The Holocaust
As one of the defining episodes in contemporary history, the Holocaust attracts droves of researchers and passionate controversies. In a field of study this contested and this complex there will...
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The book of the week: Castles, Battles and Bombs
What price victory? Huw Dixon weighs the odds
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The week in books
Summits: Six Meetings that Shaped the Twentieth Century by David Reynolds, professor of international history, University of Cambridge. Allen Lane, £25.00, ISBN 9780713999174"David Reynolds reveals...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Theories of Population Variation in Genes and GenomesBy Freddy Bugge Christiansen, professor of population biology, Aarhus University. Princeton University...
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University of Cumbria - Plans for £160m expansion
Plans for a new campus and other new buildings costing £160 million have been announced by the University of Cumbria. The institution - which was formed a year ago through the merger of St Martin's...
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University of Gloucestershire - Fast-track law degree launched
Students will be able to study for a fast-track law degree at the University of Gloucestershire from September. The university is one of a handful of institutions in the country piloting the two-year...
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University of Exeter - Budget boost for science
Plans to invest £80 million in science, medicine and engineering over the next three years have been announced by the University of Exeter. The money - £30 million from existing university funds and...
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University of Nottingham - Dissect, then grill lightly
A biomechanics lecturer has devised a cookbook to teach his students about anatomy. The book uses easily available cuts of meat to highlight textures, three-dimensional structure and even the smells...
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Birkbeck, University of London - Kiwi centre gets government cash
The New Zealand Government is investing more than £100,000 in a UK centre devoted to the study of the Antipodean country. The Birkbeck Centre for New Zealand Studies, based at the University of...
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Sheffield Hallam University - 11.30pm - book still unopened
Academics have come up with a new way to investigate where and when students do their work. Sheffield Hallam University's Learning and Teaching Institute has recruited 15 students to a two-week...
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University of Winchester - Road warriors' battle archived
An archive of materials relating to the historic road protest campaign at Twyford Down, near Winchester, has been acquired by the University of Winchester. The archive contains hundreds of letters,...
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London School of Economics - Gift funds climate change centre
Two philanthropists have donated more than £12 million to create a research centre on climate change. Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham are creating the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and...
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University of Dundee - £10m for life sciences institute
The Scottish Government is to fund a new £10 million life sciences institute at the University of Dundee. Sir Philip Cohen, a bioscientist and director of research at the College of Life Sciences,...
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University of Aberdeen - Midges face a Monster Challenge
Zoologists are carrying out a trial of a new repellent against the scourge of Scottish summers, the midge. Up to 1,000 competitors in September's First Monster Challenge, a 120km duathlon (cycling...
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University of Strathclyde - On course for sustainable profits
Europe's first postgraduate course in environmental entrepreneurship is to be launched by the University of Strathclyde. The MSc aims to give students the skill to launch ventures and products that...