How many body blows can the British Council take?
Nic Mitchell Nic Mitchell investigates how serious a blow losing the Brexit-inspired Turing student and trainee mobility scheme is for…
2021
WAHED is world access to higher education day
Nic Mitchell looks forward to World Access to Higher Education Day(WAHED) and recalls the early days of championing…
Put a face mask on and save Christmas from COVID
Apologies to those who would just wish COVID away, but a few simple precautions like wearing a face…
Disappearing European students at UK universities
Will studying in the UK be a luxury only the richest overseas students can afford and is this…
Can Keir Starmer land a knockout blow on the Tories?
Nic Mitchell considers what Keir Starmer must do to make Labour a more attractive alternative to Boris Johnson’s…
The UK still needs to sort out student mobility
Nic Mitchell says the challenges to getting more UK students to study or work abroad are similar to…
Can universities help put the global back into GB after Brexit?
Can higher education help the UK to move on from the narrow nationalism of the Brexit campaign make…
Why not quarantine and vaccinate students on campus?
Nic Mitchell asks why not vaccinate international students at the same time they are forced to quarantine and…
Let’s learn from Downing Street’s Covid nightmare
Didn’t many of us know Boris Johnson mishandled the Covid crisis from the start, but perhaps Dominic Cummings…
Is the great digital events switch here to stay?
Will international higher education and global networking go back to the old ways after a year of living…