Tag: study abroad
How many body blows can the British Council take?
Nic Mitchell investigates how serious a blow losing the Brexit-inspired Turing student and trainee mobility scheme is for the British Council?
Read More
The UK still needs to sort out student mobility
Nic Mitchell says the challenges to getting more UK students to study or work abroad are similar to
when he started blogging about student mobility 9 years ago.
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+?
Read More
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?
Read More
A disaster or a new dawn for UK student mobility?
As the UK pulls out of Erasmus+, Nic Mitchell explores whether it is a disaster or a new dawn for British international student mobility.
Read More
Bologna UK lifeline to European higher education
The Bologna Process offers UK universities a lifeline to the European Higher Education Area and another way to remain international after Brexit
Read More
Will students want to study abroad after COVID19?
With falling demand from international students for studying abroad, Nic Mitchell looks at how to make sense of what prospective students are thinking.
Read More
Coronavirus may end Uni high flying addiction
The coronavirus crisis offers global universities a real chance to get to grips with their addiction to flying staff around the world to encourage other people to fly, says an Australian-based climate change activist.
Read More
Carry on Erasmus+ Horizon 2020 EU-UK collaboration
Universities UK is working hard to clear up confusion about what the signing of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement means for continued cooperation for Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programmes
Read More
Stormy times for international student mobility
International higher education faces a decade of uncertainty with the predicted rise in student mobility at risk as young people become increasingly worried about climate change
Read More
Welcome diversity in the university rankings
There is a welcome diversity creeping into the league tables – together with evidence that universities that are ‘open-to-the world are among the best performers in the rankings
Read More
EU acts to protect funding for UK-EU student mobility
Students on Erasmus+ mobility programmes should be protected in the short-term from a possible no-deal Brexit, but longer-term mobility may be under threat unless the UK can reach an agreement to stay in the European Commission’s study abroad exchange scheme
Read More