Category: Blog
How many body blows can the British Council take?
Nic Mitchell investigates how serious a blow losing the Brexit-inspired Turing student and trainee mobility scheme is for the British Council?
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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 wider participation at Teesside University
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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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Disappearing European students at UK universities
Will studying in the UK be a luxury only the richest overseas students can afford and is this behind the dramatic fall in European students in this year’s UCAS student recruitment cycle?
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Can Keir Starmer land a knockout blow on Boris Johnson?
Nic Mitchell considers what Keir Starmer must do to make Labour a more attractive alternative to Boris Johnson’s Conservative chaotic government.
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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
when he started blogging about student mobility 9 years ago.
Can universities help put the global back into GB?
Can higher education help the UK to move on from the narrow nationalism of the Brexit campaign make Global Britain a reality again?
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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 why not have the self-isolation on campus rather than in an airport hotel?
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Let’s learn from Downing Street’s Covid nightmare
Didn’t many of us know Boris Johnson mishandled the coronavirus crisis from the start, but perhaps Dominic Cummings has served a purpose in confirming our worst fears
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Is the great digital events switch here to stay?
Will international higher education and global networking go back to the old ways after ma year of living and working online during the COVID-19 crisis?
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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
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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+?
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