Tom Williams

Price crash shop, where everything is 97 pence, illustrating "psychological pricing".

Rising inflation sends English fee towards ?10K – does it matter?

Passing five-figure milestone would only involve a small monetary rise but could it change the psychology of the debate around higher education?

Tom Williams

3月 11日

Free speech ‘central’ to OfS’ work despite law changes – Ahmed

Regulator ‘looking forward to getting on with it’ after key interventions delayed by political wrangling

Tom Williams

3月 11日

Manchester Met v-c Malcolm Press named next UUK president

Ecologist to take over from Sally Mapstone in aftermath of key government spending review

Tom Williams

3月 7日

Edward Peck, with Houses of Parliament and University Hall at Nottingham Trent University in background

‘Fundamental change’ needed at English regulator, Peck told

New chair with long history in higher education welcomed by universities but Office for Students told it still has work to do to address long-running grievances

Tom Williams

3月 7日

Government bailouts a ‘moral hazard’ for universities, says Peck

Most institutions in trouble can find balance between income and expenditure on their own, according to prospective new OfS chair

Tom Williams

3月 4日

Jane Norman, University of Nottingham vice-chancellor, with an aerial shot of the Jubilee campus in the background.

End of Nottingham’s expansive era leaves new v-c taking stock

Jane Norman eyes more focused approach for university after decades of rapid growth, with new financial paradigm forcing ‘hard conversations’

Tom Williams

3月 4日

Welsh subject review may lead to Senedd interventions – minister

Sector regulator Medr looking at demand and provision across the country, says Vikki Howells

Tom Williams

3月 3日

Bolton MP says ‘red flags’ at university should be investigated

Phil Brickell writes to education secretary to highlight ‘concerning practices’ at newly rebranded University of Greater Manchester

Tom Williams

3月 3日

Talented young graduates from Imperial College London celebrate their education success with friends and families after their graduation ceremony. Ministers propose to restrict post-study work rights to only those in ‘graduate jobs’.

Graduate visa changes ‘would make university closures likelier’

Proposal to restrict post-study work rights to those in ‘graduate jobs’ alarms vice-chancellors

Tom Williams

2月 27日

OfS notified as Greater Manchester probes ‘concerning’ claims

Shadow minister urges government to investigate reports of attempts to pay money to relatives of university managers

Tom Williams

2月 25日

Maths cuts ‘will cause lasting damage’ to Cardiff, warn Nobelists

Proposal to merge maths and computer science at under-fire institution risks damaging one of its ‘crown jewels’, says open letter

Tom Williams

2月 20日

Bangor and South Wales cuts add to jobs crisis in Welsh sector

Universities looking to lose nearly 300 roles between them as financial challenges take their toll

Tom Williams

2月 19日

Cash-strapped Welsh universities given ?19 million extra funding

Money from Welsh government to be used primarily for estates maintenance and digital projects

Tom Williams

2月 18日

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts after winning the Clacton and Harwich constituency on July 5, 2024 in Clacton-on-Sea, England

Threat of Reform looms large over Labour’s HE policy priorities

Growing influence of Nigel Farage’s party could spell trouble for universities seeking to protect rights of international students

Tom Williams

2月 18日

An official is setting the bar during the women's high jump at the London 2012 Olympic Games, illustrating that the UK government is expected to resist pressure to set an ambitious new target for international student numbers.

UK poised to resist pressure to set new international student target

Some urge ministers to aim for 1 million enrolments from overseas, but sector divided over whether revised goal would be a good thing

Tom Williams

2月 17日

Third of students don’t think degree will land them higher wages

Employment prospects the main motivation for half of students with satisfaction levels dented by high fees and low contact hours

Tom Williams

2月 14日

Rachel Reeves gestures as she delivers a speech on the country’s economic growth during a visit at Siemens Healthineers, in Eynsham, near Oxford, 29 January 2025. With a background of the golden triangle and broken line between Oxford and Cambridge.

Can UK universities find the high road to economic growth?

The long-mooted Oxford-Cambridge corridor is one avenue chancellor Rachel Reeves intends to pursue in search of a way out of the economic doldrums. But where does her focus on existing strengths leave blue-skies research and levelling up? And can a sector in crisis possibly deliver? Tom Williams reports

Tom Williams

2月 13日

‘Normalise’ annual tuition fee rises, say vice-chancellors

Regular increases in what students in England pay should be accompanied by more public money for ‘strategic priorities’, Universities UK tells ministers ahead of spending review

Tom Williams

2月 10日

People travelling down escalator with balloons touching ceiling by artist Jeppe Hein. To illustrate cash-strapped universities deciding against raising fees for current students.

More cash-strapped universities spare returning students fee rise

Legal and regulatory issues push some English institutions into taking financial hit of not increasing fees

Tom Williams

2月 4日

Commemorative London and English flag woollen beanies

Global HE chains’ English plans ‘thwarted by OfS register pause’

Former universities minister claims successful providers based overseas keen to invest in sector but have so far been left frustrated

Tom Williams

1月 30日

Larger franchise providers set to be made to register with OfS

Institutions with more than 300 students to be subjected to new rules as part of planned government ‘crackdown’ on poor-quality provision

Tom Williams

1月 30日

Man swinging axe at classical column. To illustrate possible harm to universities from cuts

Slow cuts or risk lasting harm, staff warn stricken universities

Institutions ‘caught between a rock and hard place’ are attempting wholesale transformations of their operations but those affected claim schemes could be kinder for staff and students

Tom Williams

1月 30日