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Thomas Williams

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Deputy news editor and reporter @timeshighered. Covering politics and policy

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  • Ministers, stop ‘micromanaging’ courses and let students decide

    Jan 19, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Thomas Williams

    Governments should stop trying to “micromanage” higher education provision and concentrate on providing sufficient information so prospective students can make up their own minds about whether a course is “low quality”, according to a former universities minister.

  • With university free speech act revised, will Arif Ahmed find his voice?

    Jan 19, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Thomas Williams

    Searching for clues as to how Arif Ahmed has spent his 20 or so months as director for freedom of speech and academic freedom on the Office for Students (OfS) website yields slim pickings.

  • University autonomy fears as Scotland mulls new oversight powers

    Jan 16, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Thomas Williams

    Ministers have been warned to tread carefully as they consider handing greater powers to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) amid rising concern about the state of balance sheets at several major universities. At a recent appearance in front of the Scottish parliament’s education committee, higher education minister Graeme Dey said he was looking at whether the SFC needed more “robust” powers of oversight and intervention to check how public money is being spent.

  • Phillipson plans wholesale changes to ‘make campus free speech act work’

    Jan 15, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Thomas Williams

    Heavily debated legislation intended to help protect free speech and academic freedom at English universities has finally been given the go-ahead, albeit with several of its key elements stripped out or revised.

  • Becky Francis’ curriculum review set to shake up university access

    Jan 13, 2025 | timeshighereducation.com | Thomas Williams

    English universities have been accused of failing to pay sufficient attention to a wide-ranging review of the school curriculum that could prove to be “critically important” for students’ pipeline into higher education. The Labour government-commissioned inquiry is expected to report later this year and make recommendations that may affect subject choices, qualification types and assessment options; all influencing students’ preparedness for university and what they choose to study.

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Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams @TWilliamsTHE
27 Mar 25

The long-awaited outcome of an investigation into the University of Sussex looks to have left the English sector with more questions than answers, writes @Helen_Packer https://t.co/eDrtCi4MF2

Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams @TWilliamsTHE
27 Mar 25

“It’s not so much about trying to attract the best US researchers to Brussels but trying to prevent fruitful lines of research from being abruptly cut off” https://t.co/arwKb9Per1

Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams @TWilliamsTHE
26 Mar 25

One researcher was found to have presented 32 papers at same conference in study that examines growing trend towards ‘repeat authors’ https://t.co/wcJL7CrOrH via @timeshighered