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New publication demonstrates scale of impact delivered by Research and Innovation at Alliance universities

March 11, 2021

A new publication released today by University Alliance (UA), showcases how research taking place in universities across the Alliance is delivering local and global impact. Oxford Brookes University is one of 12 universities which form University Alliance, representing professional and technical universities. Launched to coincide with British Science Week, the publication uses case studies to highlight how Alliance […]

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Last update: 11th March 2021 at 10:28

Oxford vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert awarded RSA Albert Medal

March 11, 2021

Professor Sarah Gilbert has been awarded the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ (RSA) Albert Medal for her work on the Oxford vaccine. The lead researcher on the Oxford vaccine team, Professor Sarah Gilbert is Professor of Vaccinology in the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. She is the Oxford Project Leader for ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, […]

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Last update: 11th March 2021 at 10:27

Professor Cecilia Lindgren appointed Director of the Big Data Institute

March 11, 2021

Professor Cecilia Lindgren has been appointed as the new Director of the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute. The availability of biomedical information, also known as ‘big data’, is increasing rapidly. The analysis of this data provides an opportunity for transforming the scale and efficiency of large-scale clinical research and care. The Big Data Institute (BDI) […]

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Last update: 11th March 2021 at 10:26

Entrepreneurs set to benefit from new centre at Oxford Brookes University

February 17, 2021

The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has announced a new part-Government funded project – delivered in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University – set to promote entrepreneurship and support start-up businesses in the county. The new Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre will give companies access to lab spaces, experts and professional networks. It’s hoped that the new […]

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Last update: 17th February 2021 at 16:17

100 Women of Oxford Medical Sciences

February 12, 2021

100 years since women were admitted as full members of the University of Oxford, women now hold vital posts at all levels of this institution. Across 16 departments and numerous affiliated units, the women of Medical Sciences come from all walks of life, from all backgrounds, from all over the world. In the Medical Sciences […]

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Last update: 12th February 2021 at 12:09

New ‘DIGIT Lab’ launched to help businesses close digital transformation gap

February 04, 2021

A new research centre involving three academics from Oxford Brookes Business School will help large organisations adapt to the rapid pace of digital transformation in society. The DIGIT (Digital Innovation for Growth, Impact and Transformation (DIGIT) Lab has been announced as one of six new national Next Stage Digital Economy Centres by the Engineering and […]

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Last update: 4th February 2021 at 12:00

£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance

January 19, 2021

A new state of the art institute for antimicrobial research is to open at Oxford University thanks to a £100 million donation from Ineos. Ineos, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently […]

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Last update: 19th January 2021 at 14:40

OXLEP and OAHP

January 08, 2021

One of the key aims of Oxford Academic Health Partners is collaboration and partnership and the fostering of networks that can provide benefits locally, regionally and nationally.  Keith Channon, Sara Ward and Megan Turmezei met on 7 January 2021 with Nigel Tipple and Richard Bryard from the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Many areas of common […]

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Last update: 16th January 2026 at 11:12

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust delivers Oxford Covid vaccine in world first

January 06, 2021

The NHS has today, Monday 4 January 2021, launched the rollout of the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine – with patients at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) the very first to get the life-saving jab.  At 7.30am this morning at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, dialysis patient Brian Pinker was vaccinated by Sam […]

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Last update: 30th August 2022 at 12:52