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Helen Challis @H__Challis
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George Freeman FRSA MP
@MPGeorgeFreeman
14 Sep 2023
Delighted to announce £200m for global sustainable development R&D via our @SciTechgovuk International Science Partnerships Fund to support R D collaborations with developing countries: @mleach_ids @njones_gage researchprofessionalnews.com……
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European Commission
@EU_Commission
7 Sep 2023
We have just reached a political agreement on the UK's participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus. It will allow the EU and UK to deepen their relationship in research, innovation and space, bringing together research and space communities. More ↓

UK participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus

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Newcastle University
@UniofNewcastle
24 Jul 2023
"I'm always inspired by young people today...because they are the ones who take climate change seriously and want to do something about it." Honorary graduate @saleemulhuq on how the graduates of today inspire him. #NCLGrad #WeAreNCL
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👏 Brilliant article: "...there is no clear consistent understanding of the outcomes of higher education seen to be public. The UK has no shared policy language for talking about higher education outcomes other than individualised economic benefits..." wonkhe.com/blogs/lets-bring-…

Let’s bring the public good back onto the higher education policy agenda in England

Policy making in England no longer seems able to think about higher education as a public good. For Simon Marginson, this is something in desperate need of recovery

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vivienne stern@viviennestern
18 Jul 2023
Chief Executive of Universities UK responds to government 'crackdown on rip-off university degrees' universitiesuk.ac.uk/node/18…

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🫰 @Stick2Science theguardian.com/politics/202…

UK edges closer to rejoining EU’s £85bn Horizon science programme

Talks on returning as an associate member after Brexit row are close to agreement, say diplomatic sources

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Exciting times for @UniofNewcastle and @MDVinGeneva
Maldives Mission GVA
@MDVinGeneva
6 Jun 2023
Dr @AndreaWilkinson, Co-Director of the Global Challenges Academy, International Partnerships Manager and Researcher in, with & for SIDs at Uni of Newcastle paid a courtesy call on Ambassdor Dr @Asim_mv and discussed areas for further engagements & collaboration.
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I 👀 @UniofNewcastle students on the Joint University Study Tour (JUST) @wto @NOIweala participating in an immersive week of visiting major trade actors in #Geneva - 100 students, 8 universities from around the #globe wto.org/english/news_e/news2…

DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes Joint University Study Tour students to the WTO

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed a visiting group of more than one hundred master’s students from the Joint University Study Tour (JUST) to the WTO on 5 June. The students met with the...

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Good evening, Monsieur 🐝 🍽
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Pinning all my hopes on @ShellEarth protecting my baby courgette plants this time around... and the beans... and the sunflowers... #AllotmentTwitter 🐚

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Jim Dickinson@jim_dickinson
29 May 2023
On Wonk Corner: A bumpy road ahead for the UK’s international education strategy wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/a-bum…
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What a day 😍🚶‍♀️🌊🪶 🏰🌤 #Northumberland
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Newcastle University
@UniofNewcastle
24 May 2023
'Every student who came to the UK from a different country unconsciously gives back to the community by being here, interacting with others and bringing a new worldview" Great piece by our student Sara for @Wonkhe wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/interna… #WeAreInternational @UUKIntl @StudentsNCL

International students are more than numbers on a spreadsheet

The international higher education sector has been buzzing following the recent HEPI report on the economic contributions of international students in the UK. And there is every reason to talk about...

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"Higher education institutions working in China should neither be naïve about the context, nor paralysed by it." Thoughtful and expert @HEPI_news blog from @wendy_alexander on UK-China collaboration hepi.ac.uk/2023/05/26/why-uk…

Why UK universities should maintain Chinese collaborations, despite the headwinds - HEPI

I was recently back in China. My last trip to Wuhan in January 2020, where Dundee has a joint programme in Architecture, was against the backdrop of the pandemic taking hold. Three years on there was...

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Prof Njideka Okubadejo @UnilagNigeria, Prof Richard Walker & @prof_chrisday open @trapcaf_project @NIHRglobal @UniofNewcastle networking event for partners & students.... Very heartfelt words about partnership's impact on tackling Parkinson's across Africa 🇪🇬 🇪🇹 🇹🇿 🇳🇬 🇬🇭 🇰🇪 🇿🇦
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Lego Lost At Sea
@LegoLostAtSea
23 May 2023
Fragments of people’s lives, washed up on the beach.
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"Many of us have left everything we had known behind, including people, places and things [....] We as international students come here to study, but we end up helping the UK and its citizens become a global community in return." @UniofNewcastle @UKCISA #WeAreInternational
Universities UK International@UUKIntl
23 May 2023
Today, we are supporting the full relaunch of #WeAreInternational 🎉 Telling the stories of the vast contributions international students make across the country.
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Richard Davies@PlymUniVC
16 May 2023
At Northern Stage celebrating Indonesian culture with the Indonesian Ambassador and colleagues. Amazing!
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Terrible 📷 (taken by me) from a great visit by @UKRI_China to @UniofNewcastle today, w @durham_uni and @NorthumbriaUni. Fantastic to showcase existing #collaborations and learn about forthcoming China-UK research opps @BoguslawObara @jorisveltman @ElisaJMiles Dr Sabrina Qiong Yu
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Brilliant thread by @RuthArnold on today's @HEPI_news @UUKIntl @KaplanPathways @OxfordEconomics report, highlighting the remarkable difference international students bring to every area of the UK 🌍 #WeAreInternational
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