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Recent articles in newspapers and magazines (since January 2006)

The following articles in newspapers and magazines have been written by University of Buckingham staff since January 2006. They are listed here in chronological order, with the most recent first. In some cases the full text of the article is available as a PDF document. Please save PDFs before viewing.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Review of A. Julius, Trials of the Diaspora. Times Higher Education, 29 April 2010.

Smithers, Alan. Why will no party be bold on school admissions? The Independent, 29 April 2010.

Glees, Anthony. My eureka moment: The enemies within. Times Higher Education, 22 April 2010.

Lovelock, Julian. Going private. Critical Reaction, 20 April 2010.

Kealey, Terence. Cut state funding to universities. Let them stand alone. The Times, 19 March 2010.

Sikora, Karol. The NHS investigated: keep the politicians out of it. Daily Telegraph, 12 March 2010.

Smithers, Alan. Targeting education: the experience of the Labour government 1997-2010. British Politics Review 5.1 (2010), 8-9.

Kealey, Terence. Think tank: Let private schools run universities. Sunday Times, 7 February 2010.

Glees, Anthony. Tolerating exclusive societies is nail in coffin of university ideals. Evening Standard, 25 January 2010.

Kealey, Terence. For students' sake, free the market. The Guardian, 12 January 2010.

Smithers, Alan. Why do the political parties have so little to offer us? The Independent, 7 January 2010.

Cooke, Peter. Green risk management. Asset Finance Europe, 5 January 2010.

Cooke, Peter. Motor vehicles as green assets. Asset Finance Europe, 16 December 2009.

Kealey, Terence. The American lesson: How to be top. Times Higher Education, 26 November 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Beware of selling your soul to the knowledge economy. The Independent, 19 November 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Cambridge dons wouldn't want for books at Tesco library. The Times, 10 November 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Publish on the Net and you may be damned. Times Education Supplement, 16 October 2009.

Smithers, Alan. Exams we can trust will make admissions fairer. Sunday Times, 13 September 2009.

Alderman, Geoffrey. A blind eye has been turned to cheating in universities. The Times, 4 August 2009.

Cooke, Peter. Post Recession industry location: Opportunity or nightmare? Automotive Logistics Leaders, July 2009.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Review: M. Tight, Higher Education in the United Kingdom since 1945. Times Higher Education, 30 July 2009.

Sikora, Karol. Swine flu: only a dose of humanity can save us from this modern plague. The Observer, 26 July 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Falling out of love with market myths. New Scientist 2718, 25 July 2009.

Glees, Anthony. No remorse from KGB spy Anthony Blunt… and no clue as to the traitor who saved him from hanging. Daily Mail, 24 July 2009.

Alderman, Geoffrey. The law of the land collides with the Law of Moses. The Times, 3 July 2009.

Smithers, Alan. We are heartily fed up with being spun to. The Independent, 2 July 2009.

Cooke, Peter. The future of car ownership. Motor Finance, June 2009.

Cooke, Peter. Princes in the Tower - where were the social workers? Motor Finance, June 2009.

O'Keeffe, Dennis. Truancy: it's not just the pupils who bunk off. The Independent, 18 June 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Freeing universities to charge higher fees will be a bargain. Daily Telegraph, 4 June 2009.

Kealey, Terence. We need to set up a new standards agency. The Independent, 4 June 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Guys, be glad to be grey or thinning on top. The Times, 2 June 2009.

Charlton, Bruce. Why are modern scientists so dull? How science selects for perseverance and sociability at the expense of intelligence and creativity. Medical Hypotheses 72.3 (March 2009), 237-243. Link to full text: http://www.medical-hypotheses.com/issues/contents?issue_key=S0306-9877(09)X0002-2 (external link).

Kealey, Terence. Why Oxford University had to resist Sir Victor Blank. The Times, 19 March 2009.

Kealey, Terence. The honours degree system must not be allowed to die. The Guardian, 24 February 2009.

Kealey, Terence. Review of R.B. Laughlin, The Crime of Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind. Times Higher Education, 18 December 2008.

Kealey, Terence. A testing education is not rocket science. Sunday Telegraph, 30 November 2008.

Alderman, Geoffrey. A two-year degree would be affordable to more students. The Guardian, 25 November 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Degrees won't be trusted until regulation changes. The Guardian, 11 November 2008.

Mahesh, VS. Our students are our customers. MK Business, November 2008.
The full text of this article is available in PDF format (194 KB)

Cooke, Peter. "Central and Eastern European countries - the next challenge", Auto Focus Asia 2008.4

Alderman, Geoffrey. Review of D. MacShane, Globalising Hatred: The New Antisemitism. Jewish Chronicle, 24 October 2008.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Obituary: Rev. Leslie Hardman. The Guardian, 13 October 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Review of O. Harman & M.R. Dietrich (eds), Rebels, Mavericks and Heretics in Biology. Times Higher Education, 2 October 2008.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Bordering on the bureaucratic. The Guardian, 9 September 2008.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Face to faith. The Guardian, 16 August 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Siege mentality. Times Higher Education, 14 August.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Secretive and powerful - The Anglo-Jewish establishment, Manna, Summer 2008, 4-5.

Smithers, Alan. Heads must roll over the SATs debacle. The Independent, 24 July 2008.

Smithers, Alan. A level-two pie in the sky, The House Magazine 1270, 14 July 2008.

Kealey, Terence. The state should keep its hands off Oxbridge. The Independent, 26 June 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Of course undergrads are making the grade. Daily Telegraph, 25 June 2008.

Smithers, Alan. Home education's time may have come. The Independent, 19 June 2008.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Opinion: The grotesque bidding game undermining our universities. The Times, 18 June 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Freedom to talk rubbish (review of R. O'Neil, Academic Freedom in the Wired World). Times Higher Education Supplement, 29 May.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Can science save us from the NHS? The Times, 26 May 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Wallace: a case of natural selection. The Times, 12 May 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Peer review? Give the guy a break. The Times, 28 April 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: S&M: just part of the social order. The Times, 14 April 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Jodrell Bank: It's all Brown's fault. The Times, 31 March 2008.

O'Hear, Anthony. Review of S. Akhtar, The Quran and the Secular Mind: A Philosophy of Islam. Times Higher Education Supplement, 13 March 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Why an expensive glass of wine spells trouble for the NHS. The Times, 25 February 2008.

Alderman, Geoffrey. A climate of trepidation. Times Higher Education Supplement, 21 February 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Peer review: The myth of the noble scientist. Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2008; Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 2008.

Kealey, Terence. These islands. Prospect, 1 February 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Dr Venter's life-giving miracle. The Times, 26 January 2008.

Kealey, Terence. Change the way Oxford's run? Vive la résistance! The Guardian, 18 December 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Universities have a new hero - they just don't know it yet. The Guardian, 27 November 2007.

Kealey, Terence. What's in a name? Our reputation for a start. The Guardian, 13 November 2007.

Kealey, Terence. The state is crowding out successful market mechanisms. The Guardian, 31 October 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: You're a natural born voter. The Times, 29 October 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Emmanuel lights way on self-governance. Times Higher Education Supplement, 19 October 2007.

Smithers, Alan. Can academies solve so many problems? The Independent, 18 October 2007.

Smithers, Alan. Take great care in choosing your subject and university. Sunday Times University Guide, 23 September 2007.

Kealey, Terence. They fiddled the figures: do you agree or disagree? The Times, 13 September 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Why Britain lacks a Noam Chomsky. The Independent, 13 September 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Who needs an incentive to make money? The Guardian, 11 September 2007.

Smithers, Alan. Making the grades, Fabian Review 119.2, Summer 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Rising levels of discontent. The Times, 20 August 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. In the doldrums. The Guardian, 15 August 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Nudge, wink, it's only human. The Times, 13 August 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: Why sadists are so useful. The Times, 30 July 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. 'At risk' of not delivering for our students. Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 July 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Body politics. Guardian Online, 18 July 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Why I'm not joining the party. Jerusalem Post, 10 July 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Boycott, schmoycott. Jerusalem Post, 4 July 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. Obituary: Rabbi Josef Dunner. The Guardian, 2 July 2007.

Kealey, Terence. We should be very afraid of Gordon Brown. Education (supplement of The Independent), 21 June 2007.

Barry, Norman. The concept of a free society, Il Dusunce [Turkey], 13 June 2007.

Barry, Norman. Japan: Now a delightful country. Zaman [Turkey], June 2007.

Alderman, Geoffrey. A slippery slope to totalitarianism. Education Guardian (supplement of The Guardian), 24 May.

Kealey, Terence. Why Cameron must go private. Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 April 2007.

Barry, Norman. Europe: still a laggard economy. The Freeman 57.2, March 2007.
Read Professor Barry's article on the Foundation for Economic Education website (external link)

Kealey, Terence. Why Cameron must go private. Education Guardian, 27 February 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: You're never too old to dream. The Times, 19 February 2007.

Kealey, Terence. Best things in life cost fees. Sunday Telegraph, 18 February 2007.

Smithers, Alan. Blair's legacy is a mess; how can we clear it up? The Independent, 7 December 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Oxford's corporate madness. The Times, 14 November 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Science Notebook: $10 says that we're never going to learn how to share and share alike. The Times, 6 November.

Cannon, Tom. Operational excellence in manufacturing from leadership and integration. Manufacturing Computer Solutions, November 2006.

Kealey, Terence. A note to zealots: fundamentally, Charles Darwin was right all along. The Times, 30 October 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Time for Britain to grow its own Ivy League. The Independent, 26 October 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Market forces will spell the end of invincibility. Times Higher Education Supplement, 22 September 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Why is a Hindu temple like a Soho phone box? Must I draw you a picture? The Times, 18 September 2006.

Barry, Norman. Why Horie could be Japan's Michael Milken. Financial Times, 6 September 2006.

Barry, Norman. The passing of a libertarian activist: Chris Tame (1949-2006). The Freeman 56.7, September 2006.

Smithers, Alan. A-levels and beyond. Daily Telegraph, 17 August 2006.

Kealey, Terence. The Empress loved mauve: how today's chemical industry was invented. The Times, 14 August 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Trust me, I'm an acetyl-transferase. How to find virtue in an enzyme. The Times, 7 August 2006.

Ridley, Jane. Review of William Kuhn: The Politics of Pleasure: A Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli. The Spectator, 4 August 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Review of Stewart Lansley: Rich Britain: The Rise and Rise of the New Super-Wealthy. Times Higher Education Supplement, 28 July 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Review of Donald McRae: Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart. Sunday Telegraph, 16 July 2006.

Ridley, Jane. Review of Gavin Stamp: The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. Sunday Telegraph, 16 July 2006.

Lovelock, Julian. Happy Birthday, Buckingham. Independent Education Today, June 2006.

Ridley, Jane. Review of John Campbell: "If Love Were All …" The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George. Literary Review, June 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Can science get by without your tax money? Just ask them over at IBM. The Times, 5 June 2006.

Ridley, Jane. Review of Saul David: Victoria's Wars. The Spectator, 27 May 2006.

Barry, Norman. Japan, Germany and the end of the Third Way. The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty 56(4), May 2006.

Ridley, Jane. Dancing on a volcano. Review of Juliet Nicolson: The Perfect Summer. Literary Review, May 2006.

Ridley, Jane. The thrill of the chase. Review article on Charlie Pye-Smith: Rural Rites: Hunting and the Politics of Prejudice and Candida Clarke: The Chase. The Spectator, 29 April 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Sorry, Maestro Barenboim. Music is for idiots and neanderthals. The Times, 29 April 2006.

Barry, Norman. Arthur Seldon's contribution to freedom. The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty 56(3), April 2006.

Barry, Norman. The de-Thatcherisation of Britain. Freedom Today, March / April 2006.

Smithers, Alan. How Easter conferences make clowns of teachers. The Independent, 20 April 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Why is a woman's brain smaller than a man's? Maybe because she's a fox. The Times, 3 April 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Beware academic alligators. The Times, 8 March 2006.

O'Hear, Anthony. Ignorance of the past makes us impotent before the present. Daily Telegraph, 17 February 2006.

Ridley, Jane. Review of Frankie Morris: Artist of Wonderland: The Life, Political Cartoons and Illustrations of Tenniel. The Spectator, 4 February 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Independence is worth celebrating. Ask the US. The Guardian, 31 January 2006.

Smithers, Alan. American research shows Kelly the way. The Independent, 12 January 2006.

Kealey, Terence. Why childcare experts need a good smacking. The Times, 8 December 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Why do men find big lips and little noses so sexy? I'll paint you a picture. The Times, 28 November 2005.

Kealey, Terence. That way doth madness lie. THES, 4 November 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Bacon's shadow. Prospect 115, October 2005.

Smithers, Alan. Do better results mean worse exams? Managing Schools Today, October 2005.

Smithers, Alan. Blair's report will say: "could have done better". The Independent, 29 September 2005.

Kealey, Terence. How languishing low in the pecking order becomes a depressing business. The Times, 23 August 2005.

Kealey, Terence. The President, the First Lady, and a rooster who just couldn't say no. The Times, 8 August 2005.

Kealey, Terence. If you ever feel like killing your neighbour, a chimp can tell you why. The Times, 1 August 2005.

Woodhead, Chris. Let's banish God from the classroom. Sunday Times, 24 July 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Putting the big in bang (review of Diane Preston, Before the Fall-Out ). Sunday Telegraph, 24 July.
Read the review on the Telegraph website (external link)

Barry, Norman. Guilt and debt at the G8 Summit. Brussels Journal, 6 July 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Violence is natural, but it can be tamed. The Times, 16 June 2005.

Woodhead, Chris. How can teachers be made to adopt phonics? The Independent, 9 June 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Will the Education White Paper be good for science? Unpopular but correct. Science & Public Affairs, June 2005.
Read the article on the BA website (external link)

Smithers, Alan. Blairism is Thatcherism with a few knobs on. The Independent, 19 May 2005.

Ridley, Jane. Review of Annabel Venning, Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and Present. Sunday Telegraph, 8 May 2005.
Read the review on the Telegraph website (external link)

Barry, Norman. Dutch join French in rejecting EU constitution. Foundation for Economic Education website, 2 June 2005.

Kealey, Terence. The painful truth about Bacon; and the bad men who did good science. Times Science Notebook, 18 April 2005.

Ridley, Jane. Review of Julia Briggs, Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life. Sunday Telegraph, 3 April 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Feeling headachy about the shortage of new drugs? Take a couple of paracetamol. Times Science Notebook, 28 February 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Personal view: Britons must open their wallets if we are to match the Ivy League. Daily Telegraph, 21 February 2005.

Kealey, Terence. Science is for posh kids. The Spectator, 5 February 2005.

O'Keeffe, Dennis. Why did we ignore the parents? TES, 28 January 2005.

Woodhead, Chris. Kelly's zeros: the school reforms she'll fluff. Sunday Times, 9 January 2005.

Barry, Norman. Capitalism - the threat from within. Risk of Freedom Briefing 22, January 2005.
Read Professor Barry's article in Risk of Freedom Briefing (external link)

Kealey, Terence. What is... 'intelligent design'? The Times, 18 December 2004.

Smithers, Alan. True to form. The Guardian, 14 December 2004.
Read Professor Smithers' article in The Guardian (external link)

Kealey, Terence. Escape the RAE knife. THES, 10 December 2004.
Read Dr Kealey's article in the THES (external link)

Smithers, Alan. Why teachers should be trained in schools. The Independent, 9 December 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Only Lenin would rejoice in how we fund our universities. Daily Telegraph, 2 December 2004.

Kealey, Terence. An Offa you can't refuse. The Guardian, 16 November 2004.
Read Dr Kealey's article in The Guardian (external link)

Kealey, Terence. Who says science is about facts? They only get in the way of a good theory. Times Science Notebook, 15 November 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Why malaria won't be back, and why sex isn't such a big thing for gorillas. Times Science Notebook, 8 November 2004.

Barry, Norman. The European Constitution: a requiem? The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, October 2004.
Read Professor Barry's article in The Freeman (external link)

Smithers, Alan. Diploma in demolition. The Guardian, 18 October 2004.
Read Professor Smithers' article in The Guardian (external link)

Kealey, Terence. How we could have our own Ivy League. Daily Telegraph, 13 October 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Cost of inflated arrogance. The Times, 4 October 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Why Britain puts off foreign students. Financial Times, 15 September 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Let them charge fees - it's the best way to fund universities. The Times, 9 September 2004.

Smithers, Alan. Applied learning. The Guardian, 26 August 2004.

Kealey, Terence. It is ugly, but acne has its advantages. Ask Stone Age man. The Times, 30 July 2004.

Smithers, Alan. How about a lottery for selecting pupils? The Independent, 15 July 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Science spending is a waste of public money. Financial Times, 13 July 2004.

Lawrence, Ivan (Visting Professor of Law). £46.50 a day is not exploiting the system. The Times, 6 July 2004.

Woodhead, Chris. A prince among teachers. Sunday Times, 4 July 2004.

Woodhead, Chris. Beware personal learning. Daily Telegraph, 30 June 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Beware! It's the attack of the medieval bigots. The Times, 17 June 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Boisterous boys are too much like hard work, so we drug them into conformity. The Times, 4 June 2004.

Ioannidis, Gregory. High times at the Games. Lex Magazine, Summer Term 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Campus currency. Times Higher Education Supplement, 28 May 2004.

Barry, Norman. Estonia moves to liberty. The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, May 2004.

Kealey, Terence. Excellent: this Bill brings us closer to privatised universities. The Times, 1 April 2004.

Rowell, James. How companies remain competitive. Control Magazine, March 2004.

Barry, Norman. The hidden menace of morality. Salisbury Review, Spring 2004.

O'Hear, Anthony. Cambridge makes a monkey of academic freedom. The Times, 28 January 2004.
Read Professor O'Hear's article in The Times (external link)

Kealey, Terence. Is the university year too short? The Guardian, 20 January 2004.

Woodhead, Chris. Education: an inspiring challenge, or mission impossible? Sunday Times, 18 January 2004.
Read Professor Woodhead's article in the The Sunday Times (external link)

Kealey, Terence. The ultimate social club. Times Higher Education Supplement, 16 January 2004.

Barry, Norman. Rights of birth and choice. Salisbury Review, Winter 2003.

Drew, John. A twist in the tale. The Guardian, 1 November 2003.
Read Dr Drew's article in the The Guardian (external link)

Kealey, Terence. Trust me, it's our middle managers that make us rich. The Times, 27 October 2003.

Kealey, Terence. What Anglican primates can learn from hairy primates. The Times, 16 October 2003.

Kealey, Terence. You may mock gay duck science, but it's not quackery. The Times, 3 October 2003.

Barry, Norman. The loss of a scholar: Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson. The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, September 2003.

Kealey, Terence. It's a fee fight. The Guardian, 23 September 2003.
(Read Dr Kealey's article in The Guardian (external link))

Barry, Norman. Conservative classics: Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies. Salisbury Review , Autumn 2003.

Edwards, Susan. Injustice that puts a low price on a woman's life. The Times, 2 September 2003.

Scruton, Roger. Will a TV series show us that reading and writing matter? Daily Telegraph, 6 August 2003.

O'Hear, Anthony. Drop the control monsieur. Daily Telegraph, 2 July 2003.

Barry, Norman. A European constitution?. Salisbury Review, Summer 2003.

Barry, Norman. Law and property: the best hope for liberty? The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, July - August 2003.
Read Professor Barry's article in The Freeman (external link)

Edwards, Susan. Absolution - the power of parole. The Times, 24 June 2003.

Kealey, Terence. Poor marks for IDS , the new Marxist on the block. The Times, 14 May 2003.
For a precis of the article and details of how to get a copy please see our news article entitled " Vice-Chancellor writes article for The Times "

Kealey, Terence. School fees for all would sort out education. The Times, 15 April 2003.
For a precis of the article and details of how to get a copy please see our news article entitled "Tory Party plans threaten the University of Buckingham"

Barry, Norman. Germany must rediscover the market. Financial Times, 23 January 2003.

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