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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Branch campuses spread East to meet Asian demand
The number of overseas branch campuses set up by universities has reached 200 with another 37 planned, as activity shifts from the Gulf region to Asia.
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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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Global Gender Index, 2013
Glass ceiling remains in place for female academics. 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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The Sea Inside, by Philip Hoare
Jules Pretty explores the oceans that haunt our imaginations
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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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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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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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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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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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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 Home Office show.
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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
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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