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Articles by John Gill
A decision to charge a group of Italian seismologists and officials with manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake that killed over 300 people ¡°defies belief¡±, according to a UK expert in the field.
A student who was arrested after downloading an al-Quaeda training manual from a US government website during research for his master¡¯s degree has been paid ?20,000 by Nottinghamshire Police in an out of court settlement.
The government has dismissed concerns over the decision to base the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in central London.
A university at the centre of a medical research scandal is being sued by two cancer patients and the families of six deceased patients.
The institutions that are set to lose the most student places as a result of plans to auction off 20,000 to cheaper institutions have been identified in a new analysis.
A scheme which recognises efforts to support women in science has granted accreditation to 10 universities and academic departments in its latest round of awards.
'Bipolar' system is likely to exacerbate rather than ease inequality, Hepi report finds. John Gill writes
The majority of universities should stop designing curricula and awarding their own degrees, and offer programmes accredited by major research-intensive institutions.
Education expert locks horns with HEA chief over need to train academics to teach. John Gill reports
The oft-repeated claim that the riots that have broken out in London and other cities in recent days are ¡°mindless¡± and ¡°meaningless¡± is mistaken, an academic expert has said.
US academic's bespoke model of Sir Steve Smith is 'a lot thinner', subject observes. John Gill reports
Some universities are considering ways to ¡°buy¡± top achieving students, it has been claimed, as they prepare for the new competitive market in 2012.
The ¡°huge risks¡± that are being taken with the future of the higher education sector have been highlighted in a critical review by the president of the British Academy.
The proportion of the population without any educational qualifications is as high as one in three in some parliamentary constituencies, an analysis has shown.
A committee of MPs has criticised the way in which the government cut the Education Maintenance Allowance, which supported poor 16-19 year olds in education.
Education giant Pearson has signed a partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London which will see the college validating the company¡¯s new business degree.
The principal of Royal Holloway, University of London, has been accused of attempting to stifle public debate about the future of the college¡¯s Classics department.
Scottish universities will be allowed to set tuition fees at ?9,000 a year for students from the rest of the UK, bringing them into line with their English counterparts.
Promoting education at local institutions could help to cut costs, Andy Westwood tells John Gill
A large-scale survey has revealed a wide discrepancy between graduate earnings and what students expect to be paid after they finish university.
The UK should look at the way other countries are ¡°professionalising¡± teaching in higher education, mindful of the fact that "not everyone takes [existing] courses seriously".
The number of student visas issued over the next five years is to be cut by 260,000, according to the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Office.
The backlash against plans for a new ?18,000-a-year college for the humanities intensified when protesters set off a flare during a talk by the institution¡¯s founding master.
A new private university college is to be launched, specialising in the arts and humanities and charging tuition fees of ?18,000 a year.
