News from the School of Architecture
School of Architecture news articles
08 April 2024
New publication: Making Your Own Weather: Self-reliance and Working for Resettlement Among Sudanese
Does self-reliance reduce the impetus for refugees to seek further travel towards Europe and other countries? How is this experienced by those excluded from mainstream humanitarian assistance?
08 April 2024
CENDEP partnering in new research on electoral reforms in Sri Lanka
A coalition including CENDEP has been awarded a grant by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights for a 2 year project on minorities and electoral reform in Sri Lanka.
08 April 2024
New Short Course: Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings
As part of the Continuous Professional Development and Short Courses offered at Oxford Brookes, a new course on Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings has now become available.
08 April 2024
Sanctuary Art Project: Finding Home in Education
One of our Oxford Brookes students and MRN (Tamsin Barber and Zoe Jordan) contributed to a national collaborative Sanctuary art project, led by the University of East Anglia.
25 March 2024
New Short Course: Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings
As part of the Continuous Professional Development and Short Courses offered at Oxford Brookes, a new course on Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings has now become available.
25 March 2024
Decolonising Minority Rights Discourse
CENDEP’s Senior Lecturer on Human Rights Dr. Farah Mihlar acted as discussant to a presentation made by Dr. Mohammad Shahabuddin on ‘Decolonising Minority Rights Discourse’
25 March 2024
Recent Fieldwork in Nepal
CENDEP’s Sue Webb travelled to Nepal for three weeks in January 2024 to conduct qualitative research for the ongoing humanitarian shelter evaluation project funded by USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance.
25 March 2024
Presentation to European Member of Parliament
Dr Supriya Akerkar, CENDEP Director addressed the European Member of Parliament on ‘Humanitarian Assistance to People with Disabilities’ in Brussels on the 4 March 2024.
23 October 2023
Oxford Brookes Professor contributes to UK Parliament report on indoor air quality
A professor from Oxford Brookes University has contributed to a new research briefing for the UK Parliament examining how indoor air pollutants affect people’s health.
18 July 2023
Blue plaque honours the planning pioneer whose name adorns two schools at Oxford Brookes University
A blue plaque has been unveiled at the former home of Sir Patrick Abercrombie - a pioneer of town planning whose name was adopted for the building that houses the Schools of Built Environment and Architecture at Oxford Brookes University.
