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Buckingham in the news

September 2008 update

The University of Buckingham in the national news

Students more satisfied than ever before. Times Higher Education, 11 September
Read our news article: Top university for student satisfaction for third year in a row!

Buckingham tops national student survey. www.guardian.co.uk, 11 September

If you're happy and you know it… The Guardian, 16 September

The best universities in the world are private. The Guardian, 16 September

Loughborough named University of the Year. www.timesonline.co.uk, 20 September

Elite universities have unhappiest students. Sunday Times, 21 September

National Student Survey results. www.timesonline.co.uk, 21 September

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The University of Buckingham in regional news

91 per cent of students at West University satisfied with their course. Western Morning News Series, 15 September

Edinburgh fails to satisfy students. www.journal-online.co.uk, 17 September

Yorkshire people. Morley Observer & Advertiser, 17 September

University boosted in student survey. Brighton Argus, 18 September

Satisfaction level at ARU is down. Cambridge Evening Standard, 19 September

Westminster students least satisfied in UK. Wood & Vale, 19 September

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Buckingham staff in the news

Professor Geoffrey Alderman

  • Coral Weddings. Jewish Chronicle, 5 September
  • Are degrees worth the paper they're printed on? The Independent, 8 September
  • The real sting of the QAA whip. Times Higher Education, 11 September
  • Minister wants to "lower threshold for complaints" against universities. www.independent.co.uk, 12 September
  • Second-guessing poll position. Times Higher Education, 18 September
  • Whiplashes on target in standards debate. Times Higher Education, 18 September
  • Making it pay. Economist, 20 September

Professor Jonathan Arch

  • Obesity and diabetes. Pharma Business Week, 22 September
  • Obesity and diabetes. Obesity, Fitness and Wellness Week, 27 September

Professor Peter Cooke

  • Call for re-think of motor finance. Motor Industry Magazine, 1 September
  • Toyota and Land Rover cut shifts as sales slip. Professional Engineering, 3 September
  • Brakes put on used car market. Motor Trader, 8 September
  • Buyers' markets as used car prices fall. Birmingham Post, 12 September
  • Misery for the used car seller. Burton Mail, 12 September
  • Falling prices in the used car market. Hull Daily Mail, 19 September
  • Poor prospecting loses sales leads. Automotive Management, 19 September

Professor Anthony Glees

  • Culture in the state-funded sector condones failure, claims professor. Times Higher Education. 4 September

Julian Lovelock (Chief Operating Officer)

  • Welfare replacing academic curriculum say heads. Daily Telegraph, 29 September
  • Private schools "more exclusive" as fees rise. Daily Telegraph, 29 September
  • Teachers are "being turned into social workers". www.telegraph.co.uk, 30 September

Professor Alan Smithers / Dr Pamela Robinson / Centre for Education and Employment Research

  • Drop-out rate increses. Independent Education Today, 1 September
  • Bridging the divide. Public Finance. 5 September
  • Playing games isn't the answer. The Independent, 18 September
  • Dr Tony Gardiner: "The Fast Forward Maths programme is crazy". www.independent.co.uk, 18 September
  • Elite universities have unhappiest students. Sunday Times, 21 September
  • Mathematics In crisis. Haslemere Messenger, 24 September
  • Number of teacher vacancies rises by 25% in just a year. Daily Telegraph, 26 September
  • State schools "cost more than private because of Labour's red tape". www.dailymail.co.uk, 27 September
  • Tories promise 3,000 independent schools in parent power revolution. The Mail on Sunday, 28 September
  • City victims of crunch could ease teacher shortage. Evening Standard, 29 September
  • Top head in call to cut red tape. www.guardian.co.uk, 29 September
  • X Factor fills vacuum left by God in schools, says head. The Guardian, 30 September
  • Schools at risk as teaching vacancies soar. www.telegraph.co.uk, 30 September

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Alumni in the news

Johnny Sandelson (History, Politics & English Literature, 1989)

  • GuestInvest arrives in Cornwall. www.property.timesonline.co.uk, 21 September

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Appearances and publications

Professor Geoffrey Alderman

  • was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live on 7 September. The interview investigated fake degrees from a bogus university in the US.
  • was interviewed for More4 TV news on Islamic Sharia courts and UK law, 17 September
  • took his first train driving lesson on the Mid-Hants Railway on 18 September. Professor Alderman is the author of The Railway Interest.
  • Alderman, G. Hate material online? Let it stay. Jewish Chronicle, 5 September
  • Alderman, G. Why I'm optimistic about peace. Jewish Chronicle, 12 September
  • Alderman, G. Playing politics at the mikveh. Jewish Chronicle, 19 September
  • Letter: Citizenship and religious freedom. The Times, 23 September
  • Alderman, G. A Reform chief rabbinate soon? Jewish Chronicle, 26 September

Tom Burkard (Research Fellow, Education)

  • Letter: Sport better than Ritalin. Daily Telegraph, 26 September

Dr Deborah Davenport

  • Winzer, Jane A. and Deborah S. Davenport, "Conflict over natural resources", in Snarr, Michael T. and D. Neil Snarr (eds), . Introducing Global Issues (4th ed., Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2008), .ch.15, pp.287-307.
    Read more about this article in our Publication of the week section (27 October 2008)

Dr Gregory Ioannidis

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Local news

Schools unite for exhibition. Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser , 12 September

University of Buckingham. Milton Keynes Citizen, 16 September

Top grading - for the third time. Bicester Review, 19 September

Keep eye on the sky for flying friends. Bicester Review, 19 September

Buckingham students have voted their university the best in the United Kingdom for student satisfaction for the third year in succession - placing it above its illustrious neighbours, Oxford and Cambridge. MK News, 24 September

University scholarship can be won. Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser, 26 September

University box (Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser; Brackley & Towcester Advertiser; Bicester Review)

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