Research news

Research and teaching excellence on display at Venturefest
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:15:04 GMT
Oxford Brookes University opened up its inspirational buildings to host Venturefest Oxford this week (12 September) as the event celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Alleviating loneliness in the elderly through engagement with hospitality services
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:12:07 GMT
Professor Levent Altinay has had two papers published in the Hospitality Journals about the role of hospitality businesses in addressing social isolation among the elderly in the UK and in Hong Kong.
Research exchange: China and the World
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:59:29 GMT
Peking University HSBC Business School hosted the first joint research seminar with academics from Oxford Brookes University on 12th September 2018 at their Oxford Campus.
National flexible working day
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:18:35 GMT
To mark this event, a conference was held at Unipart in Oxford sponsored by Aylesbury Vale District Council, FlexIT and bChannels and Helen Wright Founder of 9-2-3 Jobs. Over 100 people attended the event and many more joined online for live streaming of the day.
Artist Teacher Practice research project ‘Liminal States’
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:18:07 GMT
‘Liminal States’ is an art research project by MA in Education Artist Teacher Catherine Ross.
Plant Epigenetics in a Botanical Garden
Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:08:00 GMT
Public event on plant epigenetics featuring three members of the INDEPTH consortium
A common ancestral gene causes body segmentation in spiders and insects
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:38:07 GMT
Oxford Brookes University scientists have pinpointed a key gene that controls segmentation during spider development, which reveals a further similarity to the control of segmentation in insects.
Workshop on analysis of Hi-C data
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:34:29 GMT
Hi-C Workshop organised by COST Action in October 2018 in Zurich
Indonesian songbird faces imminent extinction due to substantial numbers in domestic trade
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:39:32 GMT
In the largest study of its kind, academics at Oxford Brookes University and Gadjah Madah University in Indonesia have found that three closely-related Indonesian songbirds are on the brink of extinction due to large numbers having been illegally extracted from the wild.
Outstanding Sociology dissertations
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:52:18 GMT
Recent BA Sociology graduates Katy Partington and Malgorzata Rudnicka have received top marks for their dissertations analysing contemporary issues such as ‘lad culture’ and whether people are pushed into early retirement.

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