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My first bowel cancer anniversary !

By Nic Mitchell Posted in Cancer-talk, Uncategorized , blog, bowel cancer, cancer, cancer-talk, colonoscopy, Dr Inder Basson | Comments Off

As bonfire night falls, I’m reminded that exactly a year ago I was sitting down with a doctor at Middlesbrough’s One Life Centre to be told that I could have bowel cancer. It was a strange discussion! I had been referred by my own GP Dr Inder Basson for a colonoscopy after spotting signs of […]

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Discovering you have got cancer

By Nic Mitchell Posted in Cancer-talk , blood, bowel cancer, bowel cancer awareness month, camera, cancer, cancer-talk, colon, colonoscope, colonoscopy, De la Cour Communications, DelaCour, Doug Aitken, Dr Inder Basson, EUPRIO, James Cook Hospital, laxatives, Middlesbrough, Nic Mitchell, One Life Centre, Picolax, polyps, poo | Comments Off

Towards the end of 2014, I discovered I had joined the growing number of people in the UK with cancer. That number is likely to hit the 2.5 million mark this year, up 400,000 from five years ago, or so I read in The Guardian on 6 January while waiting for my second dose of […]

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TACKLING social exclusion in #HigherEd is a top priority for Europe, European Commission policy expert says. See my blog for EUPRIO

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LESSONS learnt from the first World Access to #HigherEd Day, or WAHED. See my blog

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DIGITAL aid project helps young Syrian refugees access higher education. See my report for University World News

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MORE to widening access to #HigherEd than just financial aid. See my report from the first World Access to Higher Education Day conference for University World News

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FRANCE aims for 500,000 international students by 2027, but also raises tuition fees for non-EU students sharply. See ICEFMonitor

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EUROPEAN University Association produces checklist on how universities can prepare for a "no-deal" Brexit

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EUROPEAN Commission puts €30 million into scheme to create new networks of European universities. See report in Science | Business.

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IS the UK migration target the problem and not the inclusion of students in it? See our guest blog on the MAC report.

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UNIVERSITIES' marketing is out of date, says web guru. See my report for University World News.

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CZECH rector on how Central European universities can survive the rising tide of popularism and nationalism. My interview for Times Higher Education supplement

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My first bowel cancer anniversary !

Discovering you have got cancer

HEADLINES

TACKLING social exclusion in #HigherEd is a top priority for Europe, European Commission policy expert says. See my blog for EUPRIO

LESSONS learnt from the first World Access to #HigherEd Day, or WAHED. See my blog

DIGITAL aid project helps young Syrian refugees access higher education. See my report for University World News

MORE to widening access to #HigherEd than just financial aid. See my report from the first World Access to Higher Education Day conference for University World News

FRANCE aims for 500,000 international students by 2027, but also raises tuition fees for non-EU students sharply. See ICEFMonitor

EUROPEAN University Association produces checklist on how universities can prepare for a "no-deal" Brexit

EUROPEAN Commission puts €30 million into scheme to create new networks of European universities. See report in Science | Business.

IS the UK migration target the problem and not the inclusion of students in it? See our guest blog on the MAC report.

UNIVERSITIES' marketing is out of date, says web guru. See my report for University World News.

CZECH rector on how Central European universities can survive the rising tide of popularism and nationalism. My interview for Times Higher Education supplement

LESSONS from a cancer survivor. Follow my cancer-talk blog.

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