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News archive 2009
An online archive of past news items (most with accompanying pictures).
| January | February | March | April |
| May | June | July | August |
| September | October | November | December |
December
2-year degrees nothing new at Buckingham (Wednesday 23 December 2009)
Buckingham lawyer in the top 20 (Wednesday 23 December 2009)
Law students' mooting successes (Monday 21 December 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Susan Edwards (Monday 21 December 2009)
Lecture: Dickens's A Christmas Carol (Thursday 17 December 2009)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 14 December 2009)
Specialist science schools around the world (Friday 11 December 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Ronnie Lessem (Monday 7 December 2009)
Lecture: Doing time with Dickens (Thursday 3 December 2009)
November
Publication of the week: Dr Gregory Ioannidis (Monday 30 November 2009)
Law students visit Grendon Prison (Thursday 26 November 2009)
Amnesty International Student Society lobbies MPs to stop violence against all women (Monday 23 November 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Graham Dawson (Monday 23 November 2009)
Lecture: The shadow of the Bastille (Thursday 19 November 2009)
Visiting lecture by Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives (Monday 16 November 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Irena Jindrichovska & Wondimu Mekonnen (Monday 16 November 2009)
Denning Law Journal 2009 reception (Thursday 12 November 2009)
Public lecture: Is Darwinism the last word? (Thursday 12 November 2009)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 9 November 2009)
Visions of the prison in Victorian literature (Thursday 5 November 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 2 November 2009)
October
Buckingham Bangladesh Scholarship launched at the House of Commons (Friday 30 October 2009)
Seminar on climate change (Thursday 29 October 2009)
Sheer poetry on campus (Monday 26 October 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Gregory Ioannidis (Monday 26 October 2009)
Norman P. Barry Scholarship (Monday 26 October 2009)
Buckingham Law School forges links with ICES in France (Tuesday 20 October 2009)
Applied Computing Research Group presents paper at Athens conference (Tuesday 20 October 2009)
Seminar on the Czech economy (Monday 19 October 2009)
Publication of the week: Denning Law Journal (Monday 19 October 2009)
Public lecture: Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin (Thursday 15 October 2009)
The return of a Bahamian alumnus (Tuesday 13 October 2009)
Public lecture: Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892) (Monday 12 October 2009)
Publication of the week: Judith Bray (Monday 12 October 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Stefan Hawlin (Monday 5 October 2009)
The local MP and the national office (Friday 2 October 2009)
The global and British economic situation (Friday 2 October 2009)
Professor John Clarke speaks out in favour of higher tuition fees (Thursday 1 October 2009)
September
Professor Jassim's paper at international symposium (Wednesday 30 September 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Anthony Crawforth (Monday 28 September 2009)
Buckingham celebrates best ever September student intake (Thursday 24 September 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Nigel Foster (Monday 21 September 2009)
University of Buckingham enters Sunday Times league tables (Wednesday 16 September 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Claire Stocker (Monday 14 September 2009)
News: Visiting Professor of Economics (Thursday 10 September 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Gregory Ioannidis (Monday 7 September 2009)
August
Representatives from Chinese universities visit Buckingham (Wednesday 26 August 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Pythagoras Petratos (Monday 31 August 2009)
Master class on provocation by Sir Ivan Lawrence QC (Monday 24 August 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Nigel Foster (Monday 24 August 2009)
Student Law Society's mooting workshop and student moot (Thursday 20 August 2009)
Teacher trainers compared (Monday 17 August 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Simon Payne (Monday 17 August 2009)
New publications from the Centre for Automotive Management (CAM) (Tuesday 11 August 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Irena Jindrichovska (Monday 10 August 2009)
Buckingham's success in the 2009 National Student Survey (NSS) (Thursday 6 August 2009)
Amnesty International Student Society barbecue (Thursday 6 August 2009)
Buckingham degree programmes now accessible in Sri Lanka (Tuesday 4 August 2009)
Reception for Law prize-winners (Monday 3 August 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 3 August 2009)
July
Public lecture: Art and empire under Charles V (Thursday 30 July 2009)
Public lecture: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Tuesday 28 July 2009)
Discovering British culture: a personal journey through French eyes (Monday 27 July 2009)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 27 July 2009)
Buckingham tops employability table (Thursday 23 July 2009)
Seminar: "The Challenges of Sustainability: Energy needs confront climatic change" (Tuesday 21July 2009)
"Princely Magnificence: George IV as Patron and Collector" (Monday 20 July 2009)
Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial By Jury (Monday 20 July 2009)
Publication of the week: Noam Shemtov (Monday 20 July 2009)
Law students' visit to Geneva (Wednesday 15 July 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Anthony O'Hear (Monday 13 July 2009)
Buckingham shares high standard ideals with Eastern European visitors (Friday 10 July)
MAGA negotiations foreshadow possible outcome at 2009 COP-15 climate change conference (Tuesday 7 July)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 6 July)
June
Publication of the week: Geoffrey Alderman (Monday 29 June)
Publication of the week: Dr Harin Sellahewa & Professor Sabah Jassim (Monday 22 June)
Buckingham alumnus wins at Le Mans (Thursday 18 June)
Dr Deborah Davenport at the UN (Monday 15 June)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 15 June)
Publication of the week: Records of Buckinghamshire (Monday 8 June)
Buckingham becomes Partner in Learning recognised by Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (Thursday 4 June 2009)
"Out of the Box Leadership" for MBA and Service Management students (Thursday 4 June 2009)
House of Lords visit (Monday 1 June 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 1 June 2009)
May
Royal Courts of Justice trip (Thursday 28 May 2009)
University celebrates Canada's Victoria Day (Thursday 28 May 2009)
Public lecture: Dr Harin Sellahewa (Tuesday 26 May 2009)
Presentation from Chartered Insurance Institute: Training and careers in insurance and financial advice (Tuesday 26 May 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Chris Woodhead (Friday 22 May 2009)
Supply Chain Management students make company visit (Thursday 21 May 2009)
Training contract success for Buckingham Law graduates (Tuesday 19 May 2009)
First Buckingham study tour to Geneva (Tuesday 19 May 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Adolfo Paolini (Monday 18 May 2009)
Seminar on international climate politics (Thursday 14 May 2009)
League table success for Buckingham (Wednesday 13 May 2009)
University's third annual dinner in London (Wednesday 13 May 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 11 May 2009)
Publication of the week: Anne Hampton & James Rowell (Monday 4 May 2009)
University mourns the loss of 'Jack' John Desborough (Friday 1 May 2009)
April
Leverhulme Research Fellowship award in School of Humanities (Wednesday 29 April 2009)
Talks by Robin Hollington QC (Tuesday 28 April 2009)
Dr Deborah Davenport at the UN (Tuesday 28 April 2009)
Launch of Alumni Association (Monday 27 April 2009)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 27 April 2009)
Obituaries: Lord Slynn and Lord George (Tuesday 21 April 2009)
Anglo-French synergy: another first for the University of Buckingham (Monday 20 April 2009)
Book launch with a difference (Monday 20 April 2009)
Publication of the week: Geoffrey Wood (Monday 20 April 2009)
Publication of the week: Geoffrey Wood (Monday 13 April 2009)
Buckingham Business School gets CIM accreditation (Thursday 9 April)
Dr Deborah Davenport at Parliament (Thursday 9 April)
Public lecture - Maggie Paterson (Thursday 9 April)
University visit to China (Thursday 2 April)
March
Symposium in honour of Norman Barry (Tuesday 31 March)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 30 March)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship talk by Alex Pratt (Monday 23 March)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 23 March)
Accounting business game and how to get the ACA qualification (Monday 23 March)
Publication of the week: Professor Susan Edwards (Monday 16 March)
Dr Deborah Davenport named Secretary of ALIAS (Monday 16 March)
Business Enterprise lecture by Robert Tomkinson (Monday 16 March)
University prize winners (Wednesday 11 March)
Nobel Laureate Sir Martin Evans delivers seminar on "Origin of Embryonic Stem Cells" (Friday 6 March)
Public lecture: James Elles, MEP (Thursday 5 March 2009)
SSAFA Lecture - Soldier (Wednesday 4 March)
Publication of the week: Professor Nigel Foster (Monday 2 March 2009 )
Graduation 2009 (Sunday 1 March 2009 )
February
American Civilisation seminar (Thursday 26 February 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr James Brown (Monday 23 February 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Susan Edwards (Monday 16 February 2009)
University mourns the loss of Dr Helen Desmond (Friday 13 February 2009)
Record-breaking new student registration (Tuesday 10 February 2009)
NSS 2009: Snowy start but hoping for another scorching result! (Monday 9 February 2009)
House of Lords evidence (Monday 9 February 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 9 February 2009)
University mourns the loss of Robert (Bobby) Gregory (Friday 6 February 2009)
Recession, residuals and used vehicle operations (Tuesday 3 February 2009)
Buckingham students enjoy the first snowfall of the year (Tuesday 3 February 2009)
Publication of the week: Rowena Meager (Monday 2 February 2009)
January
First term success for MA in Global Affairs' first CSS scholar (Tuesday 27 January 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr John Drew (Monday 26 January 2009)
Success of specialist schools an illusion (Thursday 22 January 2009)
First for Buckingham in Singapore (Wednesday 21 January 2009)
Publication of the week: Dr Harin Sellahewa & Professor Sabah Jassim (Monday 19 January 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Nigel Foster (Monday 12 January 2009)
2008 Ede & Ravenscroft Prize winner (Thursday 8 January 2009)
Publication of the week: Professor Geoffrey Wood (Monday 5 January 2009)