Gill Evans

Will the freedom of speech bill stop students picketing films?

With much still unclear, complaints procedures are likely to be lengthy and fraught with contention, says Gill Evans

By Gill Evans

8 January

Two hands reach for each other, symbolising teaching and learning

Let’s keep teaching and research together

Academics’ passion for research should feed into the ideal higher education experience, says Gill Evans

By Gill Evans

9 September

People leaning deep into bushes to illustrate Oxbridge’s internal politics needs closer peer scrutiny

Oxbridge’s internal politics players need closer peer scrutiny

As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans

By Gill Evans

1 March

The Office for Students is exercising power but not rigour

England’s fledgling university regulator is in too much of a hurry to make an impact and curry favour with ministers, says Gill Evans

By Gill Evans

7 February

Performance management is performance mismanagement

Research will suffer from the collapse of professional development into financially fixated assessments of ‘capability’, say Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop

By Gill Evans

4 October

Archive of paperwork and files on shelves

How independent is the Office for Students?

Documents published on the Office for Students’ website have raised further questions about its independence, accountability and powers, says Gill Evans

By Gill Evans

18 March

TEF must learn from failed Oxford lawsuit

A law graduate’s attempt to sue the University of Oxford for £1 million over ‘inadequate teaching’ sheds far more light on how students learn than current TEF metrics, says Gill Evans

By Gill Evans

12 February