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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences news
21 March 2023
Poetry workshops inspired by Victorian writer highlight the role of unsung carers
A new series of poetry workshops to support carers in the community has been launched by Oxford Brookes University.
21 March 2023
Success for Oxford Brookes School of Law in prestigious competitions
Oxford Brookes University School of Law triumphed in two prestigious competitions in the space of a week, with two of its alumni winning an international contest.
19 December 2022
Oxford Brookes alumnus awarded international recognition by United Nations General Assembly
An Oxford Brookes alumnus has been recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential People of African Descent in the world, under forty years of age, by the United Nations General Assembly.
15 December 2022
"Rising star" of British poetry and Oxford Brookes University lecturer to judge Booker Prize in 2023
A poet and senior lecturer in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University has been recently announced as a judge for the Booker Prize 2023.
14 November 2022
Oxford Brookes Professor authors new BBC Radio 4 Analysis programme
An Oxford Brookes University Professor has authored a new BBC Radio 4 programme that will explore why society still assumes that women will be the main carers, both paid and unpaid, and what can be done for the roles to be changed.
10 October 2022
Deforestation and climate change are driving tree-dwelling primates to descend to more ground living
A large-scale research study of 47 species of lemurs from Madagascar and monkeys from the Americas has found that tree-dwelling species are being driven to the ground due to the impacts of deforestation and climate change.
04 October 2022
Head of School of Law Lucy Vickers elected as President of the Society of Legal Scholars
Professor Lucy Vickers, Head of the School of Law at Oxford Brookes has been elected to serve as President of the Society of Legal Scholars, effective from 1 October 2022-2023.
03 September 2022
Oxford Brookes University awards Honorary Doctorate to Barry Carpenter CBE, OBE
Professor Barry Carpenter has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Education after showing incredible commitment to education for children with special needs across his 40-year career.
02 September 2022
Lord Justice Wilson presented with Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University
Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Oxford Brookes University, in recognition of his lengthy and distinguished service in the courts of the UK, particularly in the field of family law and human rights
02 September 2022
Joanna Barker MBE receives Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University
Joanna Barker has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford Brookes University.
