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
Academics¡¯ pension fund adds famous holiday camps to growing portfolio of assets as it seeks to shore up finances post-pandemic
Male students at university in Iceland tended to rate their female teachers lower than male counterparts in both teaching and course organisation
Principal says institution not able to ¡®take new students onto programmes where staff refuse to deliver the promised education¡¯
Scale of redundancies and resignations announced by Wolverhampton far surpasses figure previously expected
New report seeks to engage with criticisms of distance learning and suggests ways they can be overcome
UK students only marginally happier with the overall quality of their course than they were a year ago
Consultation opens into the terms, scope and structure of the review, which aims to identify ¡®meaningful and implementable¡¯ changes
First-of-its-kind commitment promises return to 2019 levels of first- and upper-second-class degrees
Vote on whether to accept constitution that would overturn decades of private-led education said to be on a knife-edge
The number of assignments per term has been going up and up; is continuous assessment now harming, rather than helping, students¡¯ learning?
Universities urged to rule out taking advantage of planned redrawing of UK legislation
Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters
The human geographer talks about her work with stateless groups, the importance of collaboration and why the stereotype of a map-wielding explorer is important in confronting her subject¡¯s imperial legacies
Survey finds UK undergraduates appear a lot less supportive of free speech than they were six years ago
The UK¡¯s National Union of Students is 100 years old. But as students around the world focus on single-issue campaigns and relations with governments crumble amid mutual disdain, questions abound about what comes next for organisations that ¡®you would have to invent if they didn¡¯t already exist¡¯
Funding boost for new partnerships to ensure those moving to a new location get the help they need
One-word responses such as ¡®excellent¡¯ and ¡®perfect¡¯ been given to those taking assessments
UCU survey finds those in early career or insecure roles working the longest hours
Academics urged to be more present while teaching to foster better learning environments
Former regulator highlights increasingly interventionist Westminster policies
Those who earn less than ?40,000 a year face losing about 30 per cent of the value of their pension, according to ¡®first global analysis¡¯
Five departments set to be merged into three, says local union branch
Critics say draft policy put out for consultation ¡®restricts free speech¡¯ beyond legal obligations
Opposition bid to exclude political donors foiled as government amendment on foreign funding passes
