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In the news – 9 February 2016
9 February 2016Professor Anthony Glees appearances Radio appearances: Professor Glees has been interviewed about: the Doomsday Clock and its significance by BBC Radio Scotland on the Kaye Adams morning programme jihadism in UK prisons by BBC Three Counties Radio the European migrant…
Publication of the week: Dr Brendan Fleming
8 February 2016Brendan Fleming, “The Leaving of Paris: Some Contrasts and Parallels between George Moore and James Joyce”, in George Moore’s Paris and His Ongoing French Connections, eds Michel Brunet, Fabienne Gaspari and Mary Pierse (Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang, 2015), 57-70.…
Buckingham sees launch of 11th National Student Survey
1 February 2016This week sees the launch of the National Student Survey (NSS) 2016. Entering its eleventh year at Buckingham, the NSS gives final year students the opportunity to comment on teaching, assessment, feedback, academic support, learning resources, personal development, and the…
Publication of the week: Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt
1 February 2016S.K. Mukherjee & J.A. Scutt (eds), Women and Crime (Routledge Library Editions: Women and Crime 2, Abingdon: Routledge, 2016). 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1-138-18655-2. This book was first published in 1981 by the Australian Institute of Criminology, and was a major…
In the news – 26 January
28 January 2016Professor Anthony Glees appearances: Radio and TV interviews The terrorist threat one year after the Charlie Hebdo attacks on primetime RTE News (Ireland). The implications of the Litvenko assassination by BBC 3 Counties and BBC Oxford. Print appearances: ‘Sick ISIS…
In the news – 19 January 2016
19 January 2016Professor Anthony Glees was interviewed about: The Istanbul bombings by BBC Radio Berkshire Print appearances: ‘Extremists of all hues ‘regard students as low-hanging fruit’’, Times Higher Education, 14 January ‘Politisch ganz korrekt’, Faz (Frankfurter Allgemeine), 13 January Other appearances: Professor…
Buckingham’s educational partner wins Best University Award
14 January 2016The Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (SSST) – which has close ties with the University of Buckingham – has won the Special Award for the Best University in Bosnia and Herzogovina in 2015. The award was presented to Emir…
In the news – 12 January 2016
12 January 2016Professor Anthony Glees appearances Radio and TV interviews: Professor Glees was interviewed about: the alleged Korean ‘H-bomb’ test on BBC Radio Oxford the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris a year ago on BBC Radio Scotland David Cameron’s EU policy on…
New Director of the Institute of International Monetary Research
11 January 2016Dr Juan Castañeda has become the first full-time Director of the Institute of International Monetary Research. Dr Castañeda, currently a lecturer in economics at the University of Buckingham, has extensive experience researching in monetary policy and central banking. In particular,…
Publication of the week: J.E. Castañeda, D.G. Mayes & G. Wood
11 January 2016Castañeda, Juan E., David G. Mayes & Geoffrey Wood (eds), European Banking Union: Prospects and Challenges (Abingdon: Routledge, 2016). ISBN: 978-1-13-890650-1. Recent failures and rescues of large banks have resulted in colossal costs to society. In the wake of such…