The University of Buckingham

Happy Shavuot to all our Jewish students, staff, alumni and friends from The University of Buckingham! 💛

We are thrilled to welcome five new trustee members appointed to The University of Buckingham’s Governing Council. A warm welcome to Kristina Church, ACA, Andy Dunkley, Katie Nykanen, Nadia Strone, MBA, GPHR and Phil Wolfenden.

Mark Qualter, Chair of Council, stated:
“We are fortunate at Buckingham to benefit from the insight of a group of trustees who bring a diverse breadth of skills and experience. Our newest independent members are highly skilled leaders who bring a wealth of expertise gained from the commercial, public and third sectors. That we are able to attract such talent is testament to the appeal of the University and its unique position in the sector.

“Universities are facing unprecedented challenges, and the strength of our board will be key to providing the required support and challenge to the management team in driving forward our strategic ambitions for sustainable growth.”

The Council is the University’s governing body with ultimate responsibility for its strategic plans and the effective use of its resources.

In addition to the new trustee appointments, Council has also approved the co-option of two new members to its committees, welcoming Nitesh Magdani and Martin Kersey. This approach has been taken by Council as a means of creating a pipeline of trustee candidates for the future.

Further details about all the University’s new appointees are available here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4c5i1pi

We're getting excited for our next Buckingham Campus Open Day! 🎊 Find out if Buckingham is the right place for you on 13 July ✨

Join us to...
🚶 Tour our campus and facilities
🏡 Check out our accommodation
👋 Ask our students and academics about our degrees
📚 Experience a taster session on your chosen subject

Book now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4bSYys7

Could your next role be with The University of Buckingham? Take a look at our new June job vacancies...

✨ Student Fees Assistant, 9 Jun⏰
✨ FMHS Deputy Quality Lead (Maternity Cover), 9 Jun⏰
✨ FMHS Quality Administrator, 9 Jun⏰
✨ Project Support Officer - 6-month fixed term contract, 9 Jun⏰
✨ Student Counsellor, 12 Jun⏰
✨ Faculty Quality Manager, 14 Jun⏰
✨ Buildings Operative (Two Positions Available), 19 Jul⏰

Find out more about all of our current vacancies and apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/3xJbMs7

Know someone who might be interested? Tag them below 👇

Day 1 at UCAS University of East London 📍

Our UK Recruitment team are eager to fill you in on all the opportunities waiting for you at The University of Buckingham. Come chat with us👋

If you applied to study with us in September 2024 through UCAS, it's time to reply to your offer!!⌛️

✨✈️ Exciting news from The University of Buckingham’s Law School! A team of undergraduate law students had the great honour of competing in the 47th Edition of the prestigious Telders International Law Moot Court Competition hosted by Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University in The Hague.

Competing against 26 other teams from across Europe, our students participated in four moots, representing both the Applicant and Respondent in a fictitious case before the International Court of Justice. The fictitious case, written by an ICJ Fellow, involved a dispute over an uninhabited island with newly found oil and gas. It escalated to espionage and a cyber-attack. The students represented both the Appellant, seeking to stop the attack, and the Respondents, arguing the attack was a legitimate response to a breach of international law.

Our team submitted detailed written memorials in March and presented compelling oral submissions to panels of esteemed judges, who challenged the students’ understanding of international law, their creativity, and their power of persuasion with many thought-provoking questions.

The team also had the honour of attending the Peace Palace - Vredespaleis for the opening and closing ceremonies, and to witness a very deserving team from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy of Ukraine win the final round.

Huge well done to our students and thank you to their dedicated coach, Dr Jessica Walsh, and all the staff who made this incredible experience possible!

We're at UCAS Maidstone today! 👋 Come and chat with Dan and Annette from our UK Recruitment team at stand 79 📍 to learn more about studying at The University of Buckingham.

Exam period starts today, lasting the next two weeks, and we just want to wish all our students the best of luck! You've got this 💪

May, you've been great 💛

1. 🌃 Brighter evenings, how pretty does Buckingham Town look at night?!
2. Remember when the Aurora Borealis appeared over Buckingham? 🌌✨️
3. 🚑🚨Year 3 Med students took part in their Major Incident Stimulation
4. Sunshine on campus 🌞
5. 👋 Talking all things Postgraduate at our Postgraduate Open Evening
6. Full house at our VC's Speaker Series 🎤
7. 🇬🇭 Visit from Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs
8. Ending the month with our Education PGCE Residential 📚

We're ready for you June!!

The University of Buckingham hosted a memorial for Lady Rose Luce, unveiling a plaque beside a new apple tree in her memory. The ceremony took place in the garden of the Humanities Research Centre (formerly Willowbank), where Lord and Lady Luce lived when Lord Luce was Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham between 1992 and 1996. 🌳💚

In attendance on the day were Lord Luce, and his son, Alexander. Guests commented on how thoughtful the ceremony was, bringing back fond memories in a place where Lady Rose Luce spent many happy years.

We had the privilege of welcoming the Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs last week to The University of Buckingham. Vice Chancellor, Professor James Tooley introduced the delegation from Ghana, including dignitaries who were visiting Buckingham as part of the minister’s campaign to be elected as Commonwealth Secretary General.

The Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey presented to students, many from commonwealth countries, as well as university staff. She delivered her presentation, ‘Realising the democratic dividend: a commonwealth imperative’.

The talk touched on the urgent need for strengthening democracies in the face of disinformation as a threat to peace and opportunity.

The Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey recently launched her campaign to be elected as the Commonwealth Secretary General and during her talk at Buckingham, she delivered her campaign message:

“I want to lead the Commonwealth to meet the needs of its citizens, so they can lead ambitious and fulfilling lives. As the challenges to democracy increase each year the Commonwealth must be a leader in re-engineering the democratic vision. I will use my well-known passion for accountable governance, and my extensive experience working with global leaders on interventions involving diplomacy, trade, youth, gender and democracy, to reposition the Commonwealth, fulfil our aspirations, and improve the lives of our people. The Commonwealth has great potential - it’s a sleeping giant waiting to be woken.”

We'd like to thank the Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey for her time, it was a momentous visit, one we'll remember in years to come!

Bank Holiday weekend sunshine at our Verney Park campus ☀️😍

Professor Luca Turin, Research Professor of Biomedical Research, has featured in an Arte documentary, highlighting his work on smell receptors. The Arte series includes short documentaries of approximately 30 minutes in length, featuring a range of scientific topics.

Luca’s work delves into the intricate science of scent, exploring the molecular complexity of fragrances and challenging traditional shape theory of olfaction. Using the vibrational theory of smell, Luca suggests our noses detect molecular vibrations, offering an alternative perspective on how we perceive scents.

This innovative approach has led to the creation of new odorants and a more efficient method for developing fragrance, which has revolutionised the industry.

Watch the documentary to find out more 👉

42: The Answer to Almost Everything - Why Is Smell So Important? - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English If they had to give up one of the five senses, most people would choose their sense of smell. But to lose this sense would more damaging than you might think. Because while smells bring back memories, they also alert us to our state of health and possible dangers...

Just flicking through photos from our Winter Graduations. We are so proud of our 2024 graduates 💛 If you graduated in March, see if you can spot yourself in the full album right here on our page 🎓🤩

Wishing those commemorating the life and teachings of Lord Buddha a beautiful Vesak Day. Wishing our students, staff, and partners a day filled with compassion, peace, and enlightenment 🌸💫

Don’t miss the chance to join Vice-Chancellor, Professor James Tooley, in discussion with Clare Short.

Clare became the MP for Birmingham Ladywood in 1983 and served as Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003. After leaving Parliament, she has chaired several non-governmental advocacy groups focused on communities in the developing world.

Clare will be talking on ‘A new and better foreign policy for Britain’.
Interested? Register your place 👉 https://bit.ly/4bJZfDm

Want to experience Buckingham? Whether you live in the UK or across the world, there are plenty of ways to explore what Buckingham can offer you.

Why not...
📹 Watch our Virtual Tours
💬 Talk to a current student
💻 Sign up for our Virtual Information Webinars
📚 Book a Subject Taster
🚶 Join us for a Campus Tour
🎈 Register for our next Open Day

For information, visit our website 👉 buckingham.ac.uk ✨

We are delighted to share that Professor Deba Bardhan Correia, Dean of Faculty of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Buckingham, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Women Leaders Awards 2024! 🏆✨

Women Leaders UK is a registered charity established to recognise women, strengthen leadership and support gender equality and diversity. Their annual awards recognise the achievements of remarkable women living and working within Milton Keynes.

Deba has been shortlisted in the category for Skills, Education and Training in recognition of her passion for providing a supportive environment for students to excel, having been involved in several mentoring and equality, diversion and inclusion initiatives. With expertise in services marketing and cross-cultural management, Deba upholds significant roles in programme and curriculum design, development and management in the faculty of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences. Recently, she was part of the judging panel at the Midlands Racial Equality in Medicine conference.

Congratulations, Deba, and best of luck for the awards ceremony from everyone at The University of Buckingham! 👏

So surreal 🤯 Aurora borealis in Buckingham was truly magical last night over our campus 🌌✨️

If you missed it, apparently the solar storm is happening this whole weekend so tag a friend in the comments so you can both look out for the lights tonight 👇

Save this for a weekend activity idea! 💛 Enjoy a walk to Stowe Landscape Gardens (part of the National Trust) by heading up the scenic Stowe Avenue, just a 10-minute walk from our Buckingham campus 🚶📍

We'd love to hear your weekend activity recommendations! Comment below 👇

National Trust - Stowe

The University of Buckingham has joined Independent Higher Education (IHE) 🎉

IHE are the UK membership organisation and national representative body for independent providers of higher education, professional training and pathways.

As a member of the IHE, The University of Buckingham maintains an independent approach, but joins a community who are highly responsive to the changing needs of learners, employers, professional bodies and collaborative organisations.

Speaking on joining IHE, Registrar, Christopher Payne said: “Joining IHE comes at an opportune time for us as an institution. The University has just launched its Strategic Plan 2023-2028, with our foundational values of academic freedom, independence, innovation and entrepreneurship right at its heart. We are aligned with IHE’s commitment to flexibility, innovation, student focus and collaboration and look forward to working with other independent providers in embracing our shared dedication to the student experience”.

Find out more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3yemoiY

Our interdisciplinary master’s students from the School of Business recently excelled in a challenging 3-day business competition for Cesim Elite Europe 2024! Against 124 students from 21 universities across 10 countries, Team "Bucks and Beyond" stood out with their dedication, teamwork, and entrepreneurial spirit. They excelled in every aspect, even earning the highest score in one task! 🏆

Under the guidance of Dr Soudabeh Bolourian and Dr Sarah Evans-Howe, they proved themselves as true winners. Congratulations all, a fantastic achievement! 🎉

Lots of new roles for May! If you're looking for a change, take a look at our new job vacancies below...

✨ Project Administrator - 6 month fixed term contract, 10 May ⏰
✨ Project Manager – 6 month fixed term contract, 10 May ⏰
✨ Project Support Officer - 6-month fixed term contract, 10 May ⏰
✨ Communications & Stakeholder Manager - 6 month fixed term contract, 10 May ⏰
✨ Faculty Admissions Officer, 10 May ⏰
✨ Events and Ceremonies Manager, 10 May ⏰
✨ Events and Ceremonies Administrator, 10 May ⏰
✨ Collaborations Administrator, 16 May ⏰
✨ Senior Academic Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover), 17 May ⏰
✨ Deputy Head of Academic Services (Operations), 17 May ⏰
✨ Fundraising Administrator, 17 May ⏰
✨ Disability Adviser, 17 May ⏰
✨ Project Manager – Student Management Solutions, 24 May ⏰
✨ Business Analyst – Student Management Systems, 24 May ⏰
✨ Digital Transformation Project Manager, 24 May ⏰
✨ Investigations Officer, 24 May ⏰

Find out more about all of our current vacancies and apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/3xJbMs7

Know someone who might be interested? Tag them below 👇

✨ The University of Buckingham is delighted to announce that our apprenticeship provision has received a GOOD rating in all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection! ✨ This achievement equals the GOOD rating achieved by our Teachers Apprenticeship provision.

We are pleased that the inspectors recognised our commitment to delivering high-quality education and empowering individuals to excel in their chosen fields.

At The University of Buckingham, we are dedicated to providing exceptional education and training opportunities. Our apprenticeship programmes cater to various career paths, including:

➡️ Senior Leader Apprenticeship
➡️ Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Apprenticeship
➡️ Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship with QTS and PGCE

Are you an employer looking to shape the future of your workforce whilst reaping the benefits of highly skilled and motivated team? Or an employee looking to boost your career opportunities? Explore our apprenticeship opportunities: https://bit.ly/4b70zQO