THE JOHN HENRY BROOKES BUILDING

At Oxford Brookes University we’re clear in our ambition.Our commitment is to lead the intellectual, social andeconomic development of the communities we servethrough teaching, research and creativity that achieve the highest standards.

We already believe that our contribution to the region andthe wider UK economy amounts to more than £1 million aday. But the University’s ability to sustain this depends onour ongoing success, and on the quality of the facilitieswe offer staff, students and the wider community.

For those involved, higher education has always been aninvestment and will be more so in the future. To succeed,the University must make its own investment, so thatBrookes can continue to attract and keep the mostcommitted and dedicated staff and students.

Our new John Henry Brookes Building is crucial to increasing the impact we make and reinforcing thereputation we have already achieved.

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78%of Oxford Brookesresearch has beeninternationallyrecognised.

More than 9out of 10Brookesgraduates geta job or go onto furtherstudy withinsix months ofleaving.

¾ of Brookesnurses go on to work in the local community.

Staff andstudents from140countries.

Voted BestModernUniversityby the SundayTimes UniversityGuide 2013.

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A MODERN BUILDING FOR A MODERN UNIVERSITY

In January 2011, work began on the John Henry Brookesbuilding at the heart of our Headington campus. Bringingtogether library and teaching space with social areas, theStudents' Union and essential support services, the newbuilding will transform the lives of our students.

They will graduate into a fiercely competitive world ofwork, where cutting-edge skills and adaptability will bevital to their success. To give them the best possibleopportunities, we need our facilities to match the highquality of our teaching and support.

At Oxford Brookes, we want our Universityto be a place of inspiration, a place towork together and experience new waysof learning. Lectures, seminars and essaysremain vital elements of study. But today’sstudents have to take responsibility fortheir own learning.

The open-plan Forum, located at the coreof the building, will be the hub of thecampus. It offers easy access to thesupport students need while providing anextension to the classroom and acomfortable place to take a break.

Like the whole building, the Forumsupports a more connected way ofworking, providing the facilities forstudents to better explore their subjectand relate their learning to the real world. It enables our students to work anywhereand be supported everywhere.

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£132million investment in the new building.

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Today’s students work indifferent ways and differentplaces, and we need toembrace this. But we mustalso ensure the support weoffer is easily accessibleso students can takeadvantage of all theopportunities.

We will offer innovativeservices, such as self-service loans of wifi-enabled laptops withfull access to studyresources, which can beused anywhere in the newbuilding.

Helen Workman, Director of LearningResources

SUPPORT FOR ALL LEARNING STYLES

The Library is central to students’ learning and researchwork. The demands of a modern degree require them to use printed and online resources, employ newtechnologies and to work both individually and withingroups.

It will provide a vastly improved study space to supportthis and increased assisted learning space to ensurenobody misses out. It will allow us to develop the newand improved services our current and future studentsexpect.

The focus is flexibility and choice, with a great variety ofspaces to support quiet research or dissertation work aswell as areas for social learning or group projects.

PICTUREDTHE LIBRARY

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SPACE... TO SUPPORTBRINGING OUR STUDENT SERVICES TOGETHER

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ENHANCING STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARRIVE

The new building will also give us an opportunity to refocus how we operate. It will allowus to offer student-centred support all in one place.

PICTUREDCAREERS SUPPORT

Crucial studentsupportservices in one place.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Manage student adminand provide advice on allaspects of study.

STUDY SUPPORT

Confidential adviceservice to develop study skills.

GRADUATE SUPPORT

Graduations, support forpostgraduates andresearchers fromapplication to award.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Take payments for tuitionand other expenses, givefinancial advice andprovide hardship funding.

INTERNATIONALSUPPORT

Advice on legal topics,visa applications andother important issues.

Oxford Brookes already has a greatreputation for employability, but we canimprove this further by helping students tothink about careers as early as possible.

We’re really excited by our new home atthe heart of the building, where we can beso accessible. Careers support will bemore visible, attracting casual visitors whohadn’t really planned to think about careersthat day.

Being right next to the Forum will help too,working with students to build their skillsand CVs from day one. The central locationof the careers service underlines ourcommitment to the employability of ourgraduates.

Lorna Froud, Careers Counsellor

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LIBRARY

TEACHINGROOMS

STUDENTS’UNION

THE FORUMSUPPORT SERVICESMAIN LECTURE THEATRE

ARCHITECTURE ANDBUILT ENVIRONMENTSTUDIOS

GLASS TANK GALLERYAND CAFE

THE COLONNADE

GIPSY LANE

CATERING

HEADINGTON ROAD

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A significant part of thebuilding is dedicated topooled teaching areasequipped with advancedaudio-visual technology.These versatile rooms willencourage innovativeteaching and student-ledlearning, as well as suitingmore conventional tutorials,and are complemented bya 300 seat main lecturetheatre and three 100 seatlecture rooms.

The Abercrombie atriumwas the first completedarea of the new buildingand opened in July 2012. It combines new studiospaces for builtenvironment students witha café and exhibition area.

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ABERCROMBIE ATRIUM

80% of the newbuilding isdedicated toteaching andlearning.

I think of our newenvironment as aconversation catalyst.

The open plan design ofthe studio spaces hasmade significant changesto the way we work,encouraging collaborationand the cross-fertilisationof ideas. It has alsoenabled different yeargroups and disciplines tobenefit by working moreclosely together.

Paul Inman, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Deanof Technology, Design andEnvironment

Abercrombie is a buildingthat inspires us in our ownwork, and when you seeour studio you immediatelythink “I want to be studyinghere.

Christos Floros, studying BA Architecture

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SPACE... TO EXPLOREA NEW STUDENTS’ UNION

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The Students’ Union at Oxford Brookes is aboutrepresentation, support and inspiration. Student societyactivity has already increased three times over as a resultof recent changes, and new purpose-built space will seethis engagement grow and new societies flourish.

Crucially the new space will enable the Union to achievemore with fewer resources. The new Union space isbased at Headington, but support for students will bestrengthened across the entire University.

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PICTUREDUNION BAR AND UNION HALL

85 student societies(and growing!)will be supportedby the new Unionfacilities.

PICTUREDSTUDENTS OUTSIDE CURRENT STUDENTS’ UNION

The building will shape what we can offeras a Union in the 21st Century. The newStudents’ Union space will become a keypart of student life as well as offering usnew prospects in working closely with theentire University community.

Whatever the need, desire or requirement,the flexibility our new home offers willensure that we can give any idea thechance to be realised.

This is a new era for us and I am confidentand excited about the possibilities thebuilding will create for the Union. The newspace is one more step towards instillinggenuine University pride and shows thatOxford Brookes is leading the charge inproviding a first class student experience.

Joel Holmes, Oxford Brookes Students’ UnionPresident 2013-2014

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SPACE...TO CREATEPUBLIC SPACE WHICH EXHIBITS STUDENT CREATIVITY

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Creative talent flourishes atOxford Brookes, and thenew Glass Tank exhibitionspace allow us toshowcase Universityactivity and the artisticachievement of ourstudents.

The Glass Tank has alreadyhosted a special rowingevent featuring BrookesOlympians and a designcompetition giving fine artand architecture studentsthe opportunity to design apavilion, which will beinstalled on the newpiazza.

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PICTURED OPPOSITETHE WINNING STUDENT PAVILION DESIGNS

The Glass Tank will showcase the researchactivity and creative work of our students,staff and alumni, with an exhibitionprogramme that will reflect and appeal toall interests.

I would like to see the gallery grow tobecome an important feature of Oxford’scultural landscape, thereby enabling us toraise the profile of Oxford Brookes and ourstudents both within and beyond theUniversity.

Dr Joanna Walker, Gallery Manager andExhibitions Curator of the Glass Tank

The new exhibition space and thecourtyards outside will provide a valuableopportunity, especially for arts andarchitecture students, to explore the use ofpublic spaces in their work.

The flexible spaces suit creativity fromsculpture to art installation, and even large-scale film showings.

Alison Honour, Head of the School of Arts

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SPACE... TO BEGINTHE JOHN HENRY BROOKES BUILDING IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN PHASES IN LATE 2013

SPACE...TO REVIVEIMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC SPACES, INSIDE AND OUT

At Oxford Brookes we are veryproud of our distinctivecontribution to higher education.But this can only be sustained ifwe are able to provide a learningenvironment which matches ouraspirations. Our new building isan exciting development for usand will ensure our facilitiescomplement the outstandingreputation we have for teachingand research.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Janet Beer

JANUARY 2011Construction begins

SPRING 2011Foundations completed

WINTER 2011Building superstructureerected

SUMMER 2012 Abercrombie extensionbuilding opened

AUTUMN 2012 Remains of Darcy buildingdemolished to begin publicpiazza

SEMESTER 1 2013John Henry BrookesBuilding and public piazzaopens in phases

SEMESTER 2 2013Colonnade building opens

A NEW CAFE IN ABERCROMBIE COMPLEMENTS THE GALLERY SPACETHE LOUNGE PROVIDES PROVIDES ASOPHISTICATED ENVIRONMENT

THE COLONNADE PROVIDES SHOPS AND HEALTH SERVICES

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6new highquality foodand cafeoutlets.

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student enquiries resolved in one place

reduction in carbon emissionsfrom sustainability measures

new flexible study spaces in the Library

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20%increase in Librarycomputer workstations

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A new Assistive Technology Centre

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