Buckingham in the news

July 2007 update

Inspired writer becomes published author. Freeport News [Bahamas], 23 July. The article is about Domek Rolle (LLB 2007).

Awards prove a big draw. Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 July.

Teachers not up to their jobs. Western Morning News, 9 July.

Professor Tom Cannon

Private pleasure, but no public virtue. The Guardian, 17 July.
Terence Kealey on a Nobel Laureate famous for a moment of caddishness. Seven, 29 July.
Science Notebook: Why sadists are so useful. The Times, 30 July.

It takes two to educate. The Guardian, 3 July.
Letters: An academic point. The Independent, 5 July.
I got it wrong, says Smithers. Times Educational Supplement, 6 July.
Maths - added value. Times Educational Supplement, 6 July.
Teachers reject report's 'crisis' claims. EducationGuardian.co.uk, 9 July.
School values. New Statesman, 9 July.
Struggling school "should be able to raise salaries to attract teachers". The Independent, 9 July.
Other stories we liked. The Times, 10 July.
Struggling primary pupils to get more one-to-one maths lessons. The Times, 11 July.
Free transport plan to break middle-class grip on best schools. Daily Telegraph, 18 July.
Pupils face lower marks for strings of A-levels. Sunday Telegraph, 22 July.
British schools trade Dickens for … cooking. Seattle Times, 24 July.
Never mind history, I'll study Space Invaders. Daily Mail, 25 July.
Free travel will weaken middle-class monopoly of good schools. Telegraph Weekly, 25 July.
Only the strong survive PGCE. Times Educational Supplement, 27 July.

Many teachers "not good enough". Metro.co.uk, 8 July.
Report warns of crisis in teaching. East Anglian Daily Times series, 9 July.
Schools in crisis as staff "not up to job". Walsall West Mid Express and Star, 9 July.
Career crisis. Bath Chronicle, 9 July.
Report hits out at quality of teaching. Swindon Evening Advertiser, 9 July.
Schools "facing a staffing crisis". Warwickshire Telegraph, 9 July.
Teachers "do not know their subjects". itv.com, 9 July.
Teaching staff not up to the job. Ic Wales, 9 July.

Alderman, G. & R. Brown. "American and British higher education: Common problems, common responses",College and University Journal 82.3 (Summer 2007), 19-24.
Alderman, G. "Orthodox Judaism and Chief Rabbis in Britain", Jewish Journal of Sociology 49.1/2 (2007), 80-83.
Alderman, G. Obituary of Rabbi Josef Dunner, The Guardian, 3 July, 35.
Alderman, G. "Boycott, shmoycott", Jerusalem Post, 4 July, 13.
Alderman, G. "Don't let the churches drop us", Jewish Chronicle, 6 July, 35.
Alderman, G. "Why I'm not joining the party", Jerusalem Post, 10 July, 13.
Alderman, G. "Keep extremists out of college", Jewish Chronicle, 13 July, 31.
Alderman, G. "Body politics", Guardian Online, 18 July.
Alderman, G. "Small communities are history", Jewish Chronicle, 20 July, 27.
Alderman, G. " 'At risk' of not delivering for our students", Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 July, 13.
Alderman, G. "Keep religion out of the courts", Jewish Chronicle, 27 July, 29.

Professor Norman Barry

Barry, N. "The concept of a free society", Il Dusunce [Turkey] 13 (June 2007), 115-126.

had an interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Law in Action (31 July) and also an interview on Three Counties Radio, both on the reform of feudal law.
Read our news article: Judith Bray speaks on reform of manorial rights

appeared on Nightwaves, BBC Radio 3, 9 July.
appeared on the Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, 10 July.
gave the 16th Annual Hayek Lecture entitled "Governments need not fund science" at the Institute of Economic Affairs in Westminster, 10 July.
Read our news article: 16th Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture
gave three lectures at a Globalization, Technology and Development seminar organised by the Institute of Humane Studies at the San Jose State University, California, 14-20 July.

gave a talk on "Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities" at Gresham College, Holborn, London, as part of the City of London Festival, 3 July.
led a walk for The Dickens Fellowship on Dickensian connections in Spitalfields and Whitechapel called "Dickens Goes east", 7 July.

Changes to the Film Place programme. Brackley & Towcester Advertiser, 13 July.

A taste of Venice. Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser; Brackley & Towcester Advertiser; Bicester Review, 20 July.

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

6 July. Alumni summer party.
20 July. Dr. Nicola Smith: Ruskin, Venice and England.
Read more about Dr Smith's lecture
27 July. Dr. Joachim Strupp: If it's Tuesday, it must be Venice.
Read more about Dr Strupp's lecture

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