The book of the week: The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey around Your Head
Chris McManus on our spitting image

Chris McManus on our spitting image
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...
(?) = 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...
Billion-dollar fundraiser counters the 'myth' that Britain lacks a tradition of giving. John Gill reports
UCU cautioned on debating issue by legal counsel for anti-boycott group. Melanie Newman reports
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...
Mergers, fast-track degrees and new provision aim to 'sustain mission'. Rebecca Attwood reports
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An interactive computer model of the human body that could revolutionise healthcare is to be created at the University of Bedfordshire after the European Commission awarded the institution £2 million...
Online worlds developed for children can help them to develop social and creative skills, a conference has heard. As part of a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC,...