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Articles by John Gill
Our age of unenlightenment demands that institutions share their intellectual and moral capital with the communities around them
Top universities recognise that groundbreaking ideas don¡¯t all develop and stay in one country, and neither do those who create and study them
As the US wrestles with a strongman premier, could more authoritarian leadership help universities battered by funding woes and disciplinary tyranny?
What is a university? The Lords debate on the HE bill asked this very question and reminds us that in 2017, clarifying their purpose is more vital than ever
As campus fortunes fluctuate with changing oil, currency and tuition prices, a Brexit bounce is a possibility. The state can steer the academy towards it
Virtual reality may be set to make an impact on learning, but can it reveal who will keep their resolutions?
Brexit. Trump and his howling climate changers. A sector b¨ºte noire as PM. The TEF. Turkey. Ed Balls cutting a rug. It¡¯s been a year, all right
That students debate how to treat campus memorials to figures linked with unsavoury historical events is perhaps a fitting legacy
The male chauvinism faced by female political leaders is not worlds away from that too often encountered in academia
In the TACTICS nations, just as in the UK and the US, universities and democracy depend on each other
As scholars in the UK and US mull the future after Trump¡¯s triumph and Brexit, academics must focus on making society¡¯s walls fall
Western universities¡¯ desire to go abroad and multiply, in a variety of models, is not always ill-advised
Campus violence could halt the homeward flow of the internationally mobile researchers South Africa¡¯s academy needs
The government is a broken record on overseas student numbers when all the evidence suggests that academic mobility is a win-win situation
Higher education institutions must not be measured by their economic contribution alone, writes John Gill
Pursuit of excellence, showcased in the WSJ/THE College Rankings, must run parallel with the mission of social mobility
As state universities struggle in the face of funding cuts, we must not forget their mission and influence on civilisation itself
The world judges in black and white and only strict adherence to principle can regain the public¡¯s trust
Funding, freedom from regulation and staff of the highest calibre are the keys to global success
UK prime minister May¡¯s schools and higher education policymaking relies on anecdote and politicians¡¯ own experience, not evidence
In a smaller but more polarised world, refugees¡¯ appetite for study speaks to higher education¡¯s continuing role as a force for good
Undergraduate or star scholar, status seems to offer little protection against feeling unworthy while less privileged students may be more at risk
Will an Alpine holiday make Theresa May reflect on what is lost when science and education become collateral damage?
Universities are divided over tech in teaching but as the Ebola crisis raged a Mooc proved to be a life-saving pedagogical tool
