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02 July 2025

Expert comment: Pulses each day could keep ill health at bay - so why aren’t we eating more of them?

From baked beans to chickpeas, kidney beans, butter beans, black eyed beans and lentils, pulses are cheap, tasty, nutritious and sustainable.

26 June 2025

New study reveals how to talk about alcohol and breast cancer without blame or fear

A new study from Oxford Brookes University, funded by the charity Prevent Breast Cancer, reveals how health campaigns can better communicate the link between alcohol and breast cancer - without alienating the very women they’re trying to reach.

A woman enjoys a warm, non-alcoholic beverage

09 June 2025

Breakthrough cancer-targeting material developed by Oxford Brookes scientists

Scientists at Oxford Brookes University have made a major breakthrough in cancer research, developing a new material that can selectively destroy cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue largely unaffected.

28 April 2025

Celebrating 25 years of healthcare education in Swindon

Oxford Brookes University’s Swindon Campus is celebrating 25 years of healthcare education training future nurses and healthcare professionals.

07 April 2025

Oxford Brookes University announces new Vice-Chancellor

Oxford Brookes is pleased to announce that Professor Helen Laville is to become the University’s next Vice-Chancellor.

20 March 2025

Oxford Brookes University is world leading in 23 subject areas

Oxford Brookes University is a global leader in 23 subject areas, according to new rankings.

26 February 2025

Tiny genetic tweaks can lead to big differences in fruit flies’ eye size, scientists have discovered

An international team of scientists including experts from Oxford Brookes University has discovered that small changes in the activity of a single gene can have a big impact on fruit flies’ eye size.