Juliette Rowsell

London

Reporter at Times Higher Education (THE)

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Beware ‘rushed’ teaching changes amid financial crisis, staff say

5 days ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Universities are attempting to attract more students and improve finances by initiating radical reforms to their teaching practices, but staff have warned that “rushed” changes will only store up wider problems. Coventry University has become the latest to announce it is rolling out the “block teaching” model across the whole of the institution, after first using it at its satellite campuses.
Durham University

5 days ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Staff at Durham University have blamed the institution’s major restructuring programme for errors seen in student exams. Several assessments at the Russell Group institution have been disrupted this year due to administrative problems. In one instance students sitting an engineering paper did not receive a data table booklet, which was needed to answer half the questions in the exam, until halfway through.
UCU warned of court battle if strike against minister progresses

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Threats to call a national strike against the government over higher education funding may prove to be more about “rallying the troops”, with the legitimacy of any such action likely to be challenged in court. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted at its annual congress to begin exploring options for starting an industrial dispute against the secretary of state for education, Bridget Phillipson, given she ultimately controls the levers that decide how universities are funded.
Staff back strikes over University of Bradford cuts

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Staff at the University of Bradford have voted in favour of strike action over the institution’s plans to save £16 million. The University and College Union (UCU) fears more than 300 jobs are at risk at the university, with courses in chemistry and film and television set to close. Some 82 per cent of UCU members voted to back strike action on a turnout of 57 per cent.
Goldsmiths to make more cuts after ‘critical’ policy changes

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Further job cuts are planned at Goldsmiths, University of London after it predicted a “significant underlying deficit for 2025-26”, with the institution’s leader blaming recent policy decisions by the Labour government.
UCU threatens government with national strike over HE funding

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

The University and College Union (UCU) has threatened to escalate its campaign against cuts to higher education funding by starting an industrial dispute with the education minister. In what would be an unprecedented move, the UK’s largest academic union said it was exploring options that could see a sector-wide strike called as part of efforts to get the government to address the “underlying financial issues” that are “plaguing” the sector.
UCU congress meets ‘under shadow’ as internal dispute rattles on

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Divisions within the University and College Union (UCU) are threatening to “overshadow” its flagship democratic event amid efforts to galvanise support for a “fight back” against job losses. Members will meet in Liverpool over the bank holiday weekend for the annual congress, with the event already running into difficulty owing to clashing with celebrations being held by the city’s Premier League title-winning football club.
Liverpool Hope University to make 39 compulsory redundancies

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Liverpool Hope University has become the latest to announce it is looking at making compulsory redundancies, as a new wave of job cuts impacts UK higher education.
Unions’ focus ‘to remain on jobs’ despite ‘insulting’ pay offer

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

An “insulting” pay offer may reignite UK union members’ desire to go on strike but the battle to protect jobs will still take precedent, with most staff “resigned” to not getting a large rise this year, according to experts. The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) has finally revealed a “full and final” pay offer of 1.4 per cent for most staff, blaming the sector’s “deteriorating” finances for its lowest offer since 2020.
Student suicides review finds families ‘excluded’ by universities

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Bereaved families say they feel “vindicated” after a major report concluded they had been “excluded” by universities during investigations into student suicides, with institutions frequently “evasive and reluctant to answer important and painful questions”. A two-year investigation – known as the National Review of Higher Education Student Suicide Deaths - has concluded that universities must do more to prevent suicides among their student populations, and support families involved.