University of Buckingham

The University of Buckingham (UB) is a non-profit private university in Buckingham, England. It is the oldest of the country's six private universities. Buckingham has formal charity status as a not-for-profit institution dedicated to the ends of research and education . History Some of the founding academics migrated from the University of Oxford, disillusioned or cautious of aspects of the late-1960s thinking. On 27 May 1967, The Times published a letter from J. W. Paulley, a physician, who wrote: "Is it now time to examine the possibility of creating at least one university in this country on the pattern of [the] great private foundations in the USA". Three London conferences followed which explored this idea. The university was incorporated as the "University College of Buckingham" in 1976 and received its royal charter as a university from the Queen in 1983. As of May 2016, it is the only private university in the UK with a royal charter. References Other websites University of Buckingham website