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OxLEP joined forces with the leading Oxfordshire voices of the University of Oxford, Harwell Campus and the Culham Science Centre-based UKAEA to host the first-ever OX to ZERO conference (1 September).
There are a number of government approved share schemes which offer tax advantages to employees.
Academics from three UK universities, including Oxford Brookes University, have been awarded £1.2million for a research project which will develop new additive manufacturing aluminium alloys which will revolutionise how products are designed and manufactured.
Oxford Brookes University has climbed 4 places in the latest Guardian University Guide. The University is now ranked 42nd out of 121 UK institutions.
The Oxford Bus Company has been recognised as delivering an excellent customer experience in the prestigious national bus industry award scheme, the UK Bus Awards.
Oxford Brookes University has today unveiled its new fully immersive Virtual Reality Cave, the first in the UK that can be used to experience two different dynamic perspectives of a 3-D landscape simultaneously.
The new Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre, created to provide lab space, office space and access to academic and technical expertise to start-ups, spin-outs and small businesses in the biotech and digital sectors opened today at the University’s Headington Campus.
National law firm Freeths has advised Btomorrow Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of British American Tobacco, on its investment in Feel, a digital health start-up.
Oxford Bus Company has announced it has enhanced its driver signing-on bonus to boost its on-going recruitment campaign.
Professor Lucy Vickers, Head of the School of Law at Oxford Brookes has been elected to serve as President of the Society of Legal Scholars, effective from 1 October 2022-2023. The Society of Legal Scholars is the largest learned society of legal academics in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
‘Often girls’ clothes are pink, cute and impractical. They promote kindness, but not always confidence. And boys’ clothes are often blue, aggressive and adventure seeking. They promote confidence, but not always kindness. I wanted to bring these two characteristics together and allow all children, no matter what their gender, to celebrate both kindness and confidence.’ – Sally Dear, Founder of Ducky Zebra
A pilot demonstration for a set of innovative drone and electric van freight trials was successfully completed at Milton Park.
Activate Learning is delighted to announce it has been selected as the lead college to deliver a range of education programmes to improve and upskill people in key areas across Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
Oxfordshire County Council has launched its first draft area travel plan for public feedback following the adoption of its county-wide transport and connectivity plan, last month – and the county’s businesses are being encouraged to have their say.
The Department for Transport today (17 August) confirmed it has awarded £78.6m to Network Rail to support the redevelopment of Oxford station and railway, helping provide a bigger and better station, more services for passengers and freight, and improved journey times for passengers in the future.