When Observe last talked to Saad Qureshi ’07 (for the 2017 edition), he was working on Assembly - a new piece of public art for our Headington Campus. Now you can watch Assembly’s creation and […]
Category: Alumni
Charting the world with Oxford Brookes and ACCA
Since 2000, over 28,000 students from across the globe have successfully graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc in Applied Accounting. This is thanks to an innovative, on going partnership between Oxford Brookes and […]
Lily Simpson - Recipes for success
Lily Simpson ’08 is the founder and CEO of Detox Kitchen – a healthy meals delivery service with delis in central London. We caught up with her to talk about running a successful business, family […]
Alumni news
A few highlights of Oxford Brookes alumni news from 2018. Well connected with Brookes Connections Students have been receiving career e-mentoring and advice from alumni through Brookes Connections since February 2018. The scheme has now […]
J Haynes - The innovator
The Haynes brand is recognised across the world for its iconic ‘do-it-yourself’ manuals. Observe spoke to Haynes CEO and Oxford Brookes alumnus, J Haynes ’90, to find out how the company is bringing innovative products […]
Daniel Battsek - A passion for film
Daniel Battsek ’80, Director of Film4 and alumnus of Oxford Brookes, is optimistic about the future. With a successful career spanning three continents and almost three decades, and with vast experience in production, development and […]
George with a few of the project’s beehives
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Bees, Elephants and People
George Owoyesigire ’07 tells the story of The Bee Keeping project… Bees, elephants and people - what do they have in common? In the western part of Uganda on the edges of beautiful Kibale National […]
Beer and Brookes in Boston
Joe McGrail ’13 had met lifelong friends at Oxford Brookes before he even started his studies here in 2012. His love of the University and Oxford inspired him to start an alumni chapter in his […]
Full of Pride
In February 2017, 1,500 students from 178 universities and colleges took part in the 13th National Student Pride event, held at the University of Westminster. The movement, though, began at Oxford Brookes and the spark […]
Graduate celebrated at international alumni awards in Egypt
Oxford Brookes alumnus Sherif Hefni ’09 was named the winner of the British Council’s Study UK Alumni Awards 2017 in March. Sherif, who completed a Graduate Law Diploma at the University, was selected from a […]