Oxford Brookes University
| Oxford Brookes University | |
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| motto | Excellence in diversity |
| founding | 1992 emerged from Oxford Polytechnic (est. 1970) formerly Oxford School of Art (1865) |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Oxford |
| state | Oxfordshire |
| country | United Kingdom |
| Vice-Chancellor | Alistair Fitt |
| Students | 17,805 (2017) |
| Website | www.brookes.ac.uk |
The Oxford Brookes University is a public university in Oxford . It is the successor to the Oxford School of Art, which was founded in 1865 ( Oxford Polytechnic from 1970 ) and was given its current name in 1992 in honor of John Henry Brookes , who was one of its rectors . The university currently has around 18,000 students, 78.1% of them in an undergraduate course , 20.3% in a postgraduate course and 1.3% in research.
The institution was listed as the best Modern University (post 1992) in the Sunday Times University Guide for twelve consecutive years . According to the Financial Times listing , it also offers one of the world's most extensive online MBA programs (No. 30) and, according to QS World University Rankings, is one of the best universities in the world in 14 courses. There is also a lively exchange with the University of Oxford , with professors teaching at both universities or students having the opportunity to use the University of Oxford's libraries.
history
The forerunner was founded in 1865 as the Oxford School of Art and at that time consisted only of individual rooms in the Taylor Institution , a library at Oxford University . The School of Science was added in 1870 and renamed Oxford City Technical School in 1891 . The later namesake John Henry Brookes became the first rector of the now merged university in 1934.
In 1950 both faculties had already 5,000 students enrolled. In 1956, a new campus sponsored by a local brewery was built and the college was renamed Oxford College of Technology . The university opened its first dormitory in 1960, followed by the move to the eastern district of Headington in 1963.
In 1970 the university was renamed Oxford Polytechnic . In 1976 she took over Lady Spencer-Churchill College in Wheatley, east of Oxford, which was founded in 1965, and in 1992 the Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy , the first British technical school for occupational therapy . In 1992 the university was named Oxford Brookes University in honor of its first rector, John Henry Brookes . In 2000, the university took over Westminster College from Oxford University, which was initially continued as the Westminster Institute of Education and was later completely absorbed into the university.
Renovation and expansion
The main campus of the university has been successively refurbished and expanded since the 2010s. The refurbished Abercrombie Building opened in 2013 and has since included the space for architecture and design. In 2014, the £ 132 million John Henry Brookes Building was completed and won numerous architectural awards, including an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects . In addition to teaching rooms, it also houses the university library , various canteens and restaurants, larger event rooms, sports halls, an auditorium and the premises of the Brookes Union .
In 2015, the university announced a ten-year plan that will invest around £ 13 million a year in renovations and new builds. This also included the opening of the new campus in Swindon in 2016. In 2017, the Oxford Brookes Business School was relocated from Wheatley to Headington, and by 2020 new buildings will also be built on Headington Hill.
organization
Control bodies
Katherine Grainger became the fourth female chancellor of the university on March 20, 2015. In addition to her, the university management consists of ten Vice-Chancellor's Group VCG, who among other things act as deans of the faculties. In addition, there is a 14-member board of governors , whose task is long-term strategic planning and academic characterization of the university. The chairmanship of the board of directors and nine of its members are independent of the university; the rest of the board of directors consists of the vice-chancellor, two employees and the president of the Brookes Union .
Chancellor
Since it was founded, the university has been headed by four chancellors :
- Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (1994-2001)
- Jon Snow (2001-2008)
- Shami Chakrabarti (2008-2015)
- Katherine Grainger (2015–)
Service facilities
The university maintains several professional services:
- Academic and Student Affairs (ASA)
- Support for academic or professional concerns of the students (academic, career, well-being, further education)
- Estates and Facilities Management (EFM)
- Optimizing the overall student experience (buildings, facilities, public transport, infrastructure)
- Finance and Legal Services
- Dealing with administrative tasks (accounting, legal matters, tuition fees)
- Human Resources
- Support and training of employees
- IT services
- Support for teaching and studying (online offer, technical infrastructure)
- Learning resources
- Provision of resources and foundations for teaching and individual study (library, databases, graphic services)
- Marketing and Communications
- Support of the university management in external presentation (partnerships, advertising, recruitment)
- Strategic Change and Planning
- Support of the university management in long-term planning and strategic orientation
University campus
Oxford Brookes University consists of four campuses , one of which is outside of the city.
Headington Campus
The Headington Campus is located about two kilometers from the city center in Headington , a residential area in east Oxford. It consists of the classroom buildings on Gipsy Lane / Headington Road , neighboring Headington Hill , where the university's student association is based, and the School of Health and Social Care , which is about two kilometers from the main campus in the Marston district. In 2014 the "John Henry Brookes Building" was opened, which has won several British architecture awards.
Wheatley Campus
The Wheatley Campus is located in the village of Wheatley, around eleven kilometers southeast of Oxford city center. The campus houses facilities for computing , communication technology, mechanical engineering, motor sports and mathematics. Due to asbestos in the campus tower, all activities will gradually be relocated to the main campus until this campus will no longer be used from 2021.
Harcourt Hill Campus
Harcourt Hill Campus is four kilometers west of Oxford city center. Courses for education, early childhood education and teacher training take place there, philosophy, communication, media and culture are also taught there.
Swindon Campus
In August 2016, the new Swindon Campus was inaugurated in the west of the city at the Delta Business Park . The main building is called the Joel Joffe Building . The campus includes a lecture hall with 185 seats, a library, rooms for communal learning and teaching rooms. Various courses in health and development are taught there.
Teaching profile
courses
Oxford Brookes University consists of four faculties, which in turn consist of a total of 16 areas, divisions or departments:
- Oxford Brookes Business School
- Oxford Brookes Business School (OBBS)
- Oxford School of Hospitality Management (OSHM)
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
- Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development
- Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work
- Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery (OSN + M)
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Education
- Department of English and Modern Languages
- School of History, Philosophy and Culture
- School of Law
- Institute of Public Care
- Department of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
- School of Architecture
- School of Arts
- School of the Built Environment
- School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
International cooperation
Overall, the university maintains academic contact with over 100 institutions in 22 European countries as well as in Australia , Canada , Hong Kong , Japan , Kazakhstan , New Zealand , Thailand , Uruguay , the USA and Vietnam . Exchange partners in Germany are currently the OTH Regensburg , Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in the field of business, the University of Heidelberg in the field of medicine, the Karlsruhe University of Education in the field of social sciences and the Bauhaus University Weimar and the Technical University in the field of technology Berlin , the Stuttgart Media University and the Leipzig University of Technology, Economics and Culture .
Accreditations
The courses are accredited by the following institutions :
- Architects Registration Board (ARB)
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- British Computer Society (BCS)
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
- Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
- General Social Care Council (GSCC)
- Health Professions Council (HPC)
- Hotel and Catering International Management Association (HCIMA)
- Institute of Biomedical Science
- Institution of Environmental Sciences
- Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Research / institutes
In 2019 the university had 20 research centers within the four faculties, some of which consist of numerous individual research groups or projects:
- Faculty of Business
- Business, Society and Global Challenges
- Center for Diversity Policy Research and Practice
- Center for International Tourism and Events Management Research
- International Center for Coaching and Mentoring
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
- Center for Ecology, Environment and Conservation
- Center for Functional Genomics
- Center for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences (MOReS)
- Oxford Brookes Center for Nutrition and Health (OxBCNH)
- Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Research
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Anthropology Center for Conservation, Environment and Development
- Center for Education Consultancy and Development
- Center for Global Politics
- Center for Medical Humanities
- Center for Methodism and Church History
- Europe Japan Research Center
- Institute for Public Care Market Analysis Center
- Oxford Brookes Poetry Center
- Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
- Dependable Systems Engineering Center
- Intelligent Systems Engineering Center
- Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development
In addition, the Oxford International Center for Publishing is one of the world's leading institutes in the field of media education .
Infrastructure
As the eighth largest employer in the Oxfordshire region , Oxford Brookes University has around 2500 employees and has various facilities and services.
University library
The university's library spans five floors in the John Henry Brookes Building . The library staff have their offices on the first floor, where various services for students are offered and reserved books and documents are collected. Floors 2–4 each contain different specialist libraries, and there are areas on each floor for common learning as well as rooms in which there is absolute silence. Various archives and special collections are located in the basement.
The libraries on the Headington Campus and Wheatley Campus are open 24/7, the two libraries on the Harcourt Hill Campus and Swindon Campus are not. The university offers students the possibility of having books that are not available on one campus delivered from other campuses.
Student dormitories
University students can be accommodated in 18 student residences, some of which belong to the university, but some are also offered externally and often have a wide variety of facilities, services and study options. Most dormitories are in the Headington neighborhoods near campus or in Cowley.
- University residences
- Cheney Student Village (Headington, Campus)
- Clive Booth Student Village (Headington, Campus)
- Crescent Hall (Cowley)
- Friar Court (Marston)
- Harcourt Hill Hall (Botley)
- Lady Spencer Churchill Hall (Wheatley, Campus)
- Paul Kent Hall (Cowley)
- Thames Street (center)
- Warneford Hall (Headington)
- Westminster Hall (Harcourt Hill, Campus)
- Dormitories offered externally
- Beech House (Headington)
- Canterbury House (Cowley)
- Dorset House (Headington)
- Edna Rose and Champneys Court (Headington)
- Parade Green (Cowley, from September 2019)
- Sinnet Court (Cowley)
- Slade Park (Wood Farm)
- The Mews (Cowley)
In addition, the university or external partners rent out numerous single or terraced houses for student groups or shared apartments. However, the university's goal is to reduce the number of students in private accommodation to under 3000.
Brookes bus
The Brookes Bus , which the university operates in cooperation with the Oxford Bus Company , runs between the campus, Oxford city center and the dormitories . The purpose modern biplane used are distinguished by a particularly low carbon dioxide from emissions and feature free Wi-Fi . Residents of their own student dormitories have included a semester ticket in their rent payment.
Currently (2019) two bus routes are operated:
- U1: Harcourt Hill Campus → City Center → Pullens Lane → London Road → Wheatley Campus
- U5: City Center → Hollow Way → Gipsy Lane (Headington Campus) → Pullens Lane Marston Road Site
College life
Brookes Union
1921 was student representative Oxford Polytechnic Students' Union established, which is one of the oldest in the UK. After the university was renamed, it operated as the Oxford Brookes Students' Union from 1992 and finally as the Brookes Union from 2013 . In national surveys, the Union regularly ranks low.
The Union offers, among other things, a safety bus that drives students in need home late at night if necessary.
Brookes Sport
In 2019 there were over 40 teams from various sports at the university. The university competes in 33 sports within the British Universities and Colleges Sport , the British association for university sports . In 2017 the rowing team was named the best in the UK.
The university maintains a sports facility ( Brookes Sport ) with a gym on the Headington Campus and Harcourt Hill Campus . The Harcourt Hill Campus has a 25 m swimming pool, a golf course and a sauna, the Headington Campus has the largest climbing wall in the region. There are also numerous sports fields, halls and other facilities. There are five running and hiking trails at the three inner-city campuses.
In Cholsey near Wallingford , the Oxford Brookes University Boat Club has a boathouse with extensive indoor training facilities and rowing boats of every Olympic size. The university claims to have one of the best rowing boat fleets in Europe.
Alumni
There are a number of alumni networks that bring together 130,000 alumni from almost 190 countries. In countries with a high number of alumni, a separate alumni association is usually established. In 2019 such associations existed in Malaysia (4800 alumni), Pakistan (4000), China (2600), the United States (1900), Japan (1300), India (900), Greece (800), Nigeria (800), Australia ( 730), United Arab Emirates (660), Turkey (500), Thailand (450), Ghana (330), Austria (270), Zambia (270) and Kazakhstan (160).
One of the largest and best-known networks is the Bacchus Society , founded in 1997 and aimed at graduates from the Oxford School of Hospitality Management. The Bacchus Mentoring Program is operated within this network, linking students with alumni and using the latter as mentors . The Business School Alumni Association now includes 40,000 former students. The Doric Club of the Oxford School of Architecture has existed since 1927 , and there is also an alumni association for real estate management students, the OBREMS ( Oxford Brookes Real Estate Management Society ).
There is also the Brookes Connections network , which brings interdisciplinary students together with experienced alumni. Among other things, the Ask a Question program is organized within the network, giving participants the opportunity to exchange ideas once and without any long-term commitment. In addition, six weeks of e-mentoring and a recent Graduates' Network Scheme lasting up to three years are offered.
Well-known graduates
- Abdul Azim (* 1982), prince and son of Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei sultan)
- Freddie Boath (born 1991), actor
- Richard Chambers (* 1985), rower
- Paul Conneally (born 1959), poet, artist
- Jonathan Djanogly (* 1965), British solicitor and politician
- Lynne Featherstone (* 1951), British politician
- Dave Goulson (born 1965), biologist
- Jonny Greenwood (* 1971), musician and member of Radiohead
- Alex Partridge (* 1981), rower and multiple world champion
- Gilbert Prousch (* 1943), artist and part of Gilbert & George
- Adrian Reynard (* 1951), founder of Reynard Racing Cars Ltd.
- David Mayer de Rothschild (* 1978), environmentalist, adventurer
- Steve Williams MBE (* 1976), British rower, multiple world champion and Olympic champion
Web links
- Official website (English)
- The website Brookes Union (English)
- BBC article (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/history/
- ↑ https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/vice-chancellors-group/vice-chancellor/
- ↑ Student statistics - Oxford Brookes University ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/topmodern.pdf Sunday Times University Guide, The Times , 2010.
- ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/online-mba-2009 Online MBA 2009 Listing, Financial Times , 2009.
- ↑ Brookes ranked amongst “world's top universities” for 14 subjects on brookes.ac.uk from February 28, 2018, accessed on January 31, 2019
- ↑ Professional Services at brookes.ac.uk, accessed January 31, 2019
- ^ Faculties and Departments
- ↑ Exchange partners at brookes.ac.uk, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Accredit courses - Oxford Brookes University ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Research Centers at Oxford Brookes on brookes.ac.uk, accessed February 1, 2019
- ↑ Current Job vacancies ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Huge new student village approved in Cowley and could be built by 2019 in Oxford Mail dated December 8, 2017
- ↑ Air quality - Oxford bus company ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Clubs and Teams on brookes.ac.uk, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Brookes achieves number one rowing university status at BUCS Regatta on brookes.ac.uk on May 3, 2017, accessed on January 31, 2019
- ↑ Facilities on brookes.ac.uk, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Boathouse and indoor rowing center on brookes.ac.uk, accessed January 31, 2019
- ↑ Alumni networks on brookes.ac.uk, accessed on February 20, 2019
