Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University is a public research university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. It can trace its origins to 1865, when it was founded as the Oxford School of Art. The university was named after its first principal, John Henry Brookes, who played a major role in the development of the institution.

Oxford Brookes University is spread across four campuses, with three primary sites based in and around Oxford and the fourth campus located in Swindon. In 2020 Oxford Brookes University won its appeal against the local council to demolish its Wheatley campus and build houses on the site. Brookes has approximately 18,000 students, 2,800 staff and over 130,000 alumni in over 189 countries. The university is divided into four faculties: Oxford Brookes Business School, Health and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Technology, Design and Environment. Oxford Brookes University's partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) allows ACCA students to earn a BSc in applied accounting with the submission of a research and analysis project work while taking their ACCA examinations. The university also has schools of architecture and law. Brookes is a member of the University Alliance mission group.

Faculties

Oxford Brookes Business School

• Business School
• Oxford School of Hospitality Management

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

• Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
• Department of Midwifery, Community and Public Health
• Department of Nursing
• Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development
• Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work (including the Functional Food Centre)

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

• School of Education
• School of English and Modern Languages
• School of History, Philosophy and Culture
• School of Law
• Department of Social Sciences

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment

• School of Architecture
• School of Arts
• School of the Built Environment
• Department of Computing and Communication Technologies
• Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Student union

Oxford Brookes Students' Union is the students' union of the university. It is a member-led organization and all students are automatically members. The union offers a range of services for students; it hosts a number of student societies, a safety bus service, an advice service, and a system of student representatives. In 2012, Oxford Brookes students' union was ranked amongst the worst in the country for student satisfaction, according to the National Student Survey (NSS), where only 34% of students claimed to be content with the students' union.

Accommodation

There are currently 11 student halls four of which are on Headington campus, two on the Harcourt Hill campus, one on the Wheatley campus and three more halls around Headington. In addition, there are three privately operated halls of residence which are managed in partnership with the university by housing associations: Slade Park Student Apartments, Sinnet Court Student Apartments and Dorset House Student Apartments.

• Cheney Student Village
• Clive Booth Student Village 
• Crescent Hall
• Westminster Hall
• Lady Spencer Churchill Hall
• Paul Kent Hall
• Slade Park
• Dorset House
• Sinnet Court

Rankings

National rankings

• Complete (2021)                            48
• Guardian (2021)                           33
• Times / Sunday Times (2021)      63

Global rankings

• QS (2021)                                       363
• THE (2021)                                      601-800

British Government assessment

• Teaching Excellence Framework              Silver