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Publication of the week: Dr Barbara Lasic
Barbara Lasic, “Ethnicity”, in P. McNeil (ed.), A Cultural History of Fashion Vol.4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800) (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016). A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion presents…
Local enterprise funding for the University’s new Vinson Centre
Buckingham has been awarded £3m by Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (BTVLEP) which will enable it to build a new centre which will become the hub of the University.…
Buckingham bucks the UCAS trend
The University of Buckingham has bucked the national trend with a gigantic 25% rise in admissions over the last year, one of the biggest increases in the country. New figures…
Publication of the week: Professor Susan Edwards
Susan S.M. Edwards, “Cyber-grooming young women for terrorist activity: Dominant and subjugated explanatory narratives”, in E. Viano (ed.), Cybercrime, Organised Crime, and Societal Responses (Springer 2017), pp.23-47. ISBN: 978-3-319-44501-4. In…
Be Heard: Buckingham launches the 12th National Student Survey to final year students
The Vice-Chancellor, Anthony Seldon, joined students this week to invite them to “be heard” by taking part in the annual National Students’ Survey (NSS). He said: “Students have always been…
University of Buckingham to become Europe’s first Positive University
Buckingham is to become Europe’s first positive university by adopting the approach of positive psychology among staff and students to enable them to be happier, feel more engaged with learning…
Book based on Biography MA dissertation appears in The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday on 22 January 2017 published a 2-page article by Claudia Joseph: “The not so shy Lady Di: An aristocratic beauty trapped in a loveless marriage whose…
Publication of the week: Professor Judith Bray
Bray, J., “Cohabitation: The long slow road to reform”, [2016] Fam Law 1428-1437 Currently unmarried couples have no right in law to claim ownership of each other’s property on relationship…
Sir Anthony Seldon calls for schools to encourage entrepreneurship
The country’s prosperity is threatened by the failure of many schools to encourage entrepreneurship, Sir Anthony Seldon, a former head credited with turning round two schools, has warned. Sir Anthony…
In the news – January-February 2017
TV and radio appearances Professor Anthony Glees was interviewed about: the Berlin attacks by Sky TV News, BBC News Channel, BBC World Service TV, France 24 News, Channel News Asia,…