Juliette Rowsell

London

Reporter at Times Higher Education (THE)

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Dundee staff ‘vindicated’ after report blames bosses for crisis

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Staff at the University of Dundee have spoken of their “elation” at the release of a “damning” report that blamed management failures for its financial crisis. Dundee employees spoke of feeling “vindicated” by the report published by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on 20 June, which identified a “hierarchical and over-confident” leadership style at the university. The SFC was forced to step in earlier this year, providing £22 million of bailout funding in response to a £35 shortfall.
Lancaster University to cut one in five academic jobs

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Lancaster University has become the latest UK institution to announce large-scale cuts as it looks to save £30 million. The university has informed staff of plans to cut 400 full time equivalent (FTE) positions by July 2026, with academics the first to go. This will include more than 212 FTE academics, equating to almost one in five of the academic workforce, according to the University and College Union (UCU).
‘Radical change’ needed to survive, says outgoing Advance HE boss

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

After seven years as chief executive of Advance HE and 35 years in higher education, Alison Johns’ retirement is a bittersweet moment. But “good leaders know when it’s time to go,” she said. Having begun her career in the civil service, in 2017, Johns was tasked with leading the merger of the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), the Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
Dundee boss quits after report finds 'poor financial judgement'

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

The interim boss of the University Dundee has resigned after an external investigation blamed a “hierarchical and over-confident” leadership style on the institution's cash crisis. Shane O’Neill, who was appointed interim vice-chancellor in December after the former principal resigned, has apologised for the financial problems at the institution.
Degree apprenticeships 'fail to live up to wider access promises'

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Degree apprenticeships have failed to live up to widening participation promises and have “displaced” funding for other forms of training, according to new research. In a report examining international apprenticeship policies and how they can best be applied in England, the Sutton Trust finds degree apprenticeships may give employers a reason not to pay for staff training.
Coventry v-c says universities ‘can’t rely on government funding’

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

For Coventry University vice-chancellor John Latham, the Midlands-based institution represents more than just a higher education provider: it is part of his personal story. Having attended Coventry for both his undergraduate degree in computer science and his MBA, Latham later returned to work at the institution for more than 29 years, 14 of which he has spent as vice-chancellor. But his three-decade stint has not been without controversy.
Impact Rankings 2025: universities fall short on staff mental health support

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

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Has hybrid working put professional services staff at greater risk?

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

The word “unprecedented” was commonly uttered throughout the Covid-19 pandemic but it really is no understatement to say that the shift to remote working transformed the world of work almost overnight. And while, for universities, the transition to online teaching made all the headlines, the impact of home-working on back-office functions was just as profound – and, arguably, longer lasting.
Cardiff vice-chancellor grilled over ‘backtracking’ on job cuts

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

Cardiff University's vice-chancellor has insisted the “hard work” is complete and the bulk of redundancies at the institution have now taken place, but warned further cuts to professional services staff are still to come. Members of the Welsh Senedd’s Education Committee asked Wendy Larner on 12 June how the university has been able to “backtrack” on redundancy plans after it reduced staff cut targets from 400 to 220, with 151 full-time academic staff having already left voluntarily.
Study hours drop with two-thirds of students in part-time jobs

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Juliette Rowsell

The amount of time that students in the UK are spending studying has markedly declined as more than two-thirds take up employment in response to financial worries, according to new data. The Student Academic Experience Survey 2025 found that term-time employment has become “the new normal” and “even the new expectation” following the upheaval of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.