Oxford Brookes University theological activities on the site, although theology was withdrawn in 2015. In October 2003, Oxford Brookes University became the first university in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status. Baroness Kennedy served as the university's Chancellor from 1993 to 2001. In 2007, Graham Upton retired as Vice-Chancellor and his successor, Janet Beer, was inaugurated in September. In July 2008, Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, replaced Jon Snow as chancellor of the university. In March 2015 Alistair Fitt was inaugurated as Vice-Chancellor, replacing Janet Beer. Dame Katherine Grainger British Olympic rower also replaced Shami Chakrabarti as Chancellor. Katherine is Britain's most
Yitzhaq Shami was limited, mostly short stories. Regardless, some critics held him to be "one of the most notable modern Hebrew Sephardic writers." His best known work is the short novella—"Vengeance of the Fathers". Six of this short stories and the novella were published posthumously as "Shami's stories" in Hebrew—"Sipurey Shami", in English (2000), and in French. The modern Hebrew critic Gershon Shaked wrote that "Vengeance of the Fathers", published in 1928, was one of the most important works in modern Hebrew literature. [8] Anton Shammas the Palestinian writer and critic, wrote—"Shami brought into the scene of modern Hebrew literature some seventy