Tom Williams is news editor. He joined Times Higher Education in March 2022?as a reporter covering teaching and employment issues. He was previously a news reporter at Metro.co.uk and worked as a journalist for the Oxford Mail and BBC Radio Oxford. Tom holds a BA in politics from the University of Nottingham and an MA in journalism and media studies from the University of Sussex.?
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Articles by Tom Williams
Liverpool Hope and Manchester to provide support as Spurgeon¡¯s College shuts after nearly 170 years
Carol Young¡¯s salary boosted by bonus and buy-out clause as fund gears up for 2026 valuation
Peer who served as culture minister defeats broadcaster Sandi Toksvig and former BP chief executive John Browne
Several student protection directions active in last financial year, with 71 institutions subjected to formal monitoring
More international students express dissatisfaction with degree outcomes in latest UK-wide survey
Single voice needed to coordinate work on local skills needs, argues new report, which says credit transfer easier to do at regional level
Students who have previously been safeguarded progress to university in ¡®vanishingly low¡¯ numbers, highlights Sheffield initiative
Further meetings fail to reach agreement in UK sector talks, with union calling 1.4 per cent rise a ¡®real-terms cut¡¯
Students more positive on all aspects of university life than last year, but regulator flags management problems at some institutions
Institutions with track record of widening participation to be prioritised for expansion while those not moving fast enough face being struck off
Two-thirds of incidents not reported through official channels, with academics instead taking own measures such as not attending conferences, survey finds
Two-thirds of institutions moving towards ¡®harm reduction¡¯ strategies but charity identifies ¡®lingering stigma¡¯
Former director general for higher education becomes top-ranking civil servant at department that allocates ?13.9 billion R&D funding
Former director general in the Department for Education joins university that also runs schools and colleges
Universities expand in the capital in search of new ways of attracting students
Labour urged to undo changes to university-based teacher education to hand back control to experts
University¡¯s oversight processes failed to spot issues with computer courses offered by college partner, finds regulator
Computer scientist who helped found Alan Turing Institute replaces Max Lu
University ¡®unlikely to be able to award degrees¡¯, union says, as it holds walkouts over 100 job cuts - but institution insists it has a contingency plan
Buckinghamshire New University ends partnership ties with three institutions as it attempts to ¡®remove its reliance¡¯ on subcontracting
Medr¡¯s chief operating officer to step up at time of financial hardship for Welsh sector
Regulator exploring how to integrate exercise into wider quality assessments
Satisfaction with pay and benefits lags well behind other sectors but career development improving, survey finds
Repeated efforts to bring about ¡®high-level systematic reform¡¯ in English higher education flounder without buy-in from those doing the doing, says access tsar
