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School of Law and Social Sciences news

15 July 2024

Oxford Brookes and community-based professionals support families with food and nutrition

Oxford Brookes University is spearheading new initiatives to support families with food and nutrition in response to the rising cost of living.

Two children eating

17 June 2024

WhoGetsMyVote: Innovative tool from Oxford Brookes academic to aid voter choices in General Election

Undecided voters in the upcoming General Election can receive some independent advice thanks to an online tool developed by an Oxford Brookes University academic.

WhoGetsMyVote website

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.

Sanctuary Art Project: Finding Home in Education

09 January 2024

Wildlife expert and Oxford Brookes University professor receives OBE

An Oxford Brookes University professor whose research focuses on endangered animals in Asia and Africa has been recognised in the New Year Honours List.

Prof Anna Nekaris and a loris

19 May 2023

New conservation tool aims to inspire action to tackle the toll of roads on primate populations

A new database, compiled by researchers from Oxford Brookes University and experts from around the world reveals the deadly consequences of road networks and traffic on primates globally.

Baboons crossing a road in Kenya

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.

A photo from the Commonwealth Student Moot competition

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.

Adetokunbo Hussain

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.

Professor Tina Miller

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.

Research finds that deforestation and climate change are driving tree-dwelling primates to descend to more ground living

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

Lord Justice Wilson presented with Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University