Universities
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Turing versus Erasmus+ row moves mobility up the agenda
Will the UK's Turning scheme be any better at getting UK students to go on study or work placements abroad than Erasmus+?
Cancer-talk, HE-Comms
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Balancing the risks with having the AstraZeneca jab
Nic Mitchell explores the balance of risk with the AstraZeneca jab after he had the first dose of the vaccine and says we shouldn’t disregard a star-player in the battle against COVID-19
BREXIT
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EU vaccine row reopens Irish border can of worms
Why Ursula von der Leyen's short-lived EU vaccine war with the UK reopens a can of worms over Northern Ireland's position in the single market, but still inside the UK
Bologna UK lifeline to European higher education
The Bologna Process offers UK universities a lifeline to the European Higher Education Area and another way to remain international after Brexit
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Can universities reopen safely after Covid-19?
The media seized on UCU leader Jo Grady’s claim that universities risked becoming the “care homes of the second wave” of the virus.
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Don’t ignore grass roots for internationalisation
DESPITE the rise of inward-looking nationalism, the election of Donald Trump on an ‘America First’...
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U-Multirank claims to be biggest university rankings
Once again U-Multirank, the European Commission supported world university rankings, was largely...
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Road back to normality after chemo ‘house arrest’
Thanks to everyone for following my story about beating bowel cancer for the last year. In this...
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Coping with chemotherapy
It is now two months since starting my second round of chemotherapy and I’d like to share thoughts...
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