Campus round-up - 28 March 2013
Source: Dominic StaffordShrinking resourceAbout half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grassland has been lost in a decade, university research suggests. According to scientists at the University of...
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‘Important’ UK universities said to be planning Brazilian offices
British Council discussions are under way, reports Donna Bowater from Rio de Janeiro
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Mexico faces some primary problems
A powerful union, weak teaching and outmoded curricula are hampering progress. Matt Krupnick reports from Oaxaca
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Grant winners - 28 March 2013
The Wellcome TrustInvestigators in Medical HumanitiesThese awards range from about £500,000 to just over £1 million for up to five yearsAward winner: Steven SturdyInstitution: University of...
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THE Scholarly Web - 28 March 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 28 March 2013
University of LeedsPaul Stewart“I had a tear in my eye,” said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Public good, public service
The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown
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Political lottery
Alan Ryan considers a new method of governance
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Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Terry Hale, Tim Hall, Karen McAulay and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education by Roger Brown, with Helen Carasso
Joanna Williams commends a rigorous analysis of the impact of funding changes on the sector
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American Lynching by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Céleste Marie-Bernier admires an original approach to a shameful period in US history
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Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering by Clive Hamilton
Steve Yearley assesses a timely critique of controversial plans to manage climate change
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Speaking of Race and Class: The Student Experience at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries, with Richard Berman
Ann Mullen is intrigued by the findings, but would have enjoyed more analysis
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Image Warfare in the War on Terror by Nathan Roger
Neville Bolt on how states and militaries fail to grasp the changing role of media in our lives
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Working-time culture: no need for taught CVs
I sympathise with Steve Sarson (“Students are sent to the rat race maze: syllabus is history”, Opinion, 21 March). Like him, I teach history undergraduates and I agree that it is improper for...