Nic Mitchell marks Bowel Cancer Awareness Month by looking at getting the diet right after treatment in a bid to lead something like a normal life again.
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Don’t you know anyone who voted for Brexit?
Does the UK higher education elite need to break out of its London and South East bubble and attempt to understand why people in Northern cities like Sunderland and Middlesbrough voted heavily in favour of Brexit?
Read the rest of this entry »Change in UK mood music to international students
The UK government’s International Education strategy should be just the first step in changing the mood music towards international students.
Read the rest of this entry »Talking is key to tackling mental health
Sian Duffin from Arden University writes a guest blog about University Mental Health Day on 7 March 2019 for DelaCourCommunications.com
Read the rest of this entry »EU acts to protect funding for UK-EU student mobility
Students on Erasmus+ mobility programmes should be protected in the short-term from a possible no-deal Brexit, but longer-term mobility may be under threat unless the UK can reach an agreement to stay in the European Commission’s study abroad exchange scheme
Read the rest of this entry »Students and researchers need an orderly Brexit
Students who will be halfway through their Erasmus+ semesters abroad and researchers in the middle of cross-Channel European Union collaborative projects are understandably worried about what will happen after Brexit Day on March 29.
Read the rest of this entry »Keeping UK HE attached to the world after Brexit
Among the challenges confronting British higher education in 2019 is how to maintain a strong global presence with the UK’s imminent departure from the European Union. Here are some thoughts You might doubt it when hearing about universities running up alarming deficits after setting up international branch campuses, but higher education is one of the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Lessons from the first World Access to HE Day
So what did we learn from the first World Access to Higher Education Day? Well, it was a stylish event with over 100 international delegates attending a conference at Birmingham’s Aston University and others coming together in Australia and elsewhere around the world to mark the occasion. It also saw publication of the first barometer report, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Will MAC help or hinder student mobility to UK?
Hopes of removing international students from the UK’s migration target and restoring the post-study work visas to overseas students at British universities were dashed when the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published its Impact of International Students in the UK report. Reaction was swift with Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, telling the BBC […]
Read the rest of this entry »Honoured at becoming a life member of EUPRIO
Students who will be halfway through their Erasmus+ semesters abroad and researchers in the middle of cross-Channel European Union collaborative projects are understandably worried about what will happen after Brexit Day on March 29. Many could find themselves out of the country and confused about continued funding for their study abroad or cross-border research and wondering […]
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