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University mourns the loss of Professor Dennis O’Keeffe
It is with great sadness that the University has learned of the death of Professor Dennis O’Keeffe. Professor O’Keeffe was a wide ranging social scientist whose work centred on education…
Publication of the week: Professor Paul Trayhurn and Professor Jon Arch
Trayhurn, Paul and Jonathan R.S. Arch, “New physiological aspects of brown adipose tissue”, Current Obesity Reports (2014) 3: 414–421. DOI 10.1007/s13679-014-0125-8. Brown adipose tissue (or brown fat) is specialised for…
New MOOC unearths the secrets of Stonehenge
Five thousand years of Stonehenge’s history can now be unearthed by doing a fascinating new MOOC run by The University of Buckingham. By doing the MOOC, which has no entry…
English Department newsletter
The University of Buckingham English newsletter, Buckingham English, is now available here. It includes news about staff and students, and reports on events and activities such as a visit by…
Publication of the week: Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology
S.G. Coulson, M.K. Wallis & N.C. Wickramasinghe, “On the dynamics of volatile meteorites”, Monthly Newsletter of the Royal Astronomical Society 445(4) (December 21, 2014), 3669-3673; doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu1993. It has been…
Universities meet at Innovation for Business Conference
University leaders met to talk about how they could forge closer working links with local businesses, giving them the chance to make the most of the expertise, research and facilities…
In the news – 2 December 2014
Wales Online, 30 November A controversial Muslim cleric who supports suicide bombers was behind the curriculum at a top Islamic college in Wales where one of Lee Rigby’s killers studied,…
New MOOC unearths the secrets of Stonehenge
Five thousand years of Stonehenge’s history can now be unearthed by doing a fascinating new MOOC run by The University of Buckingham. Anyone signing up to the MOOC will be…
New Year, New Start
Each year there are students who find they’ve chosen the wrong course, or who just don’t settle in a large and perhaps impersonal environment. Perhaps you didn’t go to university…
Publication of the week: Professor Susan Edwards
Edwards, S., “Proscribing unveiling – law: a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda”, in E. Brems (ed.), The Experiences of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law…