Basma El Doukhi talks about studying during the pandemic, her love of Oxford and the importance for women of continuing to fight for your rights and retaining hope.
Writing about the wild and the edible
Nutrition and Food Science graduate, Dave Hamilton ’03 talks about his new foraging book – Where the Wild Thing Grow
From Be’er Sheva to Oxford Brookes – Auren’s life changing experience
Hotel Manager, Auren Renford talks about how the Sam Zuckerberg Israel Scholarship brought him to Oxford Brookes and changed his life.
Gaza scholarship – “like a dream come true” for Haya
In 2019, Haya Abdalhadi, received the Gaza Scholarship to study MA Development and Emergency Practice at Oxford Brookes’ renowned Centre for Development and Emergency Practice. She says receiving the scholarship was “like a dream coming true.” Haya had studied English …
Keeping races running, keeping racing safe
Su Chantry, Occupational Health Public Nurse at Williams F1, refletcs on the challenges of ensuring racing can safely continue during a pandemic.
Creative technology: changing systems, winning awards, improving lives
Six years before the current pandemic, personal tragedy spurred on Renat Galyamov ‘10 encouraging him to use his computer programming, creative and entrepreneurial skills to give people in Kazakhstan the access to the information on specialists and doctors they need.
Life saver
Isobel Corrie ’19 had only just completed her BSc Adult Nursing course at Oxford Brookes when her lifesaving skills were needed – on the flight home from a holiday.
Finding and saving unique ecosystems
Professor Julian Bayliss turned his love of nature into a career dedicated to conserving nature – discovering new species and new rainforests. The skills he developed in his PhD at Brookes have been crucial to his work.
Working at the Nightingale
Anthony Gilbert ’10 talks about working as a physiotherapist at the London Nightingale Hospital – and why it was an inspiring experience.