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Can UK universities remain European after Brexit?

By Nic Mitchell Posted in Blog, Student-Mobility, Uncategorized , Brexit, Britain, Commission, DelaCour, Erasmus, EU, EUA, European, European Union, free movement, Horizon 2020, immigration, Mobility, Nicola Dandridge, referendum, research, Swiss, SwissCore, Switzerland, Theresa May, Universities UK, University World News | Comments Off

Are there lessons for Brexit Britain to learn from Switzerland’s threatened exclusion from the European Union’s collaborative programmes for mobility and research, such as Erasmus+ and the Horizon 2020, after a referendum vote to restrict immigration? ERASMUS is arguably one of the European Union’s biggest success stories in demonstrating the value of the European project. […]

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Fees rise, Applications fall and an Access Tsar row

By Nic Mitchell Posted in Blog, Uncategorized , Access to higher education, Access Tsar, Alice-in-Wonderland, Britain, bursaries, degree, England, fee level, Guardian, higher education, home and EU, Lewis Carroll, Mike Baker, OFFA, Professor Les Ebdon, recruitment cyc, scholarships, Tuition fees, UK, universities, Vic-Chancellors | Comments Off

I’m getting asked more and more by my friends and colleagues in mainland Europe: What’s going on in British higher education? It is a fair question and one that we keep asking ourselves! Just when we think it is sorted, we find higher education thrust back on to the front pages as another row ‘engulfs’ […]

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HEADLINES

WELCOME diversity in the university rankings. My blog here

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OPEN border universities are a 'powerful antidote' to inward-looking narrow nationalism, says co-leader of U-Multirank. More here

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EU students to be treated as UK 'home' students in 2020-21 and be eligible for financial support even if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal, says Minister

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WHY higher education communicators need to engage with their own staff & students to help build stronger brands. My EUPRIO blog for #EUPRIO2019

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GETTING the diet right after bowel cancer treatment. See my new Cancer-talk blog

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CAUTIOUS welcome to new global impact rankings based on universities' progress towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. See here

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COULD the Commonwealth act as the bridge to keep UK higher education and research 'international' after Brexit. See my report from #IHEF19

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UNIVERSITY boss admits he doesn't know anyone who voted for Brexit and that higher education "debates don't speak to the lives of many people'. See the blog