General International Presentation

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General International Presentation

• Oxford Brookes University

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• why should you go to university.?
• why should you choose to study in the uk...?
• how can you choose a course...?
• which university...?
• questions..

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why should I go to university?

• Employability
• salary
• character building

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why study in the UK?

• World class reputation quality
• tradition of innovation
• dynamic tradition of learning
• provides relevant marketable skills -
  excellent career prospects
• value for money

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Whatever your educational needs, the
course is there in the UK!

• Short courses
• English language, year round
• summer schools
• Foundation
• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate

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a cosmopolitan destination

• An open-minded multicultural society
• over 1/4 million international students across
  the UK
• great base for travel - air, rail, bus

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The British Education System
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Undergraduate Study...

• Three year degree programmes
• Opportunity to gain work experience
• Excellent career prospects 95 of Brookes
  graduates are employed within 6 months
• Flexibility and choice
• Simple application procedures - UCAS

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How do I choose a course? Questions to ask...

• Do you need specific qualifications ?
• Do you want to study something you enjoy
  already or something new ?
• How is the course taught and does it suit your
  way of learning ?
• How is the course assessed ?

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how do I choose a university?

• course
• location
• type of university
• facilities - IT, libraries, sport
• ? student support services
• accommodation
• reputation ratings
• go with your feelings!

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Why choose Oxford Brookes University?

• Voted Best New University 8 years in a row by
  the prestigious Times Newspapers Good
  University Guide 1996-2003
• 95 employability rate after graduation (8th in
  UK in 2003)
• business and management, economics and planning
  were given 24/24 (confirmation of excellence) by
  the UK quality assurance agency
• ranked 12th for business in the UK by the
  Guardian newspaper 2002
• rated a top ten UK hotel catering school by
  the guardian newspaper
• 23/24 biology, building, environmental sciences,
  fine art, history of art, psychology, real estate
  management, theology and religious studies
• 5 ranking for research - history

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History

• 1865 Opening of the School of Art
• 1928 Appointment of John Brookes as
  Vice-Principal
• 1934 Merging of School of Art and Technical
  School
• 1956 Renamed the College of Technology
• 1970 The creation of polytechnics - Oxford
  Polytechnic
• 1992 Oxford Brookes University

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level of study

• some facts and figures.
• 17,703 total student population
• 20 international students
• male female ratio 40.5 59.5

• foundation 1.8
• undergraduate 71.4
• postgraduate 23.9
• research 2.9

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where is oxford.?

• situated in central/southern england
• easy journey from heathrow and gatwick airports
• 90 km/55 miles from london (buses every 10 mins.)
• five hours from paris/brussels by eurostar
• good rail and motorway networks

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what about oxford?
population 141,000
student population 35,000
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Oxford.. a student city
cafes restaurants - american, malaysian,
italian, thai, chinese take your pick.
clubs bars for all tastes. live music rock,
jazz, salsa, classical and more.

• if you like parks green spaces. loads of
  places to relax in summer fairs, circus, open
  air concerts.

• galleries, museums theatres - ashmolean,
  museum of modern art, pitt rivers, apollo theatre
  to name a few.

• shops - high street, designer, charity, ethnic,
  covered market, bookshops anything else you can
  think of!

• travel links - 24 hr coach links to london city
  (90 min) airports. Close to rest of europe

• and just in case thats not enough to keep you
  busy ice rink, wine bars, cinemas, punting,
  sports, rowing, festivals, carnivals, otc,
  go-karting, open air pool, loads of part-time
  work...

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oxford brookes university from above..!
...this is gipsy lane campus
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oxford brookes university
and harcourt hill campus
...this is wheatley campus
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Academic Schools/ Areas of study

• Arts, Humanities Languages
• Built Environment - Architecture, Planning,
  Urban Design
• Business, Hotel Restaurant Management
• Education, Theology
• Health Care, Life Sciences
• Social Sciences Law
• Engineering, Computing Mathematics
• Biological and Molecular Sciences

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how you study.

• modular degree system
• designer degrees tailor made to suit you
• 1,500 combinations of joint honours subjects

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what are the benefits?

• employability
• specialise in the areas that interest
  you most
• highly valued transferable skills
• accumulate your degree while you go

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oxford brookes university levels of study...
postgraduate research
postgraduate taught
undergraduate
foundation
english language
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english language

• summer schools 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks
  8 weeks
• starting from ielts 4.0
• linked to academic courses
• cost of programmes - 500 - 2,000
• english for university studies
• 10 week programmes

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foundation

• one year preparatory courses for those students
  without relevant academic qualifications
• Art and Design
• Building
• Engineering
• International Foundation Diploma
• Liberal Arts
• Sciences
• Postgraduate Foundation
• october and january start

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undergraduate degrees

• three/four year bachelor degrees
• single subject honours degrees
• joint honours degrees (study two subjects)
• students can tailor their degree very closely
  to their personal interests, and the subjects
  they study are heavily applied to a career
  outside.
• sunday times, september 1999

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postgraduate degrees.

• Including.
• Msc international management
• Msc business and enterprise
• Msc international hotel and tourism management
• Msc international travel and tourism management
• LLM International Law
• Msc computer science
• Msc high speed networks and distributed systems
• Msc web technologies
• Msc computing
• MA architecture and culture studies
• MA international studies in vernacular
  architecture

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Research Degree Programmes

• MPhils/PhDs
• (Research based programme)
• Professional Doctorates
• (usually 1/3 taught element 2/3 research -
  thesis relating to professional practice)
• the highest research profile of all the new
  universities, Sunday Times, Sept 1999
• University Research Centre
• Collaborative links
• Research for the real world

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where can I live.? guaranteed first year
accommodation

• 8 halls of residence
• 2,900 individual study bedrooms
• internet access
• room only, or room meals
• female only accommodation available

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our accommodation... catered/self catered
facilities
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our study facilities
what are they like...?

• 675 pcs in 33 rooms. extra computers in
  departments. 24hr access in 50 of rooms. free
  email internet access. hall-net in some halls.

• 4 libraries headington, wheatley, harcourt
  hill, dorset house. open 7 days a week (term).
  subject specialist staff.

• resources - 400,000 titles, 300,000 journals
  subscriptions, cd rom databases. 1,100 study
  stations.

• learning resources, - free laptop for academic
  use, colour/acetate/poster printing, it shop
  (discounted software), student helpdesk, training
  courses available.

• bodleian library - available to brookes
  students for study in final year and on
  recommendation from academic tutor.

• graphics workshop - scanning, cd burning,
  digital stills camera, mini-dv camcorder for hire.

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our sports facilities...

• purpose-built centre for sport
• multi-purpose hall
• eg badminton, basketball, martial arts
• squash courts
• weights room
• fitness suite
• climbing room
• sports café

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our student support and welfare...

• international students advisory service
• english language support
• personal tutors
• accommodation office
• multi faith centre
• medical centre

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Affordability

• Tuition Fees
• Shorter courses
• Opportunities for work experience
• Cost of Living
• Free health care
• Student discounts
• Comparison of UK, Australia and the USA

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Life after Brookes

• Excellent employment prospects
• national employment statistics place Brookes 8th
  in the UK for graduate employability
• A life-long partnership
• Alumni network

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Finding out more...

• Prospectuses
• Guides
• Web-sites
• International Offices
• Friends and family
• British Council
• Overseas Representatives
• Education Exhibitions

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Useful websites...

• www.britishcouncil.org British Council
• www.ucas.ac.uk UCAS application advice
• www.ielts.org IELTS information
• www.toefl.org TOEFL information
• www.naric.org.uk qualifications advice
• www.visitbritain.com information about UK
• www.fco.gov.uk visa information

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Any questions?