Category: BREXIT
Starmer bets on New Year EU reset over falling migration
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hedging his bets on a New Year reset with the EU rather than boasting about falling net migration says Nic Mitchell
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Positive sign for study mobility as UK rejoining Erasmus+
As the UK sets a date for rejoining Erasmus+, Nic Mitchell looks ahead to what the Labour Government should include in a new international strategy for higher education.
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What makes Keir Starmer tick?
As Keir Starmer comes up to the first anniversary as Britain’s Prime Minister, Nic Mitchell looks behind the veil to try to find out what makes the Labour leader tick – with help from the New Statesman’s Tom McTague
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Can Starmer find time to fix UK higher education?
Nic Mitchell asks what UK universities need to do to grab Keir Starmer’s attention when the Prime Minister is facing so many other priorities.
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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.
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As Reform draws voters, what’s Labour offering on 4 July?
With Reform overtaking the Conservatives in the run-up to the General Election on 4 July, Nic Mitchell looks at what’s Labour got to offer voters?
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Brexit, cancer and the unexpected as a freelance
Nic Mitchell looks back at a decade running his own freelance business, De la Cour Communications.
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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 Conservative chaotic government.
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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 Global Britain a reality again?
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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
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Brexit brinkmanship baffles the Euro experts
Nic Mitchell unravels the new row preventing the UK and EU securing a trade deal and says why he hopes the two sides can achieve peaceful coexistence
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Carry on Erasmus+ Horizon 2020 EU-UK collaboration
Universities UK is working hard to clear up confusion about what the signing of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement means for continued cooperation for Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programmes
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