Buckingham in the news

June 2009 update

Top universities 'should sever ties with Government'. Daily Telegraph, 1 June.

'Privatise' top UK universities. bbc.co.uk, 2 June.

Getting into university: A-Z of universities and colleges. The Independent (external link), 22 June.

GW Pharma establishes university cannabis collaboration. Science Business, 25 June.
GW expands cannabinoid research in the field of diabetes and metabolic disease. Diabetes News, June 2009.

Why are modern scientists so dull? Information Processing Blog, 19 June. http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-are-modern-scientists-so-dull.html

Are children getting dumber? Prospect, June 2009.
European elections 2009: How Labour let the BNP flex its muscles. Daily Telegraph, 8 June.
Have new diplomas defied their critics? The Times, 19 June.
British ministers to scrap centralized education policy. Buenos Aires Herald, 26 June.

Marc Gené (Economics, 1995)

led two workshops entitled "Exporting is Fun" at the UKTI / CIM Seminar Take it to the World - The Power of Exporting at Loughborough University, 10 June.
presented a talk entitled "Investment and other opportunities in Poland" at the East Midlands International Trade Association Seminar, Partner with Poland, at Loughborough University, 10 June.
was interviewed by Andrew Kay on Mix '96 promoting the AVDC Business Enterprise Scholarship, 24 June.

recorded an interview for BBC TV South-East on bogus colleges and the UK Border Agency; broadcast on 4 June.
If the history of the British Union of Fascists tells us anything, it's that physical confrontation isn't likely to diminish support for it (letter). The Times, 11 June.
was interviewed for BBC Northern Ireland on 25 June about the appointment of John Bercow, the first Jewish speaker of the House of Commons. He also talked about the appointment on 28 June on BBC Radio Merseyside, Kent, Leeds, Manchester, West Midlands, 3 Counties, Cumbria, Oxford, Stoke, Cambridge, Leicester and Cornwall.
HSA's policies need attention. Jewish Chronicle, 4 June.
The real Obama ultimatum. Jewish Chronicle, 11 June.
So long, Ken's synthetic Simcha. guardian.co.uk, 16 June.
Women rabbis? Why ever not? Jewish Chronicle, 18 June.
Are all Jews in the news ours? Jewish Chronicle, 25 June.

was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live on General Motors , 1 June.
recorded a 25-minute interview on 4 June with BBC World Service on the developing global automotive industries. The interview was used in a number of short pieces over the next few days.
The United Kingdom automotive industries: status, economic recovery and expectations a report for the SMMT (Buckingham: CAM, June 2009). Executive summary (191 KB); Full text (1,127 KB)

Guys, be glad to be grey or thinning on top. The Times, 2 June.
We need to set up a new standards agency. The Independent, 4 June.
Freeing universities to charge higher fees will be a bargain. Daily Telegraph, 4 June.

appeared on The World at One (BBC Radio 4) on 26 June with Ed Balls, Secretary of State, David Blunkett, former Secretary of State, and Barry Sheerman, Chairman of the Education Select Committee, discussing the leaked plans for the Government to scrap the national teaching strategies.

Chloe Woodhead (Chairman of Council)

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