Oxford Brookes University
Public university in Oxford
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| 2025 | Harcourt Hill campus is planned to transfer to Headington Campus for the start of the 2025/26 academic year. |
| January 2025 | The New Headington Hill Building (NHHB) opened to accommodate subjects previously located at Wheatley campus. |
| 2024 | Wheatley campus ceased operation. |
| October 2022 | Paterson Joseph appointed as chancellor. |
| May 2022 | Brookes Union filed a no-confidence motion against Vice-Chancellor Alistair Fitt. |
| 2020 | Oxford Brookes University was ranked 363rd in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2020 | Oxford Brookes University successfully appealed a local council's refusal of planning permission to demolish its Wheatley campus and build houses on the site. |
| June 2020 | Katherine Grainger stood down as chancellor. |
| 2019 | QS World University Rankings named Oxford Brookes University the only UK university on its list of Top 50 universities under 50 years old in the world. The university was ranked in the top 51-100 for Architecture and Business & Management Studies, and in the top 10 for Hospitality & Leisure Management. |
| 2018 | QS World University Rankings named Oxford Brookes University the only UK university on its list of Top 50 universities under 50 years old in the world. |
| 2017 | Oxford Brookes University was ranked among the world's top institutions in 16 subjects and four subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. |
| 2017 | The Oxford Brookes Business School moved from the Wheatley campus to refurbished buildings at the Headington campus. |
| 2016 | The university won both the ESU Essex Court National Competition and the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Mooting Competition in law. |
| 2016 | Oxford Brookes University achieved an overall student satisfaction rate of 87% in the National Student Survey (NSS), which was higher than the national average of 86%. 18 subject areas received 90% or higher overall satisfaction. |
| October 2016 | The university retained its HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission, demonstrating its commitment to supporting the personal, professional, and career development of research-active staff. |
| August 2016 | Oxford Brookes University opened its Swindon campus at the Delta Business Park, moving from the former Ferndale campus. The new building was named the Joel Joffe Building. |
| July 2016 | Hotcourses UK ranked Oxford Brookes University in the top 15 of the most culturally diverse institutions in the UK. |
| July 2016 | Headington and Harcourt Hill campuses received a Green Flag Award for the quality of their green spaces for the fifth consecutive year. |
| May 2016 | First founder's day held. |
| May 2016 | First founder's day held, recognizing John Henry Brookes. |
| 2015 | Withdrew theology activities from Westminster College site. |
| 2015 | Celebrated 150th anniversary with various events and activities honoring John Henry Brookes. |
| 2015 | Shami Chakrabarti's chancellorship ends, and Dame Katherine Grainger becomes the new Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University. |
| 2015 | Celebrated 150th anniversary with various events and activities. |
| May 2015 | First founder's day held, recognizing John Henry Brookes. |
| March 2015 | Alistair Fitt inaugurated as vice-chancellor, replacing Janet Beer. |
| January 2015 | Oxford Brookes University announced a major £13 million per year estates investment for the next 10 years, including plans to develop Headington and Harcourt campuses and create a new campus in Swindon. |
| January 2015 | Oxford Brookes University announced a major 10-year estates investment of £13 million per year for campus redevelopment, including plans to move all activities from Wheatley campus by 2021/22. |
| 2014 | Oxford Bus Company introduced a fleet of 20 new buses with flywheel energy storage for the BrookesBus service, serving Oxford Brookes University campuses and student halls. |
| 2014 | In the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), Oxford Brookes University achieved significant research recognition, with 94% of research internationally recognised and 59% judged as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent', resulting in a 41% increase in quality-related research funding. |
| 2014 | The £132m John Henry Brookes Building was opened on the Headington campus, bringing together library, teaching spaces, student support services, and the Students' Union. The building won multiple awards including a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) National Award and three RIBA regional awards. |
| October 2014 | The Abercrombie Building won the Architects' Journal Retrofit Award. |
| 2013 | The redeveloped Abercrombie Building opened on the Headington campus, providing facilities for architecture students with design studios and collaborative learning spaces. |
| 2012 | Oxford Brookes Students' Union was ranked among the worst in the country for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS), with only 34% of students expressing contentment with the union's services. |
| 2011 | Oxford Brookes University was the sixth largest employer in Oxfordshire. |
| 2010 | Building work began on the new John Henry Brookes Building after initial redevelopment proposals were approved, following opposition from local residents in 2009. |
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