Oxford Brookes UniversityNews
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14 March 2012
Samira Ahmed visits Oxford Brookes to give a talk about British journalism
The freelance journalist and former Channel 4 News presenter, Samira Ahmed spoke about aspects of British journalism in an open lecture entitled, From Hograth to Hackgate: Does British Journalism have an attitutde problem?
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21 November 2011
Oxford Brookes MA graduate wins Urban Design award
The Oxford Brooks urban design MA graduate conducted a study which focused on the use of shared spaces and draws conclusions on the relationship between environment, traffic and pedestrian behaviour.
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16 November 2011
Obituary: Dr Joe Weston PhD, MSc, MRTPI
Sadly a member of Brookes staff, Dr Joe Weston, Senior Lecturer and Subject coordinator for MSc in Spatial Planning died recently.
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14 October 2011
Department of Planning and OISD respond to draft NPPF
Members of the Department of Planning and the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD) have decided to respond to the consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework because of the important implications the draft carries for the future of planning in this country.
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7 April 2011
Oxford inspires MSc Tourism, Environment and Development students
Oxford Inspires has enlisted the help of postgraduate students at Oxford Brookes University studying for the MSc in Tourism: Environment and Development, in the Department of Planning with their bid to enable Oxford to become the UNESCO World Book Capital in 2014.
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26 January 2011
Andrew Beckett, of Oxford Brookes University is the recipient of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Award 2010
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), is the key professional body for built and historic environment conservation specialists and their annual Gus Astley Student Award is the major award of its type for the sector.
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19 April 2010
Oxford Brookes student wins Urban Design Award
Nick Thorne's project 'The Shambles' is a proposed regeneration of the Osney Mead industrial estate in Oxford.
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April 2010
OISD Wins Funding from Oxford University's 'Future of Cities' Programme
A team of researchers from OISD led by Dr Ramin Keivani has won funding from the Future of Cities Programme based at Oxford University to develop a research network.
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1st March 2010
Prof John Glasson appointed a Commissioner for the newly established UK Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)
Professor John Glasson, Emeritus Professor, Founding Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, former Head of School of Planning and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Consultancy), has been appointed as one of 17 new Commissioners to the Register of Commissioners for the newly established UK Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC).
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2008/9
Good University Guide rates Brookes Planning Department
The subject field of Planning at Oxford Brookes University has been ranked number 10 in the Good University Guide 2009.
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December 2008
New EPSRC Research Begins on 'Understanding Walking and Cycling'
Tim Jones and Alison Chisholm from OISD:SPU (and the Department of Planning) have begun research with partners from the Universities of Lancaster and Leeds on a three year EPSRC-funded project titled Understanding Walking and Cycling.
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November 2008
Promoting global best practices to improve the living environment
From 11th to 15th November 2008, Dr Beacon Mbiba of the Planning Department at Oxford Brookes University, was in Dubai as Jury Member for the 7th Cycle of the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment (DIABP).
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August 2008
New links with India
The School has signed a memorandum of understanding with the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in New Delhi.
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April 2008
New Masters in Sustainable Building: Performance and Design
A key aim of the programme is to promote an interdisciplinary and strategic approach to design that will enable professionals to integrate their skills and co-operate in achieving genuinely excellent environmental performance in buildings.