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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences news
10 December 2021
Poetry Centre wins nationally recognised award for publishing
Oxford Brookes University has won a nationally recognised award for its excellence in giving emerging poets the chance to showcase their work through published pamphlets.
06 December 2021
Tourist selfies risk passing deadly viruses onto Critically Endangered orangutans
Covid-19 not only affects humans; our closest relatives, the great apes, are also at risk.
03 December 2021
School of Law announces a collaboration with Stowe Family Law on a new module prize
The School of Law at Oxford Brookes is excited and pleased to announce a new collaboration with Stowe Family Law Oxford.
23 September 2021
Professor Lucy Mazdon confirmed as PVC Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
Oxford Brookes is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Lucy Mazdon as Pro Vice-Chancellor (PVC) and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). She will take up her post in early January 2022.
20 September 2021
‘Legacies of Eugenics’ explored in new exhibition and website
Marking a century since the influential Second International Eugenics Congress was organised at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Professor Marius Turda has curated a new exhibition exploring the history and legacies of eugenics.
08 September 2021
Earliest evidence of humans in Arabia uncovered - with climate change driving migration
An international research team has found that repeated pulses of monsoon rains over the past 400,000 years created green corridors in Arabian desert landscapes, forming key migration routes for early humans.
27 August 2021
Quadruplets graduate - a first for Oxford Brookes
Oxford Brookes University's first ever quadruplets have graduated, each with a different degree.
02 August 2021
Sea levels influence eruptions on volcanic island
The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research led by Oxford Brookes University has discovered.
