CHANGING PEOPLEAND PLACES

OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY ENGAGES – THROUGH TEACHING, RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER – WITH SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES FACING THE WORLD, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY AND REGION.

Brookes’ ethical and environmental stance lies at the heart of allits work. In this unique environment our staff and students movebeyond the traditional boundaries of higher education and findnew ways of bringing about positive and lasting change in theirchosen fields.

Postgraduate students from the Centre for Development andEmergency Practice leave Brookes to work abroad helping to rebuild communities after humanitarian catastrophes ranging from earthquakes to wars. Researchers in biology are helping to understand how cancers develop, while our nutritionists workwith the UK’s leading food producers and supermarkets to improve the nation’s diet.

Even when we work with individuals – like our poetry project with refugees that you’ll read about later – we still change society in countless ways. Others, like the highly innovative My Strong Family Consultancy, provide focused support for families in trouble and help shape policy and practice in government agencies.

We’re home to cutting-edge research and some of the best university teaching in the world and this means 4,000 internationalstudents choose to study with Brookes. We also nurture some ofthe world’s best athletes and have centres of excellence in,amongst other sports, rowing, rugby and cricket. In Beijing ourrowers achieved one gold and three silver medals.

Our reach is international, but we also work hard to make ourselves a resource for the immediate community in Oxford, contributing to the business, heritage, culture and confidence of the region. We were one of the first universities to sponsor an academy school and leading academics in our Institute of Education are helping to raise the aspirations of local students at the new Oxford Academy.

Brookes has been at the forefront of developments which havenow been adopted at many other institutions, including beingrecognised as the world’s first Fairtrade university and prioritising environmental issues.

We may not always shout about it, but I passionately believe that my colleagues at Brookes, through their endeavours, are quietly changing the world for the better.

I am delighted to have this opportunity to share our work with you.

Professor Janet Beer, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University

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WE’RE HOME TO CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AND SOME OF THEBEST UNIVERSITYTEACHING IN THEWORLD...

VICE-CHANCELLOR INTRODUCTION

CHANGING PEOPLE: OUR HEALTHWE ARE WHAT WE EATShaping our diets for the better

A HEARING FUTURECan cochlear implants improve teenagers’ school grades?

GETTING MOVINGRehabilitation programmes tailor-made by the users themselves

UNDERSTANDING CANCERDiscovering how radiation affects our bodies

CHANGING PEOPLE: OUR STUDENTSFORMULA STUDENTHybrid car technology races onto the track

PRO BONO WORKFighting good causes around the world

CHANGING PEOPLE: OUR EDUCATIONHANDS-ON SUPPORT FOR ACADEMYBrookes is one of the first universities to sponsor a new academy school

TEACHERS TAKE THE LEADBringing excellence into the classroom

CHANGING PLACES: OUR COMMUNITYLEARNING IN THE COMMUNITYWorking in our community

SEEKING ASYLUM IN WORDSRefugee writers tell their stories

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESApproaches to public care are changing

STARTING OUT RIGHTUnique support for families in trouble

CHANGING PLACES: OUR WORLDEMERGENCY RESPONSEWorking in the world’s trouble spots

CARBON COUNTINGCutting carbon emissions

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THE GROUND-BREAKING NUTRITIONAL RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BYJEYA HENRY ANDHIS TEAM AT OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY ISHELPING TO IMPROVE THE DIETAND HEALTH OFTHE NATION.

JOHN HARWOOD, FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THEFOOD STANDARDSAGENCY.

OXFORD BROOKES IS SHAPING THE DIETOF THE NATION. OUR RESEARCHERSLEAD THE WAY IN PROVIDING SCIENTIFICKNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FOOD WE EAT.

It can be extremely difficult for them to understand theway sounds are representedon the page and OxfordBrookes researchers haveshown how cochlear implantshelp young deaf childrenachieve the same reading ageas hearing children.

New research in collaborationwith the Ear Foundation is exploring whether those earlyadvances in reading are sustained as GCSEs approach. Researchers arealso examining how teenagerswith cochlear implants processsounds when developing reading skills and whether they need extra support inschool to achieve the good results needed for a successful career.

WE ARE WHAT WE EAT

DEAF CHILDREN WITH NO KNOWLEDGEOF SOUNDS, WORDS AND GRAMMARCAN STRUGGLE WITH LITERACY.

A HEARING FUTURE

Working alongside the food industry and retailers, government organisations and charities around the world,Brookes is researching functional foods that protectagainst disease whilst delivering nutrition.

Brookes is establishing theUK’s first dedicated Functional Food Centre, to undertake research andconsultancy in this excitingnew area – testing new ingredients, developing products, conducting humantrials, collating data to supportfood health claims and providing training for healthprofessionals and the food industry.

Functional foods include fishoils to enhance cognition,foods to reduce cholesterol,and foods such as berries thatmay slow the ageing process.

Research shows that there arepowerful links between dietand chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Our research findings enable food companies and retailersthroughout the UK, Europeand worldwide to improve thehealth of populations.

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PICTUREDJEYA HENRY, PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE FUNCTIONALFOOD CENTRE, IS RESEARCHINGFOODSTUFFS THAT MAY PREVENT DISEASES.

PICTUREDCHRISTINE CALDERADO ANDASHER-BEN PEARL OF THE MARYHARE SCHOOL IN NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE.

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PROFESSOR MARGARETHARRIS IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED RESEARCHERIN CHILD LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT.DETECTION OF DEAFNESSAT BIRTH AND COCHLEAIMPLANTATION IN THEFIRST YEAR OF LIFE HAS CREATED A SEISMIC SHIFT IN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AGROWING NUMBER OFDEAF CHILDREN.

DR IVAN TUCKER OBE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MARY HARE CHARITY.

THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CONDITIONSLIKE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, STROKE, ANDSPINAL CORD INJURY CAN BE SEVERELYLIMITED BY LOSS OF MOBILITY.

GETTING MOVING

Through its Clinical Exerciseand Rehabilitation (CLEAR)unit, Oxford Brookes’ Movement Science team ismaking a difference by drawing up practical exerciseregimes to transform their everyday activities.

This research is informed andguided by a group of serviceusers who draw on their experiences of life with a physical or sensory disability.

The team also carries out research into new approachesfor safe exercise for conditionsranging from the common tothe rare.

Staff train exercise practitionersto take these innovative exercise techniques out togroups of disabled peopleacross the UK.

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WITHOUT THE CLEARUNIT I WOULD NOT HAVEBEEN ABLE TO REGAINMY FITNESS AND...QUALITY OF LIFE.

RICHARD JONES,CLEAR UNIT USER.

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THE WORK ATBROOKES WILL ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING,AND HAS LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVINGCANCER TREATMENT ANDREDUCING RISKSFROM RADIATIONEXPOSURE.

PROFESSOR DUDLEYGOODHEAD, FORMERDIRECTOR, MEDICALRESEARCH COUNCILRADIATION UNIT.

WE KNOW RADIATION CAN DAMAGE OURBODIES. EVERY DAY, WE ARE EXPOSED TONATURAL RADIATION FROM SOURCES LIKETHE SUN.

UNDERSTANDING CANCER

Medical staff and flight crewscan receive far higher levels ofradiation exposure. ProfessorMunira Kadhim and her teamat Oxford Brookes are researching how radiation can damage the genomeswhich carry our genetic information and how this damage can be passed ontocells in future, causing cancer.

How are we affected by different types of radiation?The team’s answers will haveprofound implications for understanding how cancer is triggered and treated and the risks of radiation exposure at work or even innuclear incidents.

Irradiation can cause delayeddamage, so the effects of exposure to radiation may takeyears to appear.

Professor Kadhim’s importantwork will feed directly into understanding health risk assessment and therapy and the risks of working in particular environments.

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PICTUREDMUNIRA KADHIM, PROFESSOR IN RADIATION BIOLOGY, WHO IS DISCOVERING HOW RADIATION CANCAUSE CANCER.

PICTUREDBRIAN SPICER EXERCISES AT THE CLEAR UNIT IN BROOKES’SPORTS CENTRE.

CHANGING PEOPLE: OUR STUDENTS

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HYBRIDS AREAMONG THE MOSTCOMPLEX VEHICLESTO MASTER, DUETO THE MARRIAGEOF AN INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR...THEIR INCLUSION ISAN ILLUSTRATIONOF THE ADVANCEDTHINKINGDEMONSTRATED BYFORMULA STUDENTCOMPETITORS.

DAILY TELEGRAPH, 2008.

PICTUREDMOTORSPORT ENGINEERING STUDENT MARTYN BANHAM WITH THE FORMULA STUDENT CAR.

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OXFORD BROOKES IS ONE OF THEFIRST UNIVERSITIES TO CO-SPONSORAN ACADEMY.

HANDS-ON SUPPORT FOR ACADEMY

As well as its role as trusteeand governor of the newOxford Academy, Brookesis providing active, practicalsupport and expertise in learning.

Teenagers will receive academic mentoring fromstudents at Brookes and be able to sample universitylife, with activities such as masterclasses in theAcademy’s specialisms of sport and maths.

Brookes is also working withAcademy staff to plan andevaluate curriculum activitiesand professional development, so that theAcademy delivers the verybest in teaching.

The early years

Brookes recognises the importance of establishing a strong educational foundation for young children, even before theyenter the school system.Qualification levels in thissector have traditionallybeen low, and Brookes isimproving the quality oflearning for young childrenwith foundation and furtherdegrees. Practitioners working with children frombirth to five years candemonstrate excellence inpractice and lead others indelivering the Government’snew early years curriculum.

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THESE STUDENTS AREFIGHTING FOR CAUSESEITHER ROOTED IN THEIRLOCAL COMMUNITY OR INVOLVING MARGINALISED PEOPLESON THE OTHER SIDE OFTHE WORLD. THROUGHTHIS LOCAL ANDGLOBAL ADVOCACY,THEY ARE ACHIEVINGJUSTICE FOR THOSEWHO WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE LITTLE LEGAL HELP.

CLIVE STAFFORD SMITH, HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERAND DIRECTOR OF REPRIEVE.

PICTUREDPRO BONO LAW STUDENTSBRIAN PUTMAN AND MIKAL LAURA ANDERSON.

The car’s performance at Silverstone in July 2008 represented an astonishingachievement and created a huge amount of media interest, particularly as vehicles powered this way will be allowed in Formula One this year.

Motorsport has long been aforcing ground for advancedtechnology and by working on hybrid power systems in racing, Brookes hopesimprovements in this

technology will be found.Hybrid power systems will not produce pollution-freetransport, but they can makeany power system more efficient. Advances in hybridtechnology make any powersystem work better.

HAVING BUILT AND DESIGNED A PIONEERING HYBRID RACING CAR, OXFORDBROOKES STUDENTS ARE LEADING THEFIELD IN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

FORMULA STUDENT

Each year, about 90 law students become involved invarious projects, each with its own student liaison, a principal student pro bonoco-ordinator and relevantmembers of academic staff.

Students have assisted incases involving Amicus, Asylum Welcome, Bail for Immigration Detainees, the Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Innocence Network UK, the Oxfordshire Short-Term Advocacy Service, the Oxfordshire Youth OffendingTeam and the developmentNGO Pro-Natura UK.

In July, a group of studentshelping Pro-Natura UK intendto travel to the rainforests ofBritish Guyana to work withlocal Amerindian communitiesin protecting endangered environments.

BROOKES’ STUDENT-LED PRO BONOSCHEME HARNESSES STUDENTS’ SKILLSFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

PRO BONO LAW STUDENTS

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‘OXFORD BROOKESUNIVERSITY'SROLE IS HELPINGTO TRANSFORMTHE ACADEMY,PROVIDING REALHOPE AND LONG-TERM BENEFITSFOR ALL INVOLVED.

ANDREW SMITH, MP FOR OXFORD EAST.

PICTUREDHILARY LOWE, ASSISTANT DEAN ATTHE WESTMINSTER INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION (LEFT) AND OXFORDACADEMY TEACHER KATHERINEFULLER WITH YEAR 7 PUPILS.

BY TRAINING TEACHERS TO BECOMELEADERS, OXFORD BROOKES IS HELPINGCHILDREN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST.

TEACHERS TAKE THE LEAD

Gifted and talented pupils,for instance, are benefitingthrough an initiative run onbehalf of the Department for Children, Schools andFamilies, in which Brookeshas trained 5,000 teachersof this challenging group of youngsters.

Brookes’ education specialists also contribute to major government policydevelopments and guidance– in gifted and talented education, in improvingstandards in early years education, and creating better opportunities for children with special needs.

Meanwhile, the Detailed Assessment of Speed ofHandwriting (DASH) projectis another example of excellence.

It combines the expertise of research psychologist Dr Anna Barnett with thoseof the educational publishingcompany, Pearson.

The assessment helpsteachers spot students with slow handwriting so they can plan how best to support them in the classroom and written exams.

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IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. IT’SBEEN VERY INSPIRING AND AN EYE-OPENER.I HAVE LEARNED A LOT. I HAVELEARNED HOW TOCOMMUNICATEWITH PEOPLE ALOT MORE AND I'MMORE CONFIDENTIN MYSELF.

MAYA FRANCIS,TEENAGE PARTICIPANTIN THE ROOTSCAPEPROJECT.

PICTUREDPROFESSOR GEORGIA BUTINA-WATSON, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, WITHTEENAGERS ELLIA TOWNSEND ANDCALLUM BLAKE WHO TOOK PART INTHE ROOTSCAPE PROJECT.

OXFORD BROOKES PRIDES ITSELF ON PREPARING STUDENTS FOR WORKING LIFE.

The poetry collection –featuring at this year’s OxfordLiterary Festival and to be published by Heaventree Press– will allow a wide audience to hear the stories of refugeesand asylum seekers.

The project is run in partnership with the charityAsylum Welcome and gives a chance for talent amongstasylum seekers to surface inthe modern arts in ways thatcould potentially change their lives.

LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY

PAIRING UP TALENTED REFUGEE WRITERSWITH SOME OF THE UK’S BEST POETS,BROOKES IS GIVING ASYLUM SEEKERS A VOICE THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD.

SEEKING ASYLUM IN WORDS

We have developed a range ofopportunities and partnershipswith the community to enhancepeople’s practical learning experience. Moreover, the community benefits directly from the skills and resources on offer from the university.

An ongoing project workingalongside Thames Valley Police on their NeighbourhoodPolicing project is looking athow community perceptions of crime and disorder form and how well neighbourhoodconsultations are used.

In another project, UrbanBuzz:Rootscape, tutorshave taught teenagers fromthe Blackbird Leys estate and Cowley area about regeneration, urban design,planning and architecture.

Equipped with the skills toanalyse their urban home, the young people have drawnup ideas for a new youth development centre. The project was delivered in partnership with OxfordYouthworks and Mayim voluntary organisations.

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ASYLUM SEEKERS ANDPOETS ARE BOTHSEARCHING. REFUGEESARE TRYING TO FIND A HAVEN FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIRFAMILIES; WRITERS AHOME FOR STORIES,DREAMS, AND IDEAS.IT IS ALSO WORTH REMEMBERING THATMANY POETS AREFORCED TO LEAVE THEIRHOMES BECAUSE OFTHEIR IDEAS. SO I THINKTHAT WHEN OXFORDBROOKES BRINGSTHESE TWO WORLDSTOGETHER THEY GIVEUS ‘OUTSIDERS’ A PLACE WHERE ALLOUR WORDS, AND ALLOUR LIVES ARE VALUED.

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH,POET.

PICTUREDPALESTINIAN WRITER YOUSIF QASMIYEH.

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PUBLIC CARE IN THE UK FACES VASTPRESSURES AS PEOPLE WITH LONG-TERMCONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE WIDER POPULATION LIVE TO A GREATER AGE.

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES

Health and social care servicesin the UK face tremendousstrains as many of us, including people with long-term conditions and disabilities live longer. It is crucial that in future both services work together to provide truly effective and efficient care.

Through its Institute of PublicCare (IPC), Oxford Brookeshas helped managers in primary care trusts and localauthorities in the North West of England with an innovativedevelopment programme to commission practical, joint services to address these needs.

An extensive website backs upthe programme, now goinginto its third, successful year.

FAMILIES IN TROUBLE CAN LACK SUPPORTWHEN THEY NEED IT MOST.

STARTING OUT RIGHT

Oxford Brookes is reaching out to these families throughthe Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (UK).

The programme works withyoung teenagers and their parents to cut the risk of poor behaviour or drug and alcohol misuse.

Having adapted a highly successful US programme for the UK, Brookes’ staff arenow delivering this programmethrough the My Strong FamilyConsultancy and have trainedhundreds of others to do soacross 24 English local authorities as well as in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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THE EFFECT OF THESTRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAMMEON SOME OF THE MOSTCHALLENGING FAMILIESHAS BEEN A PRIVILEGETO WITNESS.

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‘IPC’S NORTHWEST COMMISSIONINGROADMAP, CREATED TO BUILD A REGIONALCOMMISSIONING COMMUNITY ACROSSHEALTH AND SOCIALCARE, HAS TURNED OUTTO BE VERY POPULARAND INFLUENTIAL.

DAVID JONES,CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP.

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PICTUREDSHERRY KNIGHT TOOK THESTRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAMME WITH HER CHILDRENMARCUS AND STEPHANIE CHAMBERS AND WAS INSPIRED TO BECOME A TRAINER HERSELF.

PICTUREDVOLUNTEER IRIS COLLETT AT THE SHOTOVER DAY CARE CENTREIN OXFORD.

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OXFORD BROOKES’MASTER’S IN DEVELOPMENTAND EMERGENCYPRACTICE IS RECOGNISED AS AWORLD LEADER.HUNDREDS OFALUMNI ARE NOW PLAYING AVITAL ROLE IN GOVERNMENT,NGO AND UNAGENCIES IN MANYOF THE WORLD'SMOST DIFFICULTPLACES.

DR HUGO SLIM, DIRECTOR, CORPORATES FOR CRISIS.

PICTUREDA GIRL FROM DEGHAGO VILLAGE IN THE SOMALI REGION OFETHIOPIA PHOTOGRAPHED BY LUCY STRICKLAND. LUCY HAS BEENSTATIONED IN THE AREA AS PART OF OXFAM GB’S DROUGHT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECT.

Aid workers train at OxfordBrookes’ renowned Centre for Development and EmergencyPractice (CENDEP).

Lucy Strickland studied for hermaster’s degree between2006 and 2008:

‘I went to Afghanistan to undertake my MA field research focusing on girls’ education and bringing girlsback into the schools afteryears of Taliban exclusion,’she explains.

‘Working in Afghanistan was a huge security risk. I wasthere in 2007 and 2008 and Ispent a lot of that time underlockdown. I couldn’t even walkto the shops. I had to be witha male guard.’

She is now helping Oxfam inEthiopia:

‘This programme works tosupport farmers and their families to get through the recurrent drought and beyond.Rains have failed to come andthe subsequent humanitarianneeds are tremendous. We arefunded by donors such as BobGeldof’s Band Aid Trust, aswell as by UN agencies.’

Her next posting looks likely tobe in the Sudan or Gaza.

HUMANITARIAN WORKERS TRAIN FOR WAR, POLITICAL TURMOIL AND NATURAL DISASTERS.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN AQUARTER OF THE UK’S CARBON DIOXIDE(CO2) EMISSIONS.

CARBON COUNTING

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PICTUREDDR RAJAT GUPTA, READER IN THEDEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE,WHO CREATED A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO MAP THE CO2

EMISSIONS OF ENTIRE STREETS.

Cutting these emissions is crucial if the UK aims to meetnational and international targets to slow climate change.But practical tools to helpplanners, architects and localauthorities measure and reduce emissions from UKhomes have been few and far between.

DECoRuM is a powerful computer model developed at Brookes which estimatesCO2 emissions from housing,evaluates the potential for reducing emissions and calculates the cost benefits of building in different energyefficiency measures and renewable energy technologies.

In the Oxford Solar Initiativeproject (led by Brookes andOxford City Council), DECoRuM was used to

identify hotspot homes andforecast householders’ energy savings by installingsolar systems.

As a result 500 energy efficiency measures were installed, including the deployment of 120 solar photovoltaic systems.

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DECoRuM PROVIDES THEMEANS WHEREBY LOCALAUTHORITIES CAN MAPTHE ENERGY/CARBON CONDITION OF HOUSINGIN THEIR LOCALITY ATRELATIVELY LOW COSTCOMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL SURVEYTECHNIQUES, AND TOEXPLORE POLICY AND LOW CARBONTECHNOLOGY OPTIONS.

DAVID VINCENTDIRECTOR, PROJECTS,CARBON TRUST.

This overview can only touchon the pool of knowledge andpassion that I see around mehere at Brookes. I’m proud tobe associated with a universitywhose trajectory of growthand achievement is unrivalledamong modern UK universities.

Oxford Brookes is a place oflearning, but also of freedom –as Eleanor Roosevelt believed,‘human rights begin in smallplaces at home’. Universitiesgive people of every age andbackground the ability toquestion, to reason, to thinkfor themselves – to challengedogma and ignorance.

Brookes is building all the timeon its reputation as a beaconof liberal and progressive education, with a strong ethical commitment.

Unlike many organisations,universities have the capacityto indulge in utopian thinking – but at Brookes we also havethe ambition to transform thatthinking into research, tangible evidence and practical application.

The key to future prosperity in the United Kingdom and around the globe is an increasingly skilled population.We need universities with Oxford Brookes’ vision for the future to give people opportunities, but also tomake people live up to them.

Shami Chakrabarti, Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University

WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS GLIMPSE INTO SOME OF THE FASCINATING ENDEAVOURS UNDERWAYAT OXFORD BROOKES.

THE HISTORY OF BROOKES

1865Oxford School of Art is founded, as one room on the ground floorof the Taylor Institution, St Giles, Oxford city centre.

1928John Brookes is appointed Vice-Principal of the Oxford CityTechnical School and Head of the School of Art.

1956 John Brookes retires. Institution’s name changed to Oxford College of Technology.

1970 The College of Technology becomes Oxford Polytechnic.

1992The Polytechnic becomes a university under government legislation. It honours John Brookes’ memory by choosing the name Oxford Brookes University.

1996Brookes judged top new university in the influential Timesnewspaper league table.

2000 Brookes merges with Westminster College to create an Instituteof Education.

2001Brookes wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for MSccourse in Development Practice for humanitarian professionals.

2001Jon Snow is elected Chancellor, succeeding Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.

2007Professor Janet Beer is named as Brookes’ third Vice-Chancellor.The university receives its second Queen’s Prize for its MSccourse in Primate Conservation.

2008Shami Chakrabarti is elected as Brookes’ third Chancellor.

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100%of our electricitycomes from renewable sources.

8Oxford Brookesrowers were in theGB squad at the2008 BeijingOlympics, winningone gold and threesilver medals between them.

75%of research at Brookes is internationally recognised.

In 2003, we became the

first university in theworld to beawarded Fairtrade status.

This booklet isprinted on

100%recycled paper.

We have staff andstudents from

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