Oxford Brookes University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Morgan Bolding

Olympic & 2× World Champion rower for GBR; 2024 Olympic gold medallist

N/A (student)

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Rory Gibbs

Olympic & 2× World Champion rower; multiple Henley wins

N/A (student)

N/A

Matt Aldridge

World Champion rower (2023 coxless four); European gold (2022)

N/A (student)

N/A

John Assael

Renowned architect; co-founded Assael Architecture, RIBA Fellow

BArch

N/A

Shami Chakrabarti

Human rights advocate; former Liberty director, former Chancellor of Brookes (2006–15)

Honorary DUniv

N/A

Katherine Grainger

Olympic gold medallist; four-time silver; former Brookes Chancellor

Honorary DUniv

N/A

Tina Poletto

Co‑founder of Studey, educational consultancy

MA (Coaching & Pos Psych)

N/A

Andrea Nicassio

Co‑founder of Studey; entrepreneur

MA (Coaching & Pos Psych)

N/A

Samuel Maddock

Founder of sustainability consultancy SUS Consultants

BSc (Sustainability)

N/A

Fabio Embalo & Duray Pretorius

Co‑founders of Viaduct Generation (SEO agency & social equity)

N/A

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Chuggs Wallis

Founder of Booby Buckets—custom bucket hat brand

N/A

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Joshua Roche

Founder of Bulla Co.—student micro-influencer platform

N/A

2018

Laurentia Tan

Singaporean para-equestrian; Paralympian

BSc Hospitality Management

N/A

Chris Toumazou

Innovator in portable genome sequencing; professor

PhD (Bio-/Electrical Engineering)

N/A

Zoe de Toledo

Olympic rowing cox (silver, Rio 2016); Boat Race coxswain

N/A

N/A

Millie Clode

Sky Sports presenter; TV personality

BA (Media)

N/A

Edward Holcroft

Actor (Kingsman, Wolf Hall)

BA (Drama)

N/A

David Mayer de Rothschild

Environmentalist and adventurer; head of Sculpt the Future Foundation

BA (Environmental Arts)

N/A

Annie Lennox

Singer-songwriter, Eurythmics frontwoman; philanthropist

Honorary DUniv

N/A

Freddy Boath

Actor (The Mummy Returns)

BA (Performance)

N/A

Richard Younger-Ross

Former Lib Dem MP (Teignbridge 2001–10)

BA (Politics)

N/A

Prince Azim of Brunei

Philanthropist and extended royal family member

Honorary DUniv

N/A