Pearson’s expansionist ambitions
John Morgan reports on FTSE 100 firm’s HE strategy
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Revealed: for whom the bill tolls
The West’s elite institutions are paying the price for state funding cuts, our World University Rankings show
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News in brief
United StatesTake a hike? Have 21The head of a US higher education system has had to backtrack after he "mistakenly" ordered 21 salary increases for system executives without the board's approval....
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Grant winners
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilResponsive Mode Grant AwardsThe values listed represent the amounts requested; funds awarded may differ.• Award winner: Philip Stevenson•...
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Answer that, would you? Alarm sounds for the exam ringers
European conference warned of the growing threat posed by bogus students. Jack Grove reports
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Steely tyrant’s revolutionary designs
Revolutionary zeal, not imperial ambition, drove on the USSR’s great tyrant, says Vladimir Tismaneanu
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Stalin’s Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War, by Robert Gellately
Vladimir Tismaneanu discusses the revolutionary ambitions of the USSR’s great tyrant
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Animal use in experiments continues to rise
The number of animals used in scientific research in the UK rose by 2 per cent last year, figures from the ÌÇÐÄVlog Office show.
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Global Gender Index, 2013
Glass ceiling remains in place for female academics. Jack Grove reports
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
A documentary about a Japanese Michelin-starred perfectionist has tasty titbits but not enough meat for Barak Kushner’s taste
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Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life by Jonathan Sperber
Sheila Rowbotham on a crisp portrait of a restless thinker who was neither infallible nor prophetic
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The Sea Inside, by Philip Hoare
Jules Pretty explores the oceans that haunt our imaginations
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Campus round-up: 21 February 2013
A chance to learnAn academic has been honoured for his role in founding a school in Nepal for children with no prior access to education. Kevin Fossey, a senior lecturer at the University of Brighton...
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The real bottom line
Transnational initiatives pay dividends far greater than a share of the overseas student market, Paul Greatrix insists
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The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha by Susanna B. Hecht
The interwoven tale of the fight over rubber and a visionary surveyor captivates Robert Mayhew