Tag: Covid-19
Students changed during pandemic, so should we
Students are not rushing back to lecture theatres and may have changed more than higher education staff during the pandemic. So are we ready for the new normal?
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Brexit, cancer and the unexpected as a freelance
Nic Mitchell looks at a decade running his own freelance business, De la Cour Communications, and what he didn’t expect while promoting student mobility and international higher education.
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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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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?
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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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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Clear communications needed to beat coronovirus
Mixed messaging by governments around the world has sowed confusion and helped to spread the COVID-19 virus, says NIC MITCHELL, who recently had the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
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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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