The state of higher education is tumultuous. Not a single week goes by without some story of political activism and just cancellation, campus protest, etc. hitting the news.

Our universities really don't have to be like this.

Rolson College aims to reshape this landscape.

Alongside its MA in the humanities, Rolston is launching a summer school teaching

Latin in Sicily, Rome and other sites.

The program, running from July to September, offers immersive language learning with experts, literary reading, seminars and even archaeological visits.

Most importantly, this course is designed for people who have never studied Latin.

Anyone in the world can apply and the strongest applicants will be awarded full

scholarships that cover the cost of the entire program.

Apply by the 31st of May at Rolston dot AC

forward slash Latin-program.

One of my shortest lived jobs was as a teacher at a school for girls near

Sloan Square in London.

I resigned after just two weeks because

the headmistress was a religious zealot who had objected to me teaching a text which

featured a gay character. In my resignation letter I explained that I wasn't prepared to work at a school which fostered such anti-deluvian attitudes.

I stayed on to finish the term, but I was delighted when I eventually made my escape.

I had previously worked at a boys school and I soon noticed

that there were some broad differences that manifested in an all-female environment.

One of the most concerning was that many of the girls were engaged in what can only be described as competitive starvation.

During lunch duties, I was warned to keep an eye out for pupils who had taken just a single lettuce leaf from the salad bar.

If I saw any girl doing so, I was told I must

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