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Articles by Tom Williams
England’s Department for Education has deaccredited some universities while approving a range of alternative providers and strictly defining course contents. But while defenders hail an evidence-based push for quality, others decry a level of political overreach that could spread to other disciplines
Booker Prize-winning author is latest arts leader to speak out against job shedding at celebrated university
A quarter of modern institutions looking to shed upwards of 50 roles, with agreements on teaching loads and promotion also under threat, UCU survey finds
Further industrial action planned as union members try to resist wave of university cost-cutting
England’s Uni Connect programme has funding reduced to ?20 million at ‘exactly the wrong time’, says widening participation expert
Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected ?30 million deficit
UCU members back more industrial action over job cuts at London institution but Northumbria dispute could soon end after compulsory redundancies ruled out
Maia Schroder-Lewis case shows difficulties students face in getting help as campaigners and government place renewed focus on mental health
University becomes the latest to restructure due to funding crisis in English higher education
Study finds students who rely on ChatGPT for academic tasks feel socially supported by artificial intelligence at the expense of their real-life relationships
Universities in the same city region clash over proposed rebrand
Author among lecturers at under-fire institution to oppose plans that union says are ‘unprecedented in scale, intensity and speed’
Regulator outlines how institutions could respond to various scenarios as it prepares to exercise new duties
Union branches accuse institutions of planning to breach agreement that protects research time and promotion prospects
University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts
Institution hopes to become the University of Greater Manchester to boost its graduates’ employment prospects
Minister calls on universities to learn lessons from last year’s disruption at Commons hearing
Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue
Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ‘inundate’ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears
Winchester, Surrey and Queen Mary latest to shed academic positions as industrial disputes heat up elsewhere
Incumbent’s narrow margin of victory does little to assuage critics of her first five years in charge of union
Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change anything?
Three business school researchers who lost their jobs after their research was seen as not meeting strategic priorities win employment case
Ewan McGaughey says ‘it’s not over’ after narrowly missing out on unseating incumbent Jo Grady
