engineering remains vacant at this timeThe university s original redevelopment proposals were vigorously opposed by local residents in 2009 when presented to the local planning committee with many undesirable aspects of the large student population in Oxford being discussed However the plans for the new building were eventually approved and building work began in 2010 Organisation and governance EditFaculties Edit Oxford Brookes University has four faculties 27 which sit across its four campuses Oxford Brookes Business SchoolBusiness School Oxford School of Hospitality ManagementFaculty of Health and Life SciencesDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences Department of Midwifery Community and Public Health Department of Nursing Department of Psychology Health and Professional Development Department of Sport Health Sciences and Social Work including the Functional Food Centre Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesSchool of Education School of English and Modern Languages School of History Philosophy and Culture Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History 28 School of Law Institute of Public Care Department of Social Sciences including Primate Conservation Faculty of Technology Design and EnvironmentSchool of Architecture School of Arts School of the Built Environment Department of Computing and Communication Technologies Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical SciencesChancellors Edit Baroness Kennedy 1994 2001 Jon Snow 2001 2008 Shami Chakrabarti 2008 2015 Dame Katherine Grainger 2015 2020 Paterson Joseph 2022 Present Chancellors of Oxford Brookes University nbsp Baroness Helena Kennedy barrister broadcaster and member of the House of Lords nbsp Jon Snow journalist television presenter and main presenter of Channel 4 News nbsp Shami Chakrabarti lawyer and director of the British civil liberties advocacy organisation Liberty nbsp Katherine Grainger rower and Great Britain s most decorated female Olympian and six time World Champion nbsp Paterson Joseph British Actor and current Chancellor Vice chancellors Edit Clive Booth 1992 1997 Graham Upton 1997 2007 Janet Beer 2007 2015 Alistair Fitt 2015 present Academic profile EditReputation and rankings Edit RankingsNational rankingsComplete 2024 29 46Guardian 2024 30 51Times Sunday Times 2024 31 61Global rankingsQS 2024 32 413 THE 2024 33 601 800Oxford Brookes University was ranked among the world s top institutions in 16 subjects and four subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 34 In 2016 Brookes was listed as one of the world s top universities for its international outlook in the Times Higher Education s THE Top 200 international universities 35 Brookes has retained its top ten world ranking in the QS Distance Online MBA Ranking 2017 for its MBA programme 36 The university has 10 National Teaching Fellowships from the Higher Education Authority and was among the top 25 in the UK for teaching quality in the Times Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016 37 Brookes is ranked in the top 51 100 for Architecture and Business amp Management Studies in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019 38 It is also ranked in the top 10 for Hospitality amp Leisure Management in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019 In both 2018 and 2019 QS World University Rankings named it the only UK university on its list of Top 50 universities under 50 years old in the world 39 It is among the top 400 universities in the world ranked 363rd by the QS World University Rankings 2020 40 In 2011 Oxford Brookes University was the sixth largest employer in Oxfordshire 41 Hotcourses UK ranked Oxford Brookes University in the top 15 of the most culturally diverse institutions in the UK in July 2016 42 In July 2016 Headington and Harcourt Hill campuses received a Green Flag Award for the quality of their green spaces for the fifth year in a row In 2016 Oxford Brookes University achieved an overall satisfaction rate of 87 43 in the National Student Survey NSS higher than the national average of 86 The university also had 18 subject areas which received 90 or higher overall satisfaction Separate schools Edit Oxford Brookes University s School of Architecture is one of the largest in Britain and is consistently ranked in the top five schools in the UK 44 and in the top 50 in the world 45 Brookes School of Law is the 16th placed law school in the latest Guardian Good University Guide 46 The law school is also ranked 28th out of 100 UK university law schools for the study of undergraduate law in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 47 Moreover law courses also are ranked in the top 150 200 bracket of the QS World University Subject Rankings 48 The university has been successful in national and international mooting competitions in 2016 winning both the ESU Essex Court National Competition and the Inner Temple Inter Varsity Mooting Competition meaning the national Magna Carta moot to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta as a consequence will be between two Oxford Brookes University teams 49 Research standing Edit In the most recent Research Excellence Framework in 2014 REF 2014 94 of research was internationally recognised and 59 judged to be of world leading quality or internationally excellent 50 This led to a 41 increase in quality related research funding compared to a 3 rise across the sector In October 2016 the university retained its HR Excellence in Research Award 51 from the European Commission recognising the university s commitment to supporting the personal professional and career development of its research active staff Specialist study Edit The Centre for Development and Emergency Practice CENDEP in the School of the Built Environment was awarded the Queen s Anniversary Prize CENDEP provides an academic setting for the study of cities humanitarianism and refugees Singer and activist Annie Lennox is patron of the Master s Course in Humanitarian and Development Practice 52 In 2008 the MSc in Primate Conservation was also awarded the Queen s Anniversary Prize 53 The Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health is the UK s first research centre dedicated to functional foods The centre was originally the Nutrition and Food Research Group at Oxford Brookes and was founded in 2004 Computer scienceThe Department of Computing and Communication Technologies is internationally recognised for its research especially in the area of robotics web technology networking and software engineering The department has a strong international student population in both its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes Automotive and motorsport engineeringThe Oxford Brookes School of Technology is known for its automotive and motorsports technology engineering courses leading to undergraduate BSc Hons BEng Hons MEng Hons and MSc degrees Due to the close links between the school and several Formula 1 teams around Oxfordshire the syllabus development for the undergraduate and post graduate courses are carried out in collaboration with F1 teams 54 Over the decade the school has developed a niche for producing Formula 1 design and race engineers 55 56 who go on to build championship winning cars participating in the FIA Formula 1 Championships The school is also home and lead institution to Motorsport Knowledge Exchange 57 which is a Government funded small cooperative of institutions involved in delivering motorsport education at a variety of levels from technician to post graduate In 2007 Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso sponsored 12 Spanish postgraduate students to study for an MSc in motorsport engineering or in race engine design within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the university 58 The university has a teaching staff that includes Geoff Goddard a former chief designer at Cosworth 59 The School of Technology at Oxford Brookes University is one of the three core universities in Faraday Advance 60 a partnership in advanced materials for transportation that develops future materials and technology for low pollution high efficiency cost effective transport 61 Partnerships Edit Oxford Brookes University s partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA allows ACCA students to earn a BSc Hons in Applied Accounting with the submission of a research and analysis project work while taking their ACCA examinations citation needed The university has a partnership with the International Business School Nemzetkozi Uzleti Foiskola based in Budapest Hungary IBS students can attend courses which besides the Hungarian degree also provide OBU BA degrees in different subjects such as marketing and communications 62 The university has affiliations with Nilai University College in Malaysia Affiliated subjects are computing accounting and finance business management marketing management and hospitality management All the subjects mentioned above are 3 0 programs citation needed Student life EditStudent union Edit Main article Oxford Brookes Students Union Oxford Brookes Students Union is the students union of the university It is a member led organisation and all students are automatically members The union offers a range of services for students it hosts a number of student societies a safety bus service an advice service and a system of student representatives In 2012 Oxford Brookes students union was ranked amongst the worst in the country for student satisfaction according to the National Student Survey NSS where only 34 of students claimed to be content with the students union Accommodation Edit nbsp Cheney Student VillageThere are currently 12 student halls four of which are on Headington campus two on the Harcourt Hill campus one on the Wheatley campus and three more halls around Headington In addition there are five privately operated halls of residence which are managed in partnership with the university by housing associations Slade Park Student Apartments Parade Green Sinnet Court Student Apartments Beech House Student Accommodation and Dorset House Student Apartments Cheney Student Village Clive Booth Student Village Crescent Hall Westminster Hall Lady Spencer Churchill Hall Paul Kent Hall Slade Park Dorset House Beech House Parade Green Sinnet CourtTransport Edit nbsp Oxford Bus Company flywheel energy storage bus on a BrookesBus serviceBrookesBus is a public bus service operated under contract by the Oxford Bus Company which operates between all Brookes campuses and student halls in Oxford 63 64 In 2014 Oxford Bus introduced a fleet of 20 new buses with flywheel energy storage on the BrookesBus service 65 Notable alumni EditMain article List of alumni of Oxford Brookes UniversitySee also EditArmorial of UK universities List of universities in the UK Post 1992 universitiesReferences Edit Financial Statement 2014 15 Oxford Brookes University Retrieved 2 November 2016 Actor Paterson Joseph announced as the next Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University 11 October 2022 Retrieved 30 August 2023 a b Oxford Brookes University Annual Accounts 2010 11 Report Oxford Brookes University 31 July 2011 p 22 Archived from the original on 13 May 2014 Retrieved 16 March 2013 a b c Where do HE students study Higher Education Statistics Agency Retrieved 1 March 2020 Our History at a Glance Oxford Brookes University www brookes ac uk Retrieved 26 May 2020 Lynch 30 April 2020 Oxford Brookes wins appeal to build 500 homes on Wheatley campus www oxfordmail co uk first David Retrieved 4 August 2020 Our students Oxford Brookes 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Retrieved 6 September 2016 The Oxford Brookes Global MBA retains its top ten global ranking Oxford Brookes University Brookes ac uk Retrieved 3 August 2017 Good University Guide The Times Thetimes co uk Retrieved 6 September 2016 Oxford Brookes University Rankings Top Universities Retrieved 4 October 2019 Oxford Brookes named as the only UK top 50 under 50 university in the world Oxford Brookes University Retrieved 3 August 2017 Oxford Brookes University Top Universities 16 July 2015 Retrieved 3 August 2017 Oxford Times Top 100 Employers in Oxfordshire March 2011 Oxford Times p 40 Brookes in the top 15 culturally diverse institutions in the UK Oxford Brookes University Brookes ac uk Retrieved 6 September 2016 Oxford Brookes continues to outperform the sector in latest National Student Survey Oxford Brookes University Brookes ac uk Retrieved 3 August 2017 Architects Journal 4 May 2006 p 84 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 Architecture Built Environment 22 April 2015 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MacLeod Donald 20 December 2005 Denise Morrey Engineer steps up a gear The Guardian London Retrieved 20 May 2010 Motorsport Knowledge Exchange Archived 23 August 2007 at archive today Oxford Brookes in pole position for F1 success Times Higher Education 13 July 2007 Retrieved 29 October 2011 The Official Formula 1 Website Formula1 com 23 February 2007 Retrieved 29 October 2011 Domain Registered By Safenames Ltd Faraday advance net Archived from the original on 9 October 2011 Retrieved 29 October 2011 On site Centres Archived from the original on 19 December 2008 International Business School Archived from the original on 9 June 2007 Retrieved 30 April 2007 BROOKESbus www oxfordbus co uk Retrieved 26 January 2022 New BROOKESbuses Bus amp Coach Buyer 10 September 2014 Retrieved 26 January 2022 Holley Mel 10 September 2014 Gyrodrive debuts in Oxford RouteOne Diversified Communications Archived from the original on 31 January 2016 Retrieved 24 September 2015 External links EditOfficial 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