ABSTRACT
Creativity in higher education is under attack, and this is at least two-pronged: on the one hand, staff are overworked and demotivated by the pressure to do more for less, which inevitably impacts on how the authors research and how they teach, and on the other, the current government seems hellbent on undermining the arts and humanities by reducing provision in schools and colleges and questioning the value of a degree in creative subjects. As a lecturer in Creative Listening to Sonia confidently locate her creativity in people (her parents, her husband), places (at her desk and via her walking/writing practice) and through her imagination (with an emphasis on play), describing how this informs her teaching and her published work, it is clear that maintaining an international research profile that is driven by personal passions is still possible, and I wonder how I can use Sonia’s story to fortify my own arsenal.
