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Oxford Brookes University staff can take advantage of a range of local and national transport offers.

Visit the Travelling by bus, cycling or train webpages for local travel information.

Oxford Park & Rides - Passengers can continue to buy a combined ticket at a reduced price which covers both parking and return bus travel at a rate of £4 for a car with only one adult, or £5 for a car and two adults. This offer is available until September 2023 with further information available on the County Council's website   

Bus offer: BROOKESkey

The BROOKESkey is a personal travel account, exclusively only available to Oxford Brookes University students and staff. It offers discounted travel on local Oxford Bus Company buses and their airline coaches.

Visit our BROOKESkey webpage for more information.

Bike maintenance: Bike Doctor

The Bike Doctor offers an on-campus, while-you-wait maintenance and repair service. Labour is free - you only need to pay for parts.

Further details are available in the Travelling by bicycle page.

Bike discounts: Brookes ID card

Show your valid University ID to the following cycle company for the associated discounts.

• 10% in-store discount on new bikes from Walton Street Cycles
• 10% of cycle hire charges with Bainton Bikes

Bike offer: See.Sense bike light

See.Sense is a national bike light and accessory company, using their intelligent bike lights in a smart cycling project to improve local cycling infrastructure.

Oxford Brookes University has partnered with See.Sense to provide you with a 20% discount on See.Sense lights (ICON3 & BEAM/BEAM+). This can be claimed by getting in touch directly with See.Sense or by simply placing an order using your university email address. 

Staff: Cyclescheme (tax-free bicycles and equipment)

Staff on contracts of 18-months or more can purchase a bicycle (and accessories) tax-free through the Government's Cyclescheme.

The amount is paid off monthly as a deduction from your gross salary. Bikes must be purchased from a Cyclescheme partner retailer.

For full details of the scheme, please visit HR's Cyclescheme webpage.

Staff: Cyclists expenses claim

Remember if you are member of staff travelling for business travel, you can make a expenses claim of 20p a mile. Just fill in an expenses claim form as normal.

Staff: Interest-free loans for travel tickets and bicycles

Staff on contracts of 12 months or longer are able to apply for an interest-free loan through the University in order to cover the cost of public transport season tickets. The maximum loan amount is £5000 for travel tickets, and £2000 for bicycles, with the cost repaid over 12 monthly salary deductions.

To apply for a loan, download and complete the Staff Loan Form. The form and costs of annual bus travel products can be found in the useful forms box at the top of the page. The form will need to be signed by yourself and your line manager. Completed forms can then be scanned and attached in an email to Transport Services.

If the loan is covering a season bus ticket 

Transport Services will contact the applicable bus company and University Payroll and notify you once the bus company has issued the pass.

You will be liable for any outstanding payments should you leave the University before finishing the repayments. If you wish to keep the ticket, the remaining payments will be deducted from your final salary payment. If you do not wish to keep the card, hand it in to the Transport Services team who will arrange a cancellation. A refund for the outstanding duration of the ticket may be issued, however, this would be at the discretion of the bus company who issued the ticket.

If the loan is covering a season train ticket or bicycle 

Transport Services will contact University Payroll, who will place the total amount in your bank account. You will then need to purchase the ticket and once purchased, you will need to forward the receipt (or scanned copy) to Transport Services.

As you will be purchasing the rail ticket or bicycle directly from the applicable company, you will be liable for any outstanding payments should you leave the University before finishing the repayments.

Staff: Campus Park and Ride Scheme

The scheme aims to help address the demand for parking at Oxford Brookes University car parks, reducing traffic congestion and pollution within the Oxford ring road and encouraging the use of public transport.

Headington permit holders who decide to only park at Wheatley or Harcourt will be entitled to free BROOKESbus travel and parking, during working hours or for operational needs.

Please complete this online Google Form if you would like to benefit from this offer.

City Park & Ride Scheme

The University has agreed to a new scheme with Oxford Bus Company to provide a significant reduction for all Brookes staff wishing to buy a seasonal BROOKESbus travel pass. Under this scheme, colleagues who travel to the Headington Campus five days a week from the Seacourt or Thornhill Park & Rides will save approximately £1.50 a day after paying the standard £2 parking fee. The new offers available to all staff are:

• Academic year pass (September to August) = £122.50 (50% discount from normal price of £245)
• Calendar year annual pass (January to December) = £122.50 (50% discount from normal price of £245)
• Semester two pass (January to June) = £82.50 (50% discount from normal price of £165)

For further information and to apply for this benefit, please visit the BROOKESBus webpages.

Colleagues working less frequently on campus may also wish to take advantage of this seasonal BROOKESbus travel pass offer for work and personal travel. Depending on how often you work at Headington, you may also benefit from the new cheaper £4 daily parking and return combined ticket offer - or £5 for a car with two or more people - available across all of the city’s Park & Ride schemes. 

National Union of Students: TOTUM account

Just like students, University staff able to apply for an NUS TOTUM account and enjoy a range of offers, including travel and transport offers from national travel providers.

Discounts include rail and coach providers as well as holidays, car rental and insurance.