History Lesson: A Race Odyssey
Mary Lefkowitz's History Lesson ostensibly concerns itself with academic freedom of speech, relativism and hate speech but serves as a fascinating example of the ways in which race is played out in...
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Geek Chic: Smart Women in Popular Culture
I want to love this book. Really, I do. I have been pacing around my office listening to Marlene Dietrich and Amy Winehouse and wondering what to write that is generous to the project of Geek Chic,...
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The book of the week: The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey around Your Head
Chris McManus on our spitting image
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The week in books
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III 1949-1955 edited by Edward Mendelson, professor of English and comparative literature and Lionel Trilling professor in the humanities, Columbia...
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Published this week
(?) = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- A Shoemaker's Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century...
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Cash flows when academic passion is shared, says philanthropy tsar
Billion-dollar fundraiser counters the 'myth' that Britain lacks a tradition of giving. John Gill reports
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QCs say bid to mull morality of Israeli links breaches law
UCU cautioned on debating issue by legal counsel for anti-boycott group. Melanie Newman reports
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Pro-Israel academic barred from union forum
A leading campaigner against an academic boycott of Israel has been barred from a University and College Union online forum, prompting claims that debate on the issue is being suppressed.David Hirsh...
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Birkbeck mulls 'new opportunities' to soften blow of ELQ funding cuts
Mergers, fast-track degrees and new provision aim to 'sustain mission'. Rebecca Attwood reports
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University of Glamorgan - Chair in crisis planning created
A professorship in disaster management and emergency response is one of eight new interdisciplinary chairs being created by the University of Glamorgan. The university is organising an international...
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University of East Anglia - Green warning, silver prize
Climate-change scientists have won a silver medal for their debut garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a design that modelled possible futures for UK gardeners. The University of East Anglia...
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University of Essex - Medical corpus open for viewing
A 500-strong collection of historical medical texts, dating to the earliest days of printing and containing works by the founding fathers of medicine and surgery, has been made available to the...
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Bath Spa University - Assessment mastery on offer
The UK's first masters course in educational assessment for teachers and examiners will be offered at Bath Spa University from this autumn. The universities of Durham, Leeds and Warwick will follow...
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Cranfield University - Cypriot scholarships launched
The Ikos hedge fund has paired up with Cranfield School of Management to launch a scholarship programme designed to boost the Cypriot economy. The Ikos scholarship, covering tuition fees and living...
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama - Music PhD enters on a high note
A music and dramatic arts school is launching a new doctor of music degree. The Guildhall School of Music and Drama's DMus in composition will make the resources of the school available to doctoral...