China’s Growth: The Making of an Economic Superpower by Linda Yueh
Yongjin Zhang on the riddle at the heart of an Eastern paradox
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Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation by Andrew M. Smith II
Judith Weingarten on an island emporium in the midst of a sea of sand
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The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South by Vijay Prashad
Stefan Andreasson on an engaging but unbalanced view of a vital subject
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Wealthy foundations: UK’s engineering heavyweights
The University of Sheffield has nudged the University of Cambridge into third place in a list of the UK institutions earning the most research income from engineering, Higher Education Statistics...
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Howard Davies on French plans that could cost UK dear
Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya say critics of a new law allowing foreign-language instruction are fighting lost Proustian battles
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Gove, the enemy of promise
The education secretary’s attacks on the academy are a smokescreen for the damage caused by his radical policies, argues Martin McQuillan
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Parental guidance required
When toddler-wrangling there’s no time to procrastinate, John Kaag discovers
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Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica by T. J. Clark
Alex Danchev applauds a study of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinker-painters
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Hollywood madness
Davina Quinlivan detects a shift to more rounded representations of mental illness on screen
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Tangled webs unwoven online
Website dedicated to uncovering academic misconduct goes global
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Red card for global misconduct
Website dedicated to uncovering academic misconduct goes global. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Salford’s vice-chancellor’s candid mea culpa
Martin Hall offers regrets after inglorious June but remains committed to post
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Rate Your Lecturer website scores poorly with lecturers
Founder Michael Bulman digs in as academics expound on offering’s weaknesses
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Fast, local relief for complaints
When it comes to resolving student grievances in the high fees era, it is best if universities can nip them in the bud
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Handling complaints in the high fees age
As students grow keener to stand up for their rights over perceived wrongs, is the sector doing all it can to be consistent, fair and prompt when resolving disputes?