The book of the week: Ghettostadt: Lodz and the Making of a Nazi City
David Cesarani revisits a city of the damned
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The Week in Books
Worshipping Walt: The Whitman Disciples by Michael Robertson, professor of English, College of New Jersey. Princeton University Press, £16.95, ISBN 9780691128085."Robertson's collection of reflective...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural RightsBy Bill Ivey, founding director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy,...
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First Impressions competition: 15 May 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a modern take on epic poetry:“At the end of this sentence, rain will begin.”Entries, including postal...
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University of Surrey - New term dates spark protest
Changes to term times at the University of Surrey have sparked protests from students. More than 1,000 undergraduates have signed up to a campaign group on social networking website Facebook to...
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University of Wolverhampton - Minister opens £12m centre
A new £12 million education and teaching building has been opened at the University of Wolverhampton. Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, formally opened the building, which includes specialist...
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London South Bank University - Poor ranking prompts attack
A university has issued a statement on its website arguing that league tables do not "tell the true story" after it was placed bottom in a ranking produced by a national newspaper. London South Bank...
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University of Central Lancashire - Astrophysics centre gets £1m
A centre for astrophysics has won £1 million in funding to support research and teaching. Gordon Bromage, head of the centre at the University of Central Lancashire, said the money from the Science...
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University of York, Lancaster University - York triumphs in croquet contest
An annual croquet tournament between York and Lancaster universities reached a nail-biting climax. The Roses Tournament was won by York by a score of 124 to 122, with the universities' chancellors...
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University of Cumbria - It takes a course to open a church
A course to help people set up new types of church has been accredited by the University of Cumbria. The one-year part-time course run by Fresh Expressions, an initiative set up by the Archbishops of...
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University of Aberdeen - A ghostly touch to teaching
The ghost of a 19th-century anatomy professor who profoundly influenced UK medical education will appear at the only Scottish institution taking part in the Europe-wide "Night at the Museum" on 17...
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Durham University - UK at risk of further flooding
The UK has to prepare for more flooding over the next few decades, according to an academic based at a new research centre. Stuart Lane, from Durham University's Institute of Hazard and Risk, said...
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University of York - Green-belt intrusion condemned
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has branded the University of York's multimillion-pound expansion project as one of the UK's worst examples of building on green-belt land. The East Heslington...
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University of St Andrews - New technology makes light work
The next generation of low-cost light sources has emerged - and they can match any colour of the rainbow. Physicists Ifor Samuel and Graham Turnbull at the University of St Andrews have developed the...
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University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - Fees change for Gurkha children
Children of Gurkhas who have attended school in the UK will now be accepted as home students at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, paying fees of only £3,000. There has been growing concern...