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A year in the life of fighting cancer

By Nic Mitchell Posted in Cancer-talk, Uncategorized , blogger, bowel, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, facebook, hernia, James Cook Hospital, Journalist, NHS, Social Media | Comments Off

As the New Year kicks into gear, I can’t pretend not to breathe a sigh of relief that 2015 is over. For it has been 12 months of fighting bowel cancer; handling the side effects of chemotherapy and getting over not one, but two operations. Still, I’ve come through it more of less intact […]

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Communications in the digital age: features are blogs and news is a tweet!

By Nic Mitchell Posted in Blog, Uncategorized , AppleMac, blogs, communications, computers, digital, English, EUPRIO, facebook, features, Internet, journalism, Kevan Lee, keyboards, length, news, opinion, posts, readers, RSI, spellchecker, storytelling, tweets, twitter, UNICA, University World News, Vilnius | 3 Comments »

I left mainstream newspaper journalism when I was just 35 after developing repetitive strain injury (RSI as it often called) – caused, ironically enough, when computers replaced typewriters in the newsroom and the necessary adjustments to office furniture were not made, nor any proper training given about how we were to use these new fangled […]

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OPEN border universities are a 'powerful antidote' to inward-looking narrow nationalism, says co-leader of U-Multirank as the 2019 edition is released. More here

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EU students will be treated as '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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POZNAŃ in Poland, venue for EUPRIO's 2019 conference, has been voted one of the best European destinations in a travel poll. More here

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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

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UK may need a Swiss-style replacement for Erasmus+ to maintain higher education student & staff mobility. See my report for University World News

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AFTER Brexit, UK universities will need to be more global, says Minister. See my report for University World News from the International Higher Education in London #IHEF19

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WELCOME change of mood music in UK's new international education strategy. See my blog

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STUDENTS and researchers need an orderly Brexit and communications is going to be key. See my blog

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INTERNATIONAL branch campuses and transnational education set for major roles in UK universities' post-Brexit international strategy. See my blog

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

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Communications in the digital age: features are blogs and news is a tweet!

HEADLINES

OPEN border universities are a 'powerful antidote' to inward-looking narrow nationalism, says co-leader of U-Multirank as the 2019 edition is released. More here

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

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

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

POZNAŃ in Poland, venue for EUPRIO's 2019 conference, has been voted one of the best European destinations in a travel poll. More here

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

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

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

UK may need a Swiss-style replacement for Erasmus+ to maintain higher education student & staff mobility. See my report for University World News

AFTER Brexit, UK universities will need to be more global, says Minister. See my report for University World News from the International Higher Education in London #IHEF19

WELCOME change of mood music in UK's new international education strategy. See my blog

STUDENTS and researchers need an orderly Brexit and communications is going to be key. See my blog

INTERNATIONAL branch campuses and transnational education set for major roles in UK universities' post-Brexit international strategy. See my blog

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

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

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