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
Head and deputy head of media department warned students about potential impact of marking boycott
Students in England will no longer be asked about the overall quality of their course despite opposition to the move
New UK prime minister Rishi Sunak brings back old faces in education and business departments
Financial difficulties faced by major players like FutureLearn show Mooc market ‘appears to be on a drastic downturn’
Walkouts set to hit 150 universities but experts unconvinced action will lead to breakthrough on pay
Improvements to students’ grades usually down to spending more time on tasks rather than ‘active learning’, says landmark study
Union passes 50 per cent threshold in aggregated ballot for first time since trade union laws introduced in 2016
Initiative aims to help host families learn more about the culture of Ukraine before Russian invasion
New recruits at specialist creative arts university get far inferior pensions, says union
Comprehensive rejection of ‘Magna Carta’ leaves radical government ‘paralysed’ as key issues go unaddressed
‘Universities can’t sit in isolation’ but academics remain too ‘internally focused’, says Arizona State president
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
