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33 unusual facts about Brunel University


Adam Kuper

From 1985 to 2008 he was a professor at Brunel University, where he was the first head of the Department of Human Sciences, and latterly head of the Anthropology Department.

Anastasios Papaligouras

Born in Athens, Papaligouras studied law at the University of Athens and took a Masters in Comparative European Law at Brunel University, London.

Anita Asante

Asante studied Politics and English BA at the Business School of Brunel University in London, benefiting from the UK "Government's Talented Athletes Scholarship Scheme" which helps athletes in full-time education.

Barry R. Clarke

In January 2014 he was awarded a PhD degree without amendments from Brunel University on A linguistic analysis of Francis Bacon's contribution to three Shakespeare plays: The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, and The Tempest.

Chris J. Perry

Perry qualified in social work in 1965 and obtained a Master's Degree from Brunel University, the home of "organisational analysis", in 1973.

David Lavery

From 2006 to 2008 he served as Chair in Film & Television at Brunel University in London.

Deeq Sulaiman Yusuf

For his post-secondary education, he earned a BA in Social Welfare from the Brunel University in London, graduating with honours.

Dennis Howitt

Howitt completed a first class honours degree in psychology at Brunel University in 1967 and earned his D.Phil at the University of Sussex.

Earl of Halsbury

Halsbury's grandson, the third Earl (who succeeded his father), was a scientist and the first Chancellor of Brunel University.

Eric Nicoli

In July 2003, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering from Brunel University for his outstanding service to the local community.

Ernest Bevin College

Year 10 -- University visit to Cambridge, Science and Geography tasters sessions at Goldsmiths College, summer schools in London, Urban Scholars Scheme with Brunel University, Physical Education 'Goal setting workshop'

Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations

It holds week-long residential training courses during the summer at Brunel University.

Fischer-Z

Fischer-Z (pronounced as a homonym of "fisher's head") were a British rock band formed in 1976 by John Watts and Steve Skolnik at Brunel University.

GPS for the visually impaired

Prof. W. Balachandran is the pioneer and the head of GPS research group at Brunel University.

Harry Marshall Ward

In 1885 shortly after the birth of his son he was appointed Professor of botany at the Royal Indian engineering college (Forestry department) at Cooper's hill, now part of Brunel University.

Iyiola Omisore

Later, he went to Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK where he earned a Post Graduate Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc degree in Building Services Engineering.

John Pourdehnad

John Pourdehnad graduated in 1971 from the Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England as B.S. in Mechanical and Production Engineering.

John Shirley-Quirk

He was a member of staff at Acton Technical College until 1957 and played a part in events leading to the formation of Brunel University.

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC, DL (born 22 June 1932) is a businessman and British Conservative Party politician and the current Chancellor of Brunel University.

Kola Adedoyin

In September 2009 Adedoyin joined an illustrious list of British athletes such as Iwan Thomas, Tony Adams and James Cracknell by attending Brunel University and consequently moved coach to well respected international Coach Frank Attoh.

Kütahya Dumlupınar University

The university has established and is keeping up close ties with universities abroad including University of Virginia in the USA, Brunel University in the United Kingdom, University of Pécs in Hungary and universities located at the member states of the former Soviet Union.

Lane P. Hughston

He has worked as a financial engineer and risk manager at Merrill Lynch, London, as Professor of Financial Mathematics at King's College London, as Professor of Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London, and as Professor of Mathematics at Brunel University.

Lee Mack

Mack went on to have various other jobs, and did his first open mike slot in 1994, while studying at Brunel University from which he graduated with a degree in film and television.

LIBT at Brunel University

LIBT students complete a one or two-year university transfer programme and, subject to meeting the required progression criteria, transfer into the second year of Brunel University’s three-year undergraduate BSc degree programmes in Business & Management, Information Systems & Computing and Economics & Finance.

Courses at LIBT are usually delivered by lecturers and PhD students from the partner Schools at Brunel University.

LIBT @ Brunel University (formally London International College of Business and Technology at Brunel University) is a for-profit college (owned and operated by Navitas Limited, an Australian-owned educational business) that operates under a formal agreement with Brunel University.

Master of Engineering

(Their courses usually allow a student to leave with a Bachelor's degree after three years, but these shortened degrees are not ECUK-recognised and therefore do not count towards the educational requirements for becoming a chartered engineer.) Other universities, such as the University of Greenwich, University of Surrey and Brunel University, admit students to read for BEng Honours and MEng courses and allow students to change between the two during the early years of the course.

Michael Fourman

In 1983 he moved, with a Science and Engineering Research Council Fellowship, to the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Brunel University.

Moshe Shekel

Currently serving as a visiting lecturer at the University of Tel Aviv Law School, he completed in 2007 his PhD dissertation at Brunel University (London, England) on "Recognition of Income from Deposits and Advance Payments".

Nick Beighton

In February 2010, Beighton attended a Paralympic talent identification day at Brunel University.

Seng Han Thong

While studying for a Master of Business Administration between 1990 and 1993 at Brunel University in London, he became deputy chief editor of the Lianhe Zaobao in 1992.

Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead

He has been an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Journalism at City University, a member of the Regeneration Through Heritage Steering Group, a board member for Race for Opportunity, a board member for Learndirect, and was a member of the Council for Brunel University.

Tony James

After graduating from Brunel University with a First Class Honours Degree in mathematics and computing, Tony James worked as a computer programmer before playing music full-time.


David Hines

With the intention to become a dancer, in 1965 he moved to London and joined the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, a part of Brunel University.

Dayantha Liyanage

Educated at Royal College Colombo and at Brunel University, Liyanage started his career as a trainee Work Study Engineer in an engineering company in Kent after which he joined GLC as a Work Study Officer in 1970 and went on to work for the British Shoe Corporation.

Declaration of Reasonable Doubt

The petition was presented to William Leahy of Brunel University by the actors Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance on 8 September 2007 in Chichester, England, after the final matinee of the play I Am Shakespeare on the topic of the bard's identity, featuring Rylance in the title role.

Robert Istepanian

His other academic tenures included senior lectureships in the University of Portsmouth and Brunel University in UK and was also an associate Professor in the Ryerson University, Toronto and adjunct Professor in the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

Wilfred Brown, Baron Brown

Although he never attended university, Brown received honorary degrees from Brunel University (DTech, 1966), Southern Illinois University (Doctor of Laws, 1967) and Cranfield University (DSc, 1972).