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Articles by Tom Williams
Economic benefit to universities and wider society still seen positively by most but negative views gaining traction, UK poll finds
Year-long postponement of lifelong learning finance mechanism presents opportunity to rethink some of its central tenets, say experts
Announcement of small inflationary increase came just days after budget left leaders in despair
MP for Havant joins Laura Trott in new Tory leader’s front-bench team
Increase in amount paid by undergraduates will not cover additional staff costs imposed on institutions in the budget
Bridget Phillipson confirms inflationary fee rise and adds ?414 extra per year to maintenance loans
Poll finds third of UK undergraduates worried for future of their institution amid funding crisis
Chancellor goes ahead with 1.2 percentage point increase, hiking staff costs for already cash-strapped institutions
Vice-chancellor steps down after five years at the helm to focus on treatment
New Sheffield provost discusses the future of diversity initiatives, the importance of free movement of scholars and why he is missing from sector statistics
Expert in early years development at the University of East London discusses working with children, translating his work for a TV audience and why more scholars should consider leaving the research intensives
Universities will struggle to grow their way out of current financial crisis as predictions of 350,000 more students by 2035 now seen as unrealistic
New post-16 regulator finally comes into being as Welsh institutions face funding crisis
Declines in international student numbers blamed for fresh round of university redundancies
Proposed rises in employer national insurance and levy on pension contributions could ‘unwittingly tip the balance’, warns UUK leader
James Tooley vows to contest ‘serious’ claims as he faces inquiry at UK’s oldest private university
Capital seen as being able to absorb ramifications of a market exit, while regional towns and cities would feel much greater impact
Diverging financial pressures are putting untold strain on common pay and pension arrangements. As recent pay awards constrain richer universities’ ability to reward their staff as they see fit while pushing others into further strife, might a breaking point be close? Tom Williams reports
Alumni of American institutions now lead 70 countries globally after largest yearly increase
Former minister says his government was right to focus on outcomes of degrees but disowns talk of ‘Mickey Mouse degrees’
Experts fear ‘high-risk strategy’ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas
Labour has put skills front and centre of its plan for government but where does the omission of higher apprenticeships from the growth and skills levy leave universities – and how will these skills be funded otherwise?
Leadership hopeful takes aim at universities in latest of series of controversial remarks at party’s conference
Conservative Party conference divided on impact of Labour’s rebalancing of skills funding
