The arrival of international students provides opportunities for intercultural exchange within UK universities.
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International varieties of English aren’t ‘wrong’ just because they differ from native speaker English.
As the use of AI grows, so too will the advice clients seek on AI-related legal issues.
The application timeframe for the scheme may have limited the ability of students from poorer backgrounds to take part.
Forget tax cuts: students will pay more of their future income in loan repayments – and for up to a decade longer.
England’s universities get most of their income through tuition fees, and they can charge much higher fees to international students.
Issues included poor wheelchair access in living spaces, inaccessible lecture theatres and broken lifts.
People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds make up, on average, 32.9% of undergraduates in England – but only 14.3% of professors.
You can’t be what you cannot see.
University maths departments are shrinking or closing.
Professor Sir Eric Thomas was a former VC of the University of Bristol and a patron and key supporter of The Conversation UK.
Universities face growing costs but no prospect of increased funding.
Higher education institutions are not explicitly included within the UK’s anti-money laundering regulations.
You are not the grades you received this year.
The government in England is promoting apprenticeships rather than “rip-off” university degrees.
Foundation year students are more likely to be from an underrepresented background.
Getting involved in collaborative projects can help students feel they can make a difference.
A better measure of success could be to judge the impact a university has to change the course of a student’s life.
The number of students studying languages in UK universities has plummeted in recent years but some creative thinking may help to reverse that trend.
Students who play sport drink more heavily and frequently than other students.
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Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Practice in Education Policy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Human Geography, UCL
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Management and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Bradford
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Bristol
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Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, (currently CEO and Senior Vice President of the PETRA Group), University of Nottingham
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Chair in Feminist Media Studies, University of Strathclyde
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Reader in Public Policy, University of Bath
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Professor of Labour Economics and Skills Development, UCL Institute of Education, UCL
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Vice Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Stirling
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Finance, University of St Andrews
