Music in the Present Tense: Rossini’s Italian Operas in Their Time, by Emanuele Senici
Nicholas Till enjoys a detailed analysis of the ‘phenomenal appeal’ of one of the great names in opera

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

Universities scramble to offer ‘targeted solutions’ for Chinese students stranded by coronavirus

Ivy League institutions cited as US ramps up higher education offensive

Analysis of responses to major experience survey suggests teaching factors have bigger influence on mental health than student background

Changes will give platform in universities to anti-abortionists and climate change deniers, claim opponents

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say

Proposals are likely to raise concerns over the future of longer-form academic publishing

The ecologist with more air miles than most on alternative pathways to the professoriate, Australia’s natural boom-bust cycles and whether there is hope for the platypus

University president who became a New York ‘Living Landmark’ remembered

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Politicians, funders and university leaders all intone the mantra of interdisciplinarity. But what does the concept really mean? Will it really yield the insights it promises? And how best can it be...

Olga Burlyuk explores the different conceptions, challenges and possibilities within the practice

If a college education makes people more liberal, it is potentially the best remedy for bigotry, says Kate Eichhorn

‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students