News from 2023

Oxford Brookes University news from 2023

27 June 2023

Two PhD students at Oxford Brookes named in King’s Birthday Honours List 2023

Two Oxford Brookes University PhD students have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2023.

Image of both Professor Christopher Milroy and James Dunlop

20 June 2023

Student receives gold Duke of Edinburgh award as she describes re-learning to walk

A student nurse from Oxford Brookes University who has received a Duke of Edinburgh gold award has told her incredible story of learning to walk again following major surgery.

From left, television presenter Charlotte Hawkins, Emily Palmer and his Royal Highness Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. Credit: Ian Smithers

16 June 2023

Former Vice-Chancellor lays foundation stone to mark redevelopment of student accommodation

Former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University Professor Sir Clive Booth has laid a foundation stone to mark the redevelopment of the Clive Booth Student Village that will benefit students and the local community.

Former Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Clive Booth, and current Vice-Chancellor Professor Alistair Fitt

15 June 2023

Oxford Brookes Racing aiming for eighth Formula Student UK title

Oxford Brookes Racing have unveiled their all-new Formula Student racing car for the 2023 season in a bid to secure a record eighth UK title at Silverstone next month.

An image of the new Oxford Brookes Racing car.

15 June 2023

Childbirth is focus of BBC Radio 4 programme authored by Oxford Brookes professor

How have experiences of childbirth in the UK changed over the past decades and how well are maternity services keeping up with these changes?

Professor Tina Miller

14 June 2023

Researchers from Oxford Brookes to play key role in new £7m national innovation and research body

A new network which aims to establish itself as a world-leading centre of excellence for innovation and research policy will bring together academics from universities across the UK led by Oxford Brookes.

Professor Tim Vorley

12 June 2023

Craft brewery supporting ex-offenders wins award sponsored by Oxford Brookes Business School

More than 450 guests representing the best of local businesses attended the 2023 Oxfordshire Business Awards on Friday night (9 June) hosted by Oxford Brookes University.

Tap Social Movement are presented with their award by Professor Tim Vorley

08 June 2023

Chancellor of Oxford Brookes, Paterson Joseph, wins prestigious 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize

Paterson Joseph, the Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Christopher Bland Prize for his debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho.

Paterson Joseph

07 June 2023

Community to weave a new WillowSpace sculpture at Oxford Brookes University

A community art project is set to bring people together to create a new willow sculpture in one of Oxford Brookes University’s pollinator flower meadows.

Hands weaving  a willow sculpture

01 June 2023

Oxford Brookes University works to bridge gender gap in science, technology, engineering and maths

An initiative to find solutions to the gender gap in STEM researchers who become business leaders is taking place at Oxford Brookes University.

A man and a woman, wearing white laboratory coats looking at a screen