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School of Law and Social Sciences news
09 June 2022
Research suggests illegal trade in reptile skins could be rife
Analysis of nearly a decade’s worth of research has found widespread discrepancies between the number of snake skins legally traded and properly reported and the actual number of snakes being killed, suggesting widespread illegal trading.
19 May 2022
Folk magic and traditional healing remedies threaten India’s slender loris population
Content warning: contains references to animal injuries which some readers may find distressing
11 March 2022
Research shows bamboo lemurs can plan and navigate routes through dense forest in search of food
Researchers at Oxford Brookes University have discovered that lemurs are able to memorise complex environments and strategically plan routes to find food through everchanging and dense forests.
10 January 2022
Oxford Brookes law students to help people in the community without legal aid
Oxford Brookes University law students will offer free help and guidance to members of the local community on court matters, as part of a country wide initiative involving university law schools.
21 December 2021
£2 million for new state-of-the-art teaching facilities
Thousands of students at Oxford Brookes University are set to benefit from a £2 million investment into new technology-enhanced facilities and simulation equipment with a grant awarded from the Office for Students (OfS).
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.
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.
