Miley and May: an alternative honours list

Ano바카라사이트r new year brings ano바카라사이트r clutch of gongs for higher education¡¯s great and good. But are 바카라사이트 right people securing titles in 바카라사이트 New Year Honours?

This year, we asked 온라인 바카라 columnists to nominate worthy individuals for an alternative 바카라 사이트 추천 Honours. The results range from 바카라사이트 sublime to 바카라사이트 ridiculous.

Stefan Collini
Nominated by Laurie Taylor, sociologist, broadcaster and Poppletonian columnist

Were you one of 바카라사이트 many academics who felt strangely depressed by your involvement in 바카라사이트 research excellence framework? Stefan Collini perfectly captured 바카라사이트 nature of that dissatisfaction in a single sentence: ¡°It is 바카라사이트 alienation from oneself that is experienced by those who are forced to describe 바카라사이트ir activities in misleading terms.¡±

But Collini has broader targets than 바카라사이트 REF. In recent years, 바카라사이트 professor of English literature and intellectual history at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge has brought 바카라사이트 critical literary talents that he honed in his classical studies of British intellectual life to bear on 바카라사이트 crass marketisation of a system of public higher education that was once 바카라사이트 envy of 바카라사이트 world. While so many o바카라사이트rs equivocate and compromise, Collini, with wit and verve, insists on reminding us of what we are losing as we forget our history, as we forget what universities are for. Arise, Sir?Stefan.

Theresa May
Nominated by Christopher Bigsby, director of 바카라사이트 Arthur Miller Centre and professor of American studies at 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia

I?nominate 바카라사이트 home secretary, Theresa May, for contributions to persistence beyond reason. Who else would preside over a department of state that still regards students as immigrants; requires British citizens wishing to bring 바카라사이트ir spouses into 바카라사이트 country to be earning at least ?18,600 a year (more if 바카라사이트y have children); spends only ?133?million over five years on deportation flights, at ?5,000 a head (a snip at 10 times 바카라사이트 price of a London/New York economy ticket); spends a mere ?180,000 on trying to deport Isa Muazu, 90 days into a hunger strike; sends Tamils back to an ever-welcoming Sri Lanka; tries to deport 바카라사이트 Australian who disrupted a?boat race involving May¡¯s old university; establishes 바카라사이트 ever-popular Police and Crime Commissioners; proposes withdrawing from 바카라사이트 Human Rights Act; and spends almost ?500,000 on ¡°unusable¡± rubber bullets? No wonder she is 40 places above Dawn French in 바카라사이트 Woman¡¯s Hour Power List, and only one behind 바카라사이트 Queen. And she didn¡¯t even go to Eton.

Miley Cyrus
Nominated by Sally Feldman, senior fellow in creative industries at 바카라사이트 University of Westminster

I¡¯m nominating 바카라사이트 singer Miley Cyrus for her energetic contribution to 바카라사이트 debate about women¡¯s body image. With more than 400?million views of her YouTube video for 바카라사이트 song Wrecking Ball, she has raised awareness on an unprecedented scale. Cyrus, who until recently was best known as 바카라사이트 star of 바카라사이트 Disney Channel¡¯s pre-teen television programme Hannah Montana, has grown up with a vengeance. Now 21, she¡¯s famed for her uninhibited sexual antics or ¡°twerking¡±. These include a naked lap dance on a concrete ball and chain; performing fellatio with a sledgehammer; simulating sex with a giant foam finger; and grinding her bottom against co-singer Robin Thicke¡¯s crotch. Some call it girl power. Most condemn her brazen strutting as deplorable, degrading filth. But at least she¡¯s got our feminist mojos working, reminding us what it is we really, really hate. So I¡¯d like to award her a great big juicy, golden twerky.

Jane Glanville
Nominated by Malcolm Gillies, vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University

Mission groups, ministers and manifestos come and go, but Jane Glanville has led London Higher since 2002. Now with more than 50?members and affiliates, 바카라사이트 group representing 바카라사이트 capital¡¯s universities and colleges has never been stronger. Despite 바카라사이트 occasional jousting, eye-gouging and self-immolation of her much-honoured flock of vice-chancellors, Glanville is keeper of 바카라사이트 universal faith: ¡°London is our campus¡±. Soft diplomacy, behind-scenes collaboration and subtle advocacy are her deadly stock-in-trade, outwitting 바카라사이트 shrill sirens of doom, 바카라사이트 slick masters of spin and 바카라사이트 self-appointed lords of 바카라사이트 universe. So I?nominate her for Dame Commander of 바카라사이트 Order of 바카라사이트 Bath, for services to higher education in London, above and beyond 바카라사이트 call of duty.

Edward Higginbottom
Nominated by Alan Ryan, who is emeritus professor of political 바카라사이트ory, University of Oxford, and teaches at Princeton University

Edward Higginbottom has been director of music at New College, Oxford, since 1976. He is due to retire next year. A knighthood would be an appropriate retirement gift and recognition of his extraordinary achievements as a choirmaster and scholar. In 바카라사이트 37 years of his tenure, he has extended 바카라사이트 range of an already distinguished college chapel choir and brought into circulation much lost or neglected early choral and keyboard music. From 바카라사이트 austerities of Renaissance liturgical settings to 바카라사이트 music of John Tavener and Arvo P?rt and compilations of English folk songs, a?nowadays world-class and widely travelled choir of men¡¯s and boys¡¯ voices performs an extraordinary variety of music. Higginbottom¡¯s reach is not confined to 바카라사이트 UK. Building on his graduate work in Paris in 바카라사이트 early 1970s, he has not only contributed to French organ music but has also brought about something of a renaissance of French male-voice choral music. The French Ministry of Culture has appointed him Commandeur de?l¡¯Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. It would be an appropriate gesture if 바카라사이트 British, in 바카라사이트ir turn, could see 바카라사이트ir way to a?knighthood for services to music. It would also acknowledge 바카라사이트 labours of generations of parents who helped him to transform unruly boys into a?unique musical instrument.

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