Chris Havergal was appointed editor of?Times Higher Education?in March 2025. Prior to that he spent eight years as news editor. He joined?THE in 2014 as a reporter, covering areas such as?teaching and learning, access, and internationalisation.?Chris started his career as local government correspondent at the Cambridge News and holds a BA in history and an MA in medieval studies from the University of York.
<网曝门 class="pane-title">
Articles by Chris Havergal
Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures
While institution has now implemented this year’s rise, UCU members want it backdated to August
International students drive growth in taught postgraduate qualifications at UK universities
Vice-chancellors fear ‘incubator economy’ where innovative firms only scale up overseas
Organisers claim Irish government has ‘failed’ to address endowment requests
UK’s research-intensive universities urge increase in value of Higher Education Innovation Fund and creation of new ‘Spark fund’
Proposal follows change in law to allow establishment of foreign university outposts in Mediterranean country
ScienceDirect innovation allows academics to interrogate articles and compare experiments
Institutions asked to provide interim financial returns amid rising tide of redundancies
Politicians pushing STEM courses ‘would be well advised to acknowledge that at present student demand is doing their work for them’, says Hepi report
Edward Peck had already announced he would step down from university role this summer
OIA says sexual misconduct investigations too often marred by delays and poor communication
Consultation launched during pause in new registrations, with pent-up demand at end of hiatus likely to be joined by franchisees affected by government reforms
Individual campus listening services to remain operational after umbrella body folds
Russell Group member says number of roles going yet to be determined, with compulsory departures not on agenda
Highly cited scholars in medicine and life sciences also have papers pulled more often, says Stanford analysis
Australian National University pro vice-chancellor to serve five-year term
Founding head of UK super-agency calls time on 34-year career in higher education
Hepi director argues that England’s funding system is ‘not broken’ but just needs to catch up with inflation – and that ministers should get behind it
Newly merged mega-university set to open in January 2026 but neither of its current leaders will be at the helm
Cuts scaled back after consultation with staff, but list of academics leaving is yet to be finalised in some fields
As institution puts freeze on promotions and recruitment, and invites voluntary redundancies, union says staff should not pay price for ‘financial mismanagement’
University of Southern California says it will start semester as planned
University of Southern California stays open but cancels new student convocation
