Alumni news

29 February 2024

John May – teacher, leader and cat lover

John May, CEO of Cats Protection, looks back at his student days, being a gay teacher in the 1980s and a lifelong passion for learning. And, of course, his love of cats.

John May – teacher, leader and cat lover

31 October 2023

Tom’s amazing year

Tom Elner talks about how the Sam Zuckerberg Scholarship enabled her to study at Brookes and the amazing year she enjoyed.

Tom Elner outside the Oxford Brookes Business School

04 November 2019

How to start a scholarship

Sir Iain Chalmers shares how he and fellow Oxford Brookes honorary graduate, Dr Paul Brankin started the Gaza Scholarship.

Gaza scholar Jamila Alzaanin ’12 (second right) with Jan and Iain Chalmers, and Paul Brankin

31 October 2019

“The best decision of my life”

Hadil Louz is the eighth student to receive the Gaza Scholarship, she shares her journey from Gaza to Oxford Brookes and how she hopes to make a difference in the future.