
Why you should write for The Tab Brookes
It’ll be a better decision than a night out in Atik
With our open meeting on Tuesday 29th at 19:00 in City Arms, here are a few reasons why we want you to write for The Tab Brookes.
To write stories students care about
Last term we reported on the devastating news of Purple Turtle closing down. Which was shortly followed up by a Brookes third year student creating a petition to keep Purple Turtle.
We also get the opportunity to attend anticipated events, such as Gentlemen's Fight Night, and reporting on everything from best dressed to the tea from the event.
Let's not forget our regular Clubbers of the Week.
To start a career in Journalism
Tab writers have gone onto write for The Times, The Telegraph, Vice, The Sun and The Mail to name a few.
Flo Perry, Editor at Buzzfeed, and a former Durham Tab writer said: “The Tab is a unique platform for students to get their voice heard. There is no other organisation offering such creative freedom with such a big audience. It was the most fun thing I did at uni, and I wouldn’t have the job I have now without it.”
Other Tab alumni have gone onto write for UK Vogue (Ellie Pithers, The Tab Cambridge, ‘11) as well as the New Statesman (Patrick Maguire, The Tab UCL, ‘16).
To meet new people and have fun
At the end of it, it's all a bit of fun and a chance to meet people who share the same passion. We do go out too, we're not that boring. Regular socials is what keeps us sane through exam season.
Sign up here, join us at the open meeting or contact our Editor in Chief at [email protected]

Meet the Brookes students who got a private helicopter to see Beyoncé after finishing final exams
Surely the best graduation gift any student has received from their dad

Oxford Brookes implements 11pm curfew on all Cowley Road student house parties
This comes after a record number of complaints were made to the university

The Tab Brookes is looking for new writers and we want you!
We are hosting an open meeting on Thursday 23rd March at the Union Bar from 5pm!

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There’s no point in coming back to uni at this rate

Oxford Brookes staff to strike for 18 days before Easter, beginning in just two weeks time
Strikes will begin on February 1st

Temperatures in Oxford were so low last week that it was officially colder than Moscow
It’s electric blanket season for sure

Oxford Brookes student sentenced after they sexually assaulted a man whilst he was asleep
Daniel Wareham will be on the sex offender register for the next 10 years

A Brookes guide to part-time work: Finding your best student job
Sincerely, an overworked third year

This is what your Halloween outfit says about you as a Brookes student
May the most basic outfit win!

Oxford Brookes is officially the seventh most haunted university in the UK
They don’t call it spooky season for nothing

New league table shows Oxford Brookes hasn’t improved in ranking since last year
Still the best uni in Oxford tho x

Johnson from Peep Show is the new Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University
Is that… normal chancelloring?

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If your favourite night is Broke Mondays, we need to have a chat

Oxford Brookes campus left without water due to a burst water pipe
The university is providing portable toilets and bottled water for students and staff

The Tab Brookes is looking for new writers and we want YOU!
Come along to our open meeting this Thursday (29th) at the Sports Bar!

Tributes pour in after Brookes graduate dies in helicopter accident on holiday
Jack Fenton was described as ‘the loveliest boy’

Brookes grad died after being hit in tragic helicopter accident on holiday in Greece
Jack’s family have called him ‘the most wonderful boy’

Brookes student died after trying to climb over metal railings in a park, inquest hears
Suhith Mehandra was taking a short cut home through Headington Hill Park

I reviewed (almost) all of the restaurants at the top of Westgate so you don’t have to
Mowgli and Victors are top-tier

A dramatic recap of the Whole Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson cheating scandal
Remember when she kept posting open love notes on Instagram to him?

Co-star romances and age-gap relationships: All of Paul Hollywood’s biggest controversies
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Boo! These are officially the most haunted UK unis in 2023, based on ghost sightings
There have been 59 ghost sightings at one UK uni

MAFS gossip column: Jordan responds to fight scandal and cast knew each other before the show?!
The drama really never ends!

Tour buses and family dramas: A brief history of One Direction’s run-ins with the law
Liam Payne has just had his driver’s license suspended

‘You’re scared to step outside’: Two women share their stories of being stalked at uni
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Another one! People spot a further editing error in MAFS questioning a staged dinner
Nothing is sacred anymore

Um, the video of Georges squatting has been revealed and you absolutely have to watch it
Give this man all the baguettes

Attention pickpocket! The uni cities where you’re most likely to have your phone stolen
I’m switching back to a Nokia brick after this

Meet Lauren Sintes: The 27-year-old model joining the cast of Made in Chelsea
Of course she’s well connected with most of the cast

Rugby boys and the cleaning rota: Just 19 uni things that are none of my business
The hygiene rating of my fave kebab shop has nothing to do with me!

From secret hookups to cheating: All the biggest bombshells from the Love Is Blind reunion
I’m in shock at all of these

Why do posh people sleep with all their mates? A very serious investigation
The Made in Chelsea mayhem has gone on long enough

‘You’ve made a c*** of yourself’: Shona shares off-screen chat that saw Brad axed from MAFS
‘Bradley said he was behaving like a caged animal’

MAFS UK star Chanita Stephenson calls out the current cast for being a ‘bit too wild!’
She thinks they’re on the show ‘for fun’ and are not ‘focusing on their marriages’

‘Go f**k yourself’: Luke calls out ‘snake’ in MAFS cast who ‘sold’ story of him having a fight
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