Tom Williams is deputy 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
New subject guidance mandates ¡®narrowly skewed perspective on the history of mathematics¡¯, leading academics claim
Populist right-wing leader leaves office with public universities facing bankruptcy and country polarised
Higher education settings found to be worse than schools and workplaces for accent-based discrimination
Companies reported to have suspended orders from university due to delay in paying invoices
¡®Significant breaches¡¯ in student body¡¯s code of conduct identified by independent inquiry
Jo Grady sets out six-month-long strategy of ¡®phased escalation¡¯ after securing historic mandate for further action
Specialist provider of evening higher education classes planning sweeping cuts to departments, union claims
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
Asian superpower¡¯s drift away from international partnerships a result of the pandemic, says president of National Natural Science Foundation of China
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
