The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor
Judith Weingarten on whether a teenage ruler's antics were as depraved as we've been told
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Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful
Is there a premium for being beautiful? And if there is, why is that so? In times of global economic crises, one may perhaps wonder whether economists should investigate these questions. This book...
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The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy
Maurizio Viroli is a distinguished Italian liberal political philosopher and historian of thought who, these days, lives in a sort of exile, sharing appointments between Princeton University and the...
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Opportunists circle those left high and dry by Wales
Institutions tout for validation business among colleges hit by withdrawal, writes David Matthews
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News in brief
ItalyGod saves scienceAn Italian biomedical research centre has been rescued from bankruptcy by the Church. Legal permission has been granted for the Institute for Works of Religion - commonly known...
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China leaders issue personal invitation to British youth
Envoys' visit to UK signals internationalisation's importance to Asian giant. John Morgan reports
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Schooled in distrust: a textbook case of indoctrination?
Israeli school books' view of Arabs is dangerously biased, an educator says. Matthew Reisz reports
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Grant winners
JISCDigitisation programmeMass digitisation• Award winner: Stuart Dunn• Institution: King's College London• Value: £673,269Digital exposure of English place names• Award winner: Michael Peter Alfred...
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Big fish's tales draw the crowds
Sociologist author in a small pond celebrates the overlooked heroes. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Scholarship awardsManchester seeks elite for PhDsThe University of Manchester is to offer more than 100 "elite" PhD scholarships a year over the next four years. The President's Doctoral Scholar...
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Charitably minded watchdog frets over for-profits
Any attempt to legislate to make it easier for private companies to take over universities could be challenged by one of the government's own watchdogs, it has emerged.
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BBSRC director quits her post
Janet Allen says decision unconnected to probe into her former PhD student. Paul Jump reports
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Topsy-turvy ranking in social science teaching
Teaching in universities that are usually ranked towards the bottom of higher education league tables is more consistently of a high standard than instruction at institutions towards the top of the...
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Ratio rationale agreed on postgrad funding
Dissenters claim Russell Group institutions will still be unfairly advantaged. Paul Jump reports
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Delay changes on place competition, say MPs
Committee takes note of arguments from sector that reforms should be deferred, writes Simon Baker