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Juliette Rowsell
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Reporter at @timeshighered.bsky.social covering employment, tech and teaching ✍️ [email protected] ✉️
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Hi Mike, I'm a journalist at the Times Higher Ed and was wondering if you'd drop me a follow so I can message you for a story I'm working on?
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Especially grateful to all the students who spoke to me for the final piece.

If anyone wants to get in touch, drop me a DM, or reach me at juliette.rowsell@timeshighereducation. Also available on Signal ☎️📫
September 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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And finally, perhaps one of the most emotional stories I've ever written: I spoke to students in Gaza who have offers from UK universities about what higher education means to them, and the turbulent journeys they've been through to get their offers

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Gazan students fear for future as path to UK remains blocked
Dozens face ‘heartbreak’ of missing out on university places, after battling against the odds to apply
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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UCU’s senior management team has threatened to dock the wages of those not returning to the office without authorisation, documents seen by Times Higher Education show

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UCU threatens to dock staff pay in row over working from home
Union’s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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The incoming vice-chancellor of the 'Kentwich' merger told me other universities could join the newly formed entity, but could not rule out job cuts

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More universities could join new Kent-Greenwich group, says v-c
Incoming leader of new entity says course sharing on the cards ‘where it makes sense’ as unions fear merger will result in more job cuts
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I sat down with the new vice-chancellor at the University of Brighton, Donna Whitehead, who said "it’s reform or die" for universities amid the financial crisis

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Vice-chancellor’s job ‘isn’t to be liked’, says new Brighton head
Donna Whitehead warns university leaders must be candid with staff as sector’s financial crisis endures
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Former staff and students of cash-strapped Prague City University told me they are owed "thousands" by the university, including the former chancellor, who said he is owed £18,000
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Former chancellor ‘owed thousands’ by cash crisis university
Ex-employees threaten legal action after collapse of private provider leaves salaries unpaid
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I spoke to academics in the wake of the proposed TEF reforms, who feared that proposals to restrict bronze-rated institutions from from growing their student numbers could exacerbate the sector's financial crisis

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tef-cha...
TEF changes could lead to ‘more university mergers or closures’
Warnings revised TEF rules could damage universities with a widening participation agenda and fail to weed out bad actors
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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In my latest feature, I return to the "higher education comet that keeps coming back": post-qualification admissions.

With another record year of students gaining places through clearing, are we falling into PQA by default?

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Is it time for the UK to reconsider post-qualification admissions – again?
PQA has been repeatedly rejected in recent decades, but with this year seeing another record number of students placed via the clearing system, is it being adopted by default? And would a wholesale sw...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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As always, DMs are open and email is in bio if anyone wants to get in touch.

Reporting for @timeshighered.bsky.social 📰🎓
September 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM