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Three wishes for the new UK international education strategy
Nic Mitchell and Cheryl Yu give their three wishes for an improved UK international education strategy from the new Labour government in 2025.
Cancer-talk, HE-Comms
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Talking TNE and getting back into the real-world
Nic Mitchell's highlights of 2024 include having a defibrillator fitted and attending his first conference in-person on UK TNE and the election of a new government.
BREXIT
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Three wishes for the new UK international education strategy
Nic Mitchell and Cheryl Yu give their three wishes for an improved UK international education strategy from the new Labour government in 2025.
Many wondering if the UK really wants international students
Nic Mitchell explores whether the UK really wants international students after the latest U-turn to ban dependants of those coming for taught master’s degrees.
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How tough can it be to stop drinking alcohol?
Nic Mitchell explores just how tough it can be
to give up drinking alcohol after a lifetime working in journalism and higher education public relations?
Why Crimea matters to Putin and what Lenin would say about the war
Writing about the fast changing war launched by Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation against Ukraine is fraught with challenges, such as why Crimea is so important to all sides and what Lenin might have to say about the invasion.
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Students changed during pandemic, so should we
Students are not rushing back to lecture theatres and may have changed more than higher education staff during the pandemic. So are we ready for the new normal?
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How should universities react to Putin’s Ukraine War?
Was UK higher education too slow to oppose Putin’s war in Ukraine? Nic Mitchell looks at the timeline and how European universities reacted.
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Put a face mask on and save Christmas from COVID
Apologies to those who would just wish COVID away, but here’s why a few simple precautions like wearing a face mask could save us from a pre-Christmas lockdown.
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