Juliette Rowsell

London

Reporter at Times Higher Education (THE)

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Articles

Will Coventry University sink itself in quest for reinvention?

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

With doubts surrounding its future and facing a huge deficit, Coventry University is seeking to reinvent itself again but staff inside the institution say changes are being “rushed through” and the restructuring is creating “a lot of unpleasantness”. The West Midlands institution has often been at the forefront of new innovations in the English sector in recent years, known for its targeting of international students as well as expanding into new areas at home and abroad.
UCU calls for members to boycott Brunel University over job cuts

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Brunel, University of London will be boycotted by University and College Union (UCU) members over its refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies, with academics being urged not to apply for jobs at the institution. The boycott, otherwise known as ‘greylisting’, began on 15 April, and is the toughest sanction the union can impose.
UK staff and course cuts ‘putting off prospective students’

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

News of constant job losses and course closures across the UK sector is causing lasting damage to universities’ reputations and may inflict further financial harm by hitting student recruitment numbers, academics have warned. Staff working at under-fire institutions told Times Higher Education that the impact of the cuts was not going unnoticed by prospective students and their parents, with the issue the “first question” people raised at open days.
Derby cuts hit ‘half of top researchers’ as Keele votes to strike

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Unions fear that cuts at the University of Derby are putting some of the institution’s most experienced researchers at risk, while staff members at the University of Keele have become the latest to announce strike action. The University and College Union (UCU) said Derby risks causing “lasting damage” to its academic reputation by threatening to make up to 35 professors and associate professors redundant, amounting what it said was half of its most senior academics.
Cardiff union goes ‘nuclear’ with marking boycott plus strikes

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Cardiff University’s University and College Union (UCU) branch has announced that it plans to undertake a marking and assessment boycott on top of strike action in response to plans to cut hundreds of members of staff. The university provoked outrage earlier this year when it announced that 400 full time equivalent roles would be axed, which the university claimed yesterday had been reduced to 286.
Will unions’ new wave of anti-cuts strikes change anything?

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Unions face an uphill battle to reverse wide-ranging job cuts across UK universities despite many announcing strikes, but those involved argue their action is “keeping vice-chancellors at the negotiating table”. At least eight university union branches have won strike ballots in 2025, with staff at the universities of Newcastle, Sheffield, East Anglia, Dundee and Brunel having already taken to the picket lines.
Cardiff nursing courses handed reprieve as job cuts scaled back

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Cardiff University will continue to offer courses in nursing after reducing the amount of job cuts it plans to make by more than 100, according to new proposals. Vice-chancellor Wendy Lerner has informed staff of several potential changes to its restructuring programme following an initial consultation, including reducing the number of full time equivalent roles being lost to 286, down from an initial tally of 400.
Compensate students for strike disruption, OfS tells universities

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Universities should give students “fair compensation” when their studies have been impacted by industrial action, the Office for Students (OfS) has said, adding that it will be more closely monitoring the impact of strikes.
Can Wales’ fledgling regulator take flight amid a university funding crisis?

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

January’s announcement that Wales’ flagship higher education institution, Cardiff University, plans to cut the full-time equivalent of 400 roles sent shockwaves through a country whose higher education sector has relatively low participation rates, a history of institutional turbulence and a pioneering new regulator still finding its feet.
Business schools without AI teaching ‘irrelevant’, says professor

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Ensuring that students graduate with skills in artificial intelligence is “critical” to the enduring success of business schools, or they risk getting left behind, a leading expert has said. Theos Evgeniou, professor of technology and business at Insead, considered one of the world’s leading providers of business education, said that if business schools fail to incorporate AI into their programmes, “people will not come to you”.