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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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HEADLINES

WHY university international and communication departments need to work more closely together. See my blog talking from personal experience

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WE need to talk and cooperate more, says study of interaction between international and communication departments at five universities for EUPRIO. See my report for University World News

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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