William Locke

Assistant Director and Principal Policy Analyst

William is currently managing the UK part of the international study of the Changing Academic Profession which is investigating the nature and extent of the changes experienced by the academic profession in recent years in over twenty countries worldwide.He is co-editor, with Ulrich Teichler, of The Changing Conditions for Academic Work and Careers in Select Countries, published by the International Centre for Higher Education Research, Kassel University.He has published several papers on the academic profession in the UK.

William has undertaken research and published on a number of policy issues, including: student engagement; university rankings and their impact on higher education institutions; English higher education policy; the role of intermediary bodies in higher education; integrating research and teaching strategies; institutional mergers; and estates strategy and their implications for institutional management and leadership.He is the author of a recently published report on graduates’ retrospective views of their courses as part of the European Commission funded project, REFLEX: the flexible professional in the knowledge society.Forthcoming publications include a journal article on the higher education research-policy nexus and an HE Academy report on conceptions of excellence in teaching and student learning.William has spoken at international conferences in China, Japan, the United States and throughout Europe. He was one of the first graduates of the MBA in Higher Education Management at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Previous to working for CHERI William was Deputy Director, Policy Development, Universities UK (UUK) – the vice chancellors’ representative organisation – until 2006 where he led on longer term strategy, and policy on learning, teaching and assessment; recording student achievement; student services; widening participation; and employability and careers education.Prior to joining UUK, he was Head of Teaching and Learning Development at the University of Sussex in the UK.

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