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2008 August 2008 UBP signs Warwick Collins to publish A Silent Gene Theory of Evolution.
August 2008 UBP signs prestigious author Dr Barry Bracewell-Milnes to publish the two volumes of Wealth Without Cost.
July 2008 A glittering party and presentation to the supporters of the publication Crescent and Delta
June 2008 UBP appoints Marston Book Services to provide stockholding and distribution
UBP appoints Compass to manage sales to the book trade
May 2008 UBP to publish a new medical journal—The West London Medical Journal
Terms have been finalised and UBP will publish the quarterly journal on behalf of the West London Postgraduate School. Designed to be an outlet to publish articles swiftly the journal will be available free online and the paper version will be distributed free to all UK hospitals.
April 2008 UBP to publish the Buckingham Journal of Language and Literature UBP has agreed terms and will publish the paper version of this journal which has so far only appeared as an e-journal. The first paper issue is being prepared for publication later in 20008
February 2008 The Press to publish Crescent and Delta in support of the Buckingham Bangladesh Scholarship
Crescent and Delta is the first initiative to raise funds for The Buckingham Bangladeshi Scholarship. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go into the scholarship fund. Ultimately it is aimed to provide and annual scholarship to a member of the Bangladeshi community.
The Scholarship reflects the importance placed in education by the Bangladeshi community and the recognition by the University of Buckingham of the opportunity to develop individuals through learning. It is designed to attract hard working students who show integrity of character and aspire to the highest of standards. We see them as future leaders and being the best of British Bangladeshis. The scholarship will help to build bridges by investing in the future, in education, and encouraging connections that will enhance pride at being British and being Bangladeshi. To pre-order please go to the books page.
January 2008 Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics, makes important contribution to the third issue
Testing the efficiency of Markets in the 2002 World Cup by Steven Levitt with co author Richard Gil heads the list of interesting articles in the third issue. With six articles including contributions by Johnnie EV Johnson, (with Stefan Lessmann and Ming Chien Sung), Timm Sprenger, Rodney J Paul, Thomas S Gruca and Richard Borghesi the third issue is the most extensive yet and covers a wide range of relevant research.
October 2007 The Journal of Prediction Markets and the University of Buckingham Press sponsors the European Prediction Markets Conference
Participants at this important gathering received copies of the journal and a discount on the subscription price. The Editor, Leighton Vaughan Williams spoke at the conference and several of the editorial board, notably John Delaney and Emile Servan Schrieber were also on the platform.
September 2007 Publication of second issues of JPM and JGBE
The second issue of both titles were published in September and are available online and in print.
June 2007 The University of Buckingham Press sponsors the Gambling and Prediction Markets conference in Palm Desert California
The editor Leighton Vaughan Williams was presenting at this significant conference and the press provided free copies and discounted subscriptions on its journals.
June 2007 Can the Prizes Still Glitter launched at the Royal Society
The editors and many of the contributors were present at the gathering to celebrate the publication of Can the Prizes Still Glitter? The Future of British Universities in a Changing World. The “glittering” array of academics, journalists and politicians heard speeches from David Willets MP, and editors Hugo de Burgh and Anna Fazackerley discuss the main issues facing higher education. February 2007 The Denning Law Journal re-launch party
The Atlee Room of the House of Lords buzzed on the evening of February 1st with the learned conversation of some of Britain's finest legal minds, gathered expressly to toast the re-launch of the University's prestigious Denning Law Journal, which celebrated its 20th anniversary with the appearance of the current issue. The Rt Hon Lord Slynn of Hadley, chairman of the journal's Editorial Advisory Board, congratulated the editorial team (all lecturers in law at the University) on the scholarly content of the 2006 volume. He promised a 'light touch' as chairman, but the journal's editor, Professor Susan Edwards, who replied to his opening words, showed due appreciation of the real weight his superbly-qualified international advisory board will have.
Professor Edwards promised that the editorial policy of the journal would seek to keep alive the spirit of controversy which inspired its establishment and its name, and renewed its commitment to clarity of thought and clear communication. Respect for the ancient traditions of common law as an instrument of human freedom, as represented by Lord Denning, would be combined with an understanding of the need to broaden the journal's remit through articles on domestic as well as international, comparative, and Human Rights law.
As the company drank to Lord Denning's memory and the future of the journal, there was a realisation that the real champagne for the brain lay in the latter's pages, not in the glass. There was no call for money to be raised, rather a call for papers, enthusiastically received.
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