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Horse meat Scandal: First past the post(er)

This February will see Oxford Brookes represented at a Posters in Parliament event; an initiative that celebrates undergraduate research by […]

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Brookes expert Sarah Whitmore on BBC evening news; “Ukraine unlikely to...

Brookes expert Sarah Whitmore on BBC evening news; “Ukraine unlikely to break-up” Yesterday evening, Brookes’ post-Soviet political expert, Dr Sarah […]

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Theories of Globalization Workshop

Panelists reflected on the book’s contribution to global studies and research on the global. A recurrent theme was the extent […]

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OBAH hosts introductory short course into Human Osteology

Enjoyment and learning was had at the recent human osteology short course, held at Oxford Brookes University on 11 April […]

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Humanities and Social Sciences Research Students’ Conference Held at Brookes

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted its regular Research Students Conference on Saturday 26 April, a well-attended event […]

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Joanne Bailey uses gender as an analytical tool in all her research into the...

Professor Joanne Bailey uses gender as an analytical tool in all her research into the history of marriage, parenting, and […]

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MSc Primate Conservation student publishes her research in local African...

Joselyn Mormile, a student on the MSc Primate Conservation course, has been researching human-baboon interaction in South Africa for her […]

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Brookes historians help two more celebrities trace their roots

Two lecturers from the Department of History, Philosophy and Religion have been helping celebrities understand their family histories in the […]

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Social Sciences Senior Lecturer awarded prestigious EU funding for PhD...

Dr Rico Isaacs, Senior Lecturer for the Department of Social Sciences has been granted part of a €3.81M funding award […]

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Law at Oxford Brookes ranks 28th in country

The School of Law at Oxford Brookes has climbed to its highest ever ranking in 2015’s Sunday Times Good University […]

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PhD studentships of up to £14,000 a year available now for January 2015 start

A range of research studentships are now open to applications in ten subject areas across the Faculty of Humanities and […]

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How Ought War to be Remembered in Schools?

  David Aldridge, Programme lead for Professional Education courses, recently led a seminar at the Institute of Education discussing ‘How […]

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Wildlife Trade on the Internet

The illegal trade in wildlife, including parts of tigers or ivory, continues to thrive on the Internet. Due to the […]

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Human-Primate Interactions specialism at Brookes showcased by BBC Earth

Dr Kimberley Hockings’ research on chimpanzees living in human-impacted habitats has been discussed in a fascinating piece published this week […]

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British politics is heading back to 1974

Professor Glen O’Hara, of the Department of History, Philosophy and Religion, has contributed another of his semi-regular pieces on politics […]

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Explaining and Experiencing Ebola

Dr Jane Stevens Crawshaw recently contributed to an episode of the BBC Radio 4 series Beyond Belief on ‘Plague Narratives and Ebola’ which sought to […]

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English research success at Brookes

In the recent Research Excellent Framework (REF 2014) exercise, our research in English Literature and Language at Oxford Brookes was […]

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Lemur Conservation Network launch

Dr Giuseppe Donati, Senior Lecturer in Primatology and Biological Anthropology, is one of 40 academics who have joined together to […]

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Professor appointed to key role on conscientious objectors by Lord Chancellor

Professor Peter Edge has been appointed as a lay member of the Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors (ACCO). The ACCO is an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence with lay members...

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Research finds honey is a sweet treat for chimps during food droughts

New research by an Oxford Brookes academic has found that wild chimpanzees eat honey from wild beehives as a ‘fallback food’ during lean months when forest fruit is in short supply. Chimpanzees...

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