Music

Reprieve for decades-old institution reflects outpouring of community concern and improvement in university’s financial position

Dean hopes new model for postgraduate study in Asia will influence education in the region more broadly

Australian National University’s 60-year-old school to become a ‘programme’, as performance, composition and theory give way to ‘music and well-being’

Most courses are already performance- or employment-focused. The demise of another scholarly programme will skew the balance further, says Ian Pace 

Programmes were ‘foundational’ to Northern Rivers-based Southern Cross but are no longer viable, vice-chancellor says

Professor reflects on Liverpool’s ‘literary greats’ and how a lost archive led to his ‘warts and all’ profile of the Fab Four and their road manager

Oxford Brookes’ confirmation of its decision this week is another blow to the UK’s status as a global music powerhouse, says Daniel Grimley

The unexpectedly musical background of many sociologists might explain their academic success, Glasgow professor argues

University says current cohorts will be the last, blaming declining student numbers

There is an important place for such training, but it is markedly at odds with many of the established values of the university, says Ian Pace

When passable texts, images and music can be automatically generated, the creative industries may need fewer, better graduates, says Ian Pace

Careful thought is required before Western art music is condemned and cast out, says James Olsen

The wider issues raised by the scandal can be particularly acute in the work of academic practitioners in cultural fields, says Ian Pace

Research-led teaching is undermined when academics’ research is pushed into areas only obliquely related to students’ interests, says Ian Pace

Musicologist waxes lyrical on homeschooling, white fragility and the narrowing of intellectual enquiry

Tributes paid to a performer of ‘steadfast dedication’ who pioneered a new style of opera production at Rice University

Tributes paid to an expert on Renaissance literature notable for his ‘amusing, forthright and sometimes exasperated views’

Nicholas Till reflects on the path that has led him from research on opera to direct political action

Performance can help explore academic questions, say advocates, but the field still lacks full acceptance in the corridors of power and policymaking

The BBC presenter and composer explains why students need music more than ever and how his drama school training influences his music

Guitarist who found fame with the Futureheads has set up a degree course with Sunderland to give north-eastern students a taste of music industry and campus life

Expert views conflict on humanities graduates’ employment prospects, and whether Australian funding changes will make arts the preserve of the elite

UK minister Kemi Badenoch’s disavowal of the theory plays into a misleading right-wing narrative, says Hannah Robbins

The economics are murky but the damage that closing departments will do to universities’ missions is crystal clear, says Peter Tregear

Pandemic forces institutions to respond to practical challenges but also to produce work that addresses crisis and helps forge new forms of art

Andrew Blake enjoys a comprehensive account of ‘the most influential musicians of their generation’

Academic argues that learning about subcultures through music can be more useful than studying abroad

Nicholas Till enjoys a detailed analysis of the ‘phenomenal appeal’ of one of the great names in opera

The former music journalist turned SOAS academic talks about why London’s black music cultures deserve more study

Benjamin Ivry is disappointed by an uncritically enthusiastic account of the great Broadway composer

Andrew Blake explains why Beethoven’s days may be numbered

Benjamin Ivry assesses an attempt to humanise the unapproachable genius of J. S. Bach

John Shand wrestles with a difficult but intriguing account of the background noise that sets the stage for sound

Students in different cities simultaneously performing version of play interact at six separate points via technology

Constantine Sandis praises a superbly translated volume of epistles that swings seamlessly between mundane trivialities and profound insights

Rediscovering long-forgotten music from plays requires some imagination, finds John Jowett

Braving frozen horse liver, shamanic rituals and endless vodka-soaked toasts may not have resulted in the hoped-for discovery of a hitherto-unknown form of opera, but Nicholas Till has no regrets about his visit to Yakutsk

Nicholas Till hears productive questions in a probing consideration of tragédie lyrique

Doctoral student takes performance poetry to academic conferences and university council meeting

The Republic of Ireland’s resident Eurovision expert discloses the secrets to winning Europe’s infamous song contest and why it is not just about political alliances

Clive Marsh tunes in to the rock on which evangelicals built appeals to widen their flock

Leading pianist who spent more than four decades at the University of Miami remembered

The curricular dominance of popular music may sell tickets but belies the point of a musical education, says Sam Richards

Tributes paid to scholar of popular culture who was dubbed ‘Professor Rave’

The UK Border Agency’s treatment of non-EU musicians is undermining vital cultural exchange, says Michael Edwards

In composing, Mozart focused not on ideal form but on how a piece would play, hears Nicholas Till

Tributes paid to the ‘voice of McGill’

Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net £24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show

As the first anniversary of the singer-songwriter’s death passes, his childhood friend Kenneth Asch reflects on the place of both the institution and the musician in Quebec’s fractured cultural mosaic

Book of the week: A classicist reveals the poetic artistry of a song and dance man who explores the human heart, writes Tom Palaima

University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs

Les Gofton enjoys an excellent study of how record sleeve artwork shaped consumerist values

Higher education needs to tap far more effectively into the essential human ability to reimagine the world, claim authors

An ambitious study that sets musical history within the political context of the birth of the modern state never manages to sing, says Mark Berry

Peking University joins the top 20 of the Times Higher Education subject table for the first time

Pop songs tend to depict higher education as exclusive and oppressive, finds study

We talk about academia as a refuge for artists, curtailed basketball careers, and escaping Michigan’s “shire” with the multifaceted music composer

Tributes paid to expert on 20th-century music who was ‘exhilarating colleague’

On International Jazz Day, Mark Laver hits back at the US government’s views on arts education