incorrect info following the move the college began to offer a number of theology and education degrees which were validated by the council for national academic awards the cnaa when this was scrapped following the education act the college entered an academic partnership with the university of oxford allowing westminster students to read for degrees of the university note this is not correct degrees were those of the university of oxford until in what many people felt was a singularly ill judged action westminster parted from the university of oxford after that the degrees were validated by the cnaa until the union with oxford brookes further academic subjects while linked with oxford university were far wider than simply theology and education