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Buckingham tops rankings for Teaching Quality for the third year running
The University of Buckingham has come top for the third year running for teaching quality in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. Buckingham, the only independent…
Sir Anthony Seldon calls for UK to set up positive universities to tackle the mental health crisis
Vice-Chancellor Sir Anthony Seldon has drawn up a 10-point plan for the creation of ‘positive universities’ based on the approaches used by positive psychology in order to tackle the mental…
Robots will replace teachers in the next ten years, Vice-Chancellor reveals
Robots will replace teachers in the classroom within the next ten years according to Sir Anthony Seldon, the University’s Vice-Chancellor, who will release a new book on the impact of…
University celebrates construction of the Vinson Centre for Liberal Economics and Entrepreneurship
Construction of The University of Buckingham’s new Vinson Centre for Liberal Economics and Entrepreneurship was celebrated at a ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday. The building will provide a focal point for…
Publication of the week: Jenna L. Gillett & Emily Mattacola
Gillett, Jenna L. & Emily Mattacola, “The moderating factors of neuroticism and extraversion in pain anticipation”, British Journal of Pain (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2049463717728039. Gillett and Mattacola conducted a study to…
Two-year degrees make for livelier minds, says Sir Anthony Seldon
A slow pace of study leaves too many bored first-year students drinking and lying in bed, according to leading Vice-Chancellor. Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor at The University of Buckingham and…
Publication of the week: Professor Anthony Glees with James Ridley-Jones
Anthony Glees with James Ridley-Jones, “Viewpoint: The current challenges to UK national security and how they might be addressed”, Journal of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers 25.1 (2017),…
University of Buckingham tops the National Student Survey (NSS) for Student Satisfaction
The University of Buckingham has come top in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS) for the eighth time since it started taking part 12 years…
Publication of the week: Professor Susan Edwards
Edwards, S., “Protecting children and vulnerable adults from witchcraft and spirit possession: related violence, victimisation and other harms”, International Family Law, Policy and Practice 4.3 (Winter 2016), 31-40 This article…
Publication of the week: Dr Ali Kabiri
Coffman, D.D. & A.K. Kabiri, “Fiscal systems and fiscal union: Historical variety and policy challenges”, in I. Cardinale, D.D. Coffman & R.Scazzieri (eds), The Political Economy of the Eurozone (Cambridge: Cambridge University…