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Lots of news in HE today as we see stakeholders of HE submit their consultation of the Green Paper, the UCAS deadline for 2016 undergraduate applications close, and various HEIs post their success in entering the THE top 200 most international universities in the world. Other interesting news includes: The Independent, Number of Indian students… Read more » about News in HE

Further tensions regarding international students emerged yesterday as Cameron defended his overrule of Scotland’s cross-party support to allow international students to remain in Scotland post-study. After the Scottish referendum in September 2014 with the three main UK parties promising Scottish Parliament more powers, Scotland created the Smith Commission Report which set out recommendations on how… Read more » about Scotland’s Support for Post-Study Visas Denied by Cameron

EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas’ proposal of a European Innovation Council has now underway as he seeks examples of science and innovation council structures from around the globe.  Although not the first time this idea has been proposed, Moedas is pushing it forward, hoping that it draws attention to Europe’s innovators.  He was heard last… Read more » about A New European Innovation Council

‘A new survey from the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) reveals that the vast majority of the heads of careers and employability services believe that the graduate labour market improved further in 2015. 83.4% of respondents to the AGCAS Heads of Service Graduate Market and Student Engagement Survey agree that graduate vacancies increased… Read more » about AGCAS Heads of Service Graduate Market & Student Engagement Survey

The Associate Director of Research at the Center for Internationalization & Global Engagement, American Council on Education, and the Associate Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, have published a report tackling issues related to national policies and internationalisation. Internationalizing Higher Education Worldwide explores policies from around the world, organising internationalisation policy… Read more » about Report: Internationalising Higher Education Worldwide

This article, Immigrants value education – so we should value them, is worthwhile reading, particularly in our current climate of hostility and fear towards anyone ‘foreign’.  On top of unwelcoming rhetoric towards immigrants, even if skilled (as international students or those lured to fill skills shortages), we have the additional unease of the Refugee Crisis across… Read more » about Immigrants Value Education

Today, HEPI published its 77 page Response to the higher education green paper, suggesting that Government’s HE Green Paper does not build on existing institutional memory gained by experienced and committed individuals prominent in the HE sector.  As such, the publication asks six authors with such expertise to comment on six main areas (teaching, research,… Read more » about HEPI Responds to the HE Green Paper

Over the past several months, various political events across the globe have led us – as a society – to stray into a grey area that, in fact, goes against much of the liberal ideology of pluralism, free speech, individualism and democracy that most Western societies are founded upon.  This grey area is censorship, or… Read more » about The Emergence of A Ban Culture

Our Global Engagement Team has put together a lovely Storify for you all, in case you missed our wonderful Global BUzz Europe event last month. Look out for Global BUzz China which will be taking place on Wednesday 10th February 2016! Also, don’t forget to follow us on twitter @GlobalBU “#GlobalBuzz Europe – Celebrating everything… Read more » about Global BU’s Global Buzz Europe!