Category: Featured

Mixed messages are coming out of universities in the Western world as they struggle to overcome uncertainty about the safe reopening of campuses after months of COVID-19 lockdowns

Excellent research demands excellent engagement

by Nic Mitchell | Jul 13, 2020 | Blog, Featured, HE-Comms | 0

Why three top European scientists have won accolades from the European Research Council for becoming creative communicators

Putting bounce back in UK global higher education

by Nic Mitchell | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Universities | 0

Former Universities Minister Jo Johnson and brother of the British Prime Minister has made a radical call to scrap much of the Conservative Party’s approach to international higher education for the last decade.

A-level Students feel ‘abandoned until mid-August’

by Nic Mitchell | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog, Featured, HE-Comms | 0

A new report highlights the anger and confusion of young people preparing for university this autumn who must wait until 13 August to get their A-level grades despite their exams being cancelled

Support international students through COVID-19

by Luna Williams | May 22, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Universities | 0

International students face extra pressures being caught between COVID-19 and the UK immigration system, say Luna Williams and Paul McShane in our guest blog from the Immigration Advice Service

Not so easy for many to slip into online learning

by Nic Mitchell | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Universities | 0

As students struggle with courses going online due to COVID-19, many feel it’s time for a radical rethink about the future direction of global education

Will students want to study abroad after COVID19?

by Nic Mitchell | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Universities | 0

With falling demand from international students for studying abroad, Nic Mitchell looks at how to make sense of what prospective students are thinking.

Crystallising what universities are really for!

by Nic Mitchell | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Universities | 0

One the many spinoffs of the coronavirus is crystallising what universities are really for, according to the Chief Scientific Officer at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Coronavirus may end Uni high flying addiction

by Nic Mitchell | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Universities | 0

The coronavirus crisis offers global universities a real chance to get to grips with their addiction to flying staff around the world to encourage other people to fly, says an Australian-based climate change activist.