The week in higher education – 23 November 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Nicholas Till reflects on the path that has led him from research on opera to direct political action
The past 12 months will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons. But as 2020 nears its end amid fairy lights and optimism about vaccines, six academics tell us the bright spots they...
Nicholas Till enjoys a detailed analysis of the ‘phenomenal appeal’ of one of the great names in opera
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...
Nicholas Till hears productive questions in a probing consideration of tragédie lyrique
In composing, Mozart focused not on ideal form but on how a piece would play, hears Nicholas Till
As the winter solstice looms in the northern hemisphere, five academics reflect on the light and dark of the dead season
Paul G. Ellis points out that if the award of Nobel prizes this century is quantified per capita, then the US lead over other countries seems rather less impressive (“And the awards go to…”, Letters...
John Jerrim’s argument that free university tuition is in effect a subsidy for the rich is quite correct, although it was only one among a raft of such subsidies (“Free university tuition ‘could lead...
Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading
Nicholas Till’s lament for the North Norfolk coastline and for pastoral sentiment in opera is well taken (“Elegy in a country churchyard”, 24 October). The lonely coast at Cley is ever more heavily...
Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys’ backsides