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I downloaded the "LaTeX article template" from this page: https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/journal-authors-reviewers/author-tools-services/
I use Ubuntu, but am collaborating with someone who uses Windows. When I try to compile this template in TeXworks on Ubuntu, it works fine, but when they try to compile it in TeXworks on Windows, there is a large white space at the head of the second page and every subsequent page after that. Why is this?
The difference is highly unlikely to be related to the operating system, or differences in the tex binary. One system probably has an older tex system, and so will be using different TeX macros for some functions.
Add \listfiles to your preamble and compare the version numbers in the list that this adds at the end of the log.
Generally it is better to simply update the tex systems and then get the desired formatting on the current platform. However an alternative that can be useful sometimes, especially with large existing document working on an older system, is to copy any files showing different versions to the working directory and share them alongside the main document source, so that both systems pick up the same macros.
\listfilesto your preamble and compare the version numbers in the list that this adds at the end of the log. – David Carlisle Sep 5 '19 at 15:58\listfilesas I suggested before? – David Carlisle Sep 5 '19 at 18:08fancyhdr.styhas a bug in it which causes the white space, so I just gave my collaborator the older version of that file. – kvars Sep 5 '19 at 19:36