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Sir Chris Woodhead Blog: The Virtues of Grammar Schools
‘Grammar school revival harks back to 50s’. So what? Maybe the 50s had it right. I am quoting from an online article in the Times on Friday. Apparently Jonathan Simons,…
In the news – 6 January 2015
Children as young as 13 are being given lessons in combating cyber terrorism amid concerns over the UK’s vulnerability to attacks similar to the hacking of entertainment giant Sony. Professor…
Press Release: University of Buckingham opens the UK’s first independent medical school
5 January 2015 The country’s first independent medical school has been launched with its central focus on teaching medical students to deliver the highest level of care to patients. The…
Solve the Mystery of Edwin Drood
Did Rosa do it with the candlestick in the conservatory? Or was it Jasper in the kitchen with the lead piping? The general public has the chance to solve one…
Press Release: Solve the Mystery of Edwin Drood
Did Rosa do it with the candlestick in the conservatory? Or was it Jasper in the kitchen with the lead piping? The general public has the chance to solve one…
University of Buckingham opens the UK’s first independent medical school
The country’s first independent medical school is being launched at Buckingham and its central focus will be on teaching medical students to deliver the highest level of care to patients.…
University lecturer lifts the lid on the infamous 1920s ‘boom and bust’ period in new book
University of Buckingham economics lecturer Ali Kabiri has lifted the lid on the infamous 1920s ‘boom and bust’ period in a fascinating new book. The Great Crash of 1929: A…
Rosetta news
Max Wallis, Milton Wainwright and Chandra Wickramasinghe have published two articles about the Rosetta mission in the Journal of Cosmology: “Rosetta images of Comet 67P / Churyumov–Gerasimenko 1: Near-surface icy…
6,000-year-old encampment found in dig by University of Buckingham
The earliest Mesolithic encampment at Stonehenge has been discovered in a University of Buckingham archaeological dig and it will reveal for the first time how Britain’s oldest ancestors lived –…
Publication of the week: David Jacques
David Jacques and Tom Phillips, with contributions by Peter Hoare, Barry Bishop, Tony Legge and Simon Parfitt, “Mesolithic settlement near Stonehenge: excavations at Blick Mead, Vespasian’s Camp, Amesbury”, Wiltshire Archaeological…