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Articles by Tom Williams
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López-Obrador has expanded university access but is accused of ideological attacks on institutions, overly zealous corruption clampdowns and a misguided power grab over research policy. Ahead of next year’s election, Tom Williams assesses the mood in Mexico City
Institutions without ratings at a disadvantage during crucial recruitment period as many wrongly assume appeals are due to their being designated ‘requires improvement’
Union members declare no confidence in vice-chancellor over proposed plan that would see closure of departments
University says current cohorts will be the last, blaming declining student numbers
Ministers’ communications with their scientific advisers have been revealed, shining a light on how such relationships work, but will wide-ranging exercise change how research informs policy in the future?
Institution blames inflation and rising pay and pension contributions
With one dispute won but another floundering, some believe lack of strikes could actually benefit UK’s main academic union in latest talks with employers, but others are preparing to try to unseat the general secretary in an election that promises to be a ‘referendum on last five years’
Shitij Kapur fears country’s world-leading universities face ‘triangle of sadness’ as problems with student debt, university finances and staff discontent pile up
Susan Lapworth tells business school deans that regulator has learned lessons from first investigations into quality of their provision
Funding emerges as biggest challenge to helping staff and students set up businesses, as community outreach work ‘nosedives’
Changes to visas and foundation years likely to hit income, deans fear, with big repercussions for parent universities
Economic psychology professor discusses his first book, A Theory of Everyone, lessons learnt from a peripatetic childhood and how a need to ‘manage risks’ as an undergraduate inspired his multidisciplinary approach
Technology’s disruption of traditional career paths should push universities into focusing on ‘human skills’ students need to succeed, say Demos and University of London
Union misses 50 per cent threshold for first time since holding sector-wide votes, leaving future of dispute in the balance
Employers and members likely to save considerable sums sooner than expected as changes sped up due to improving finances
Charges and prohibitions introduced by the likes of X and TikTok are limiting academics’ ability to use sites to gain valuable insights into human behaviour
Group hopes to instigate culture change in UK higher education to stop ‘toleration’ of bullies
Union members at UCL claim to have been the ‘victim of a smear campaign’ as higher education minister calls them Hamas’ ‘useful idiots’
Microcredentials designed by Google and IBM will add practical training in key roles to traditional academic offerings, says chief executive of edtech firm
Nearly nine in 10 survey respondents say their doctorates have negatively affected their mental health, with seven in 10 citing physical harm
Universities cancelling events and threatening disciplinary proceedings has left scholars of Middle East feeling silenced
Five-year long campaign to protect staff benefits wins union an offer worth up to ?200,000 for average USS member
Complaints from Jewish community prompt Liverpool Hope to pull plug on lecture that was set to be critical of the formation of the state of Israel
Ventilation issues have forced Sheffield to move away from offering students the chance to work on donor bodies. Can virtual reality replace a centuries-old tradition?
