Oxford Brookes UniversityNews
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16 May 2013
Oxford Brookes shines at Shanghai 'Great Motorsport, Great Technologies' Seminar
Professor of Motorsports Engineering Design Geoff Goddard visited China last month to take part in the 'Great Motorsports, Great Engineering' seminar.
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13 May 2013
Brookes’ Brand New Industrial Lecture Series
This year saw the launch of the Industrial Lecture Series within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
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10 May 2013
Oxford Brookes Formula Student Team receive IMechE award
Oxford Brookes Racing has been awarded £2,500 from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers this season as part of their Formula Student Award Scheme.
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29 April 2013
The Automotive Engineering team receives a visit from Brazilian University
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences received a visit last week from the Brazilian Federal University of Paraná.
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25 April 2013
Contractor announced for UTC Swindon
UTC Swindon took a significant step this month with the appointment of the education facility’s building contractor.
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15 April 2013
Students collaborate with research and development company
Final year undergraduate students Chris Burns, Dominic Cheng and James Evans have collaborated with F1 research and development company Wirth Research for their dissertation project.
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3 April 2013
Students' Union Teaching awards celebrate amazing teaching at Brookes
A senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences has won an award as part of the very first Students' Union Teaching Awards.
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22 March 2013
BMW to offer placements exclusively for Brookes students
BMW MINI Plant Oxford is again offering a wide range of exciting placements exclusively for Oxford Brookes University students within Technology, Design and Environment and Business faculties for 2013/14.
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28 February 2013
Working with an icon
Engineers at Oxford Brookes have been chosen to carry out a large study with part of London’s fleet of iconic red buses.
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19 February 2013
IET Oxfordshire Network
The lecture ‘Academics Ride High on Grass: A Bamboo Bike Revival’ was presented by Dr Shpend Gerguri and Dr James Broughton, both with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
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14 February 2013
Vince Cable visits the Brookes Engineering team
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Rt Hon Vince Cable, visited the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at Oxford Brookes.
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29 January 2013
Oxford Brookes celebrates another successful year at the Autosport International Show
The Autosport International Show, which is held annually during Motorsport Business Week, attracts over 81,000 visitors over a course of four days and is Europe’s largest dedicated motorsport exhibition.
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29 January 2013
Professor Peter Hills’ pit stop visit to the Engineering Building at Wheatley
Professor Peter Hills is an Oxford Brookes alumnus in every sense of the word. The past student and University lecturer returned to Oxford Brookes on the 23rd November to visit the Engineering building at the Wheatley Campus.
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25 January 2013
MEMS staff contribute to low carbon vehicles event
On Tuesday 27th November, Professor Denise Morrey and Dr Stephen Samuel of MEMS, along with Andrew Baxter and Jim Campbell from RBDO, attended the TSB IDP 8 and 9 Low Carbon Vehicles Networking Event.
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1 August 2012
Honorary Research Associate appointed
On 1st August 2012 Dr Richard White joins the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at Oxford Brookes University as an Honorary Research Associate.
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19 July 2012
Invited research lecture throws light on the environmental performance of Photovoltaics
On Monday 18th July, Dr Marco Raugei, UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate change of ESCI, delivered a lecture on the Environmental Performance of Photovoltaics (PV), as part of the 2012 Research Lecture Series.
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18 July 2012
Oxford Brookes University named top UK team at Formula Student 2012
Oxford Brookes beat 50 UK universities to take the top British team prize, and came 7th overall in a field of over 100 competing universities.
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17 July 2012
Oxford Brookes University supports the UK-based Formula BMW / InterSteps Championship
The championship is organised by the British Automobile Racing Club and is aimed at aspiring young drivers aged 16 – 19.
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27 June 2012
HE Government gives approval for Swindon University Technical College
Swindon UTC has been named one of the 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) to open across the country over the next two years. Swindon UTC will specialise in Engineering with Business and Enterprise & Entrepreneurship and is supported by Oxford Brookes University.
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22 June 2012
Professor Allan Hutchinson celebrates 25 years at Brookes
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences congratulated Allan on his achievement with a departmental celebration of coffee and cakes on Friday 22nd June 2012. This was a chance for colleagues to recognise this significant milestone and achievement.
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1 June 2012
Faculty students awarded in the 2012 Oxford Brookes Business Plan Competition
Winners of this year's Oxford Brookes Business Plan Competition including students from the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, attended an awards ceremony where they were presented with their prizes by Vice Chancellor Professor Janet Beer.
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15 May 2012
Oxford becomes electric vehicle capital of Europe - thanks to Brookes
Transport Minister, Norman Baker launched a new network of charging points for electric cars throughout Oxfordshire. There are now more electric vehicle charging points in Oxford than petrol stations.
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12 May 2012
Oxford Brookes Racing showcases zero emissions racing car
The Oxford Brookes Racing eCar Team competed at the 5th Alternative Energy Racing Day at Santa Pod Raceway on Saturday 12th May 2012. The event provided the team with the opportunity to test their recent developments and upgrades while demonstrating the department's commitment to developing sustainable vehicles.
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2 May 2012
Brookes drives roll-out of electric charge points
ChargeMaster, a supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charge points, is rolling out the POLAR national charging network across the UK with help from the Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Partnership (OEVP) led by Brookes.
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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 Hogarth to Hackgate: Does British Journalism have an attitude problem?
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16 February 2012
Oxford Brookes students attend vocational visit day at BMW MINI Oxford
In order to provide students seeking a placement for 2012/13 with the chance to find out about the work experience opportunities on offer at BMW MINI plant in Oxford, the university arranged a visit to the Plant on Thursday 16th February.