university's original redevelopment proposals were vigorously opposed by local residents in 2009 when presented to the local planning committee, with many undesirable aspects of the large student population in Oxford being discussed. However, the plans for the new building were eventually approved and building work began in 2010.
In 2013 the redeveloped Abercrombie Building opened on the Headington campus, offering facilities for architecture students with design studios and collaborative learning spaces. In October 2014 it won the Architects' Journal Retrofit Award.
In January 2015 Oxford Brookes University announced a major estates investment for the next 10 years, with £13 million per year to be spent on redevelopment across all its campuses. This is to include additional building on the Headington and Harcourt campuses as well as a new campus in Swindon. Part of this investment will see all activity moved from the Wheatley campus by 2021/22. The Oxford Brookes Business School moved from the Wheatley campus to refurbished buildings at Headington campus in 2017 with plans for other departments to move to new buildings on the Headington Hill site in the future, many of which were postponed due to COVID-19 and issues with budgets.
Wheatley campus ceased operation in 2024 and the New Headington Hill Building (NHHB) opened in January 2025 to accommodate those subjects. Harcourt Hill campus is planned to transfer to Headington Campus for the start of the 2025/26 academic year.
== Organisation and governance ==
=== Faculties and Schools ===
Oxford Brookes University has two faculties, within which are 11 schools, which sit across its three campuses.
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS)
School of Arts
Oxford Brookes Business School
School of Education, Humanities and Languages
School of Law and Social Sciences
Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (HST)
Oxford School of Architecture
School of Biological and Medical Sciences
School of the Built Environment
School of Engineering, Computing and …
