Rachel Brooks looks at the key trends in student mobility post-Brexit and the lessons the UK should take now that it has decided to rejoin the EU's Erasmus programme as part of its UK-EU reset.

Explore the relationship between higher education and students' political beliefs and activities. Submit work on students and politics for this special issue.

Explore the relationship between higher education and students' political beliefs and activities. Submit work on students and politics for this special issue.

Some of us are old enough to remember where we were every time Peter Mandelson resigned. His departures from high office are like royal weddings: a chance to freeze a moment in our nation’s long story...

More and more of the numbers needed to guide policy are going dark

The Nuffield College Sociology Group invites applications for a Visitorship at the College during the 2026-27 academic year (between early October 2026 and late June 2027).

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More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

Latest admissions data shows 14% rise in American applications for undergraduate courses

The very presence of international students on university campuses is a political matter that depends on a measure of good will between the host and home countries.

Welcome to Academics’ Wives Welcome to Academics’ Wives Academics’ Wives is a British Academy / Leverhulme funded research project exploring the contribution made by wives of social investiga...

International student mobility has increasingly been ‘outsourced’ to private providers since the Turing scheme replaced Erasmus+

A new study indicates that the Turing Scheme – created to replace the opportunities for overseas placements offered by the Erasmus+ scheme after Bre...

A new study indicates that the Turing Scheme – created to replace the opportunities for overseas placements offered by the Erasmus+ scheme after Bre...

Schools play a pivotal role in guiding students to become certain types of people. International schools strive to educate global citizens who are adaptable and culturally curious. As part of this ...

This article draws on qualitative data from the ‘Becoming Citizens of “Post-secular” Britain’ study to examine different ways in which religion becomes interwoven in affective citizenship in school...

Rachel Brooks considers how increased youth mobility and rejoining Erasmus+ could work for UK universities

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