Appointed 2025

William Locke researched and wrote about the academic profession and the impact on HE of marketisation, rankings and policy-making, among other topics. He was Founding Joint Editor of the SRHE’s journal Policy Reviews in Higher Education. He published widely and presented at conferences in North America, Australia, China, Japan and throughout Europe.

Now retired, William was most recently Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.  He has also held academic posts at the UCL Institute of Education, OU and University of Sussex, together with senior policy roles at HEFCE and Universities UK.