News from 2024
Oxford Brookes University news from 2024
14 March 2024
Shade-grown coffee demonstrates the benefits of combining agriculture and conservation
Increasing shade cover over coffee plants can increase biodiversity and provide new ways to combine agriculture and conservation, a new study has revealed.
13 March 2024
New student resources launched by Oxfordshire Mind at Oxford Brookes on University Mental Health Day
New resources developed by Oxfordshire Mind in partnership with Oxford Brookes University are set to be launched on University Mental Health Day (Thursday 14 March).
12 March 2024
Scientists find hundreds of unique species in Africa’s newest and most threatened ecoregion
After two decades of biological surveys and over 30 scientific expeditions, groundbreaking research in southern Africa has unearthed a wealth of previously undocumented biodiversity in a newly recognised ecoregion.
07 March 2024
Thrill-seeking Oxford Brookes academic embarking on 1,000 mile trek through Alaska
A thrill-seeking lecturer from Oxford Brookes University is competing in a 1,000 mile race across Alaska hauling a sled through thick snow and sub-zero conditions.
06 March 2024
Oxford Brookes University is official Learning Programme partner for OxTrail
Schools and community groups in and around Oxford will benefit from a new learning pack developed by Oxford Brookes University for this summer’s Sobell House Hospice OxTrail.
01 March 2024
Oxford Brookes Chancellor Paterson Joseph to kick off Think Human Festival
Acclaimed actor, author and Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, Paterson Joseph, will be performing a new show as part of the University’s free Think Human festival.
23 February 2024
Sport risks losing fans and talented individuals unless it tackles colour blind issues, says expert
Dr Adam Bibbey, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, has been researching colour blindness in sport for five years.
19 February 2024
Multi-pronged approach needed to raise awareness of the link between breast cancer and alcohol
There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to raising awareness of the link between alcohol and breast cancer and helping people cut down or give up drinking, a study at Oxford Brookes University has found.
14 February 2024
Will AI Be Your Valentine? Expert explores the ethics of human-AI relationships
Professor Nigel Crook of Oxford Brookes University has spent the past 40 years researching Artificial Intelligence and its influence on humans.
