Category: Universities
How should universities react to Putin’s Ukraine War?
Was UK higher education too slow to oppose Putin’s war in Ukraine? Nic Mitchell looks at the timeline and how European universities reacted.
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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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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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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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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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Top unis for digital transformation found globally
Look beyond the US and Europe for the best universities in handling the digital transformation during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Fly over Europe with UK international HE strategy
Has UK higher education got its international strategy right for the world, including building a new relationship with Europe, post-Brexit and post-Covid?
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A disaster or a new dawn for UK student mobility?
As the UK pulls out of Erasmus+, Nic Mitchell explores whether it is a disaster or a new dawn for British international student mobility.
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Bologna UK lifeline to European higher education
The Bologna Process offers UK universities a lifeline to the European Higher Education Area and another way to remain international after Brexit
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