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
Outgoing Oxford v-c critiques Westminster fiascos and social media trolling, while making case for more women in leadership
Some presidents advocate cutting ties with universities in rival states, while others urge maintaining academic links even when diplomatic ones are straitened
‘If you are worried about the quality of online teaching, worry about the teaching part,’ says Clay Shirky
Universities should equip students to deal with changing nature of work through broad education, says National Humanities Medal recipient
‘Short horizons’ of grant-givers holding back early career researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, says Glasgow principal
Rectors set up emergency measures to allow Russian students to participate in courses even if they cannot leave their country
‘Awful lot of pressure’ on higher education sector ‘to do the heavy lifting’ without wider societal commitment, says Manchester professor
Princeton ‘lifer’ moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status
English regulator announces long-awaited thresholds higher education providers must meet to avoid the risk of sanctions
Steep rise in dropouts blamed on cost of living as inflation erodes value of student finance
Half of students feel universities are becoming less tolerant, and most back legislation on the issue, but survey reveals complex picture overall
Union’s survey finds majority feels social class determines career progression in higher education
Hitting targets ‘not the be-all and end-all’, John Blake tells THE, as national risk register for higher education participation planned
SOAS director rails against ‘unjustly’ high mark-up on UK fees for overseas learners
Unions say one-off handouts will do little to deter members’ appetite to strike for better pay deals
Universities face long road to recovery even if Lula is victorious, say sector leaders
Disappointment as ‘mini budget’ contains no new commitments on research funding or support for students
Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ‘an active collaborator’ with government, rather than going on the defensive
Families increasingly having to help students to get through their studies as inflation erodes value of loans
Graduates report feeling happier on Saturdays and Sundays, skewing findings for researchers trying to measure well-being
Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis
Author hopes her experiences battling burnout as an academic can inspire others to find ways to cope
Lower tariff providers have enjoyed their best clearing in years as elite universities abandon expansionist ambitions due to fees freeze
Riham Sheble claims she had to battle Warwick for study extensions
