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Podcast: Canada v UK special

This week on the podcast we travel to Toronto, Canada to chat international students, predictions for 2023 and the collapse of a university – and how to avoid it happening again both in Canada and in the UK

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Team Wonkhe
News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

This week in a special seasonal episode of the show we travel to Toronto, Canada to meet with sector experts Higher Education Strategy Associates.

Alex Usher and his team chat international students, student mental health, predictions for 2023 and the collapse of a university - and how to avoid it happening again both in Canada and in the UK.

With Alex Usher, President at Higher Education Strategy Associates, Tiffany McLennon, Research Analyst at HESA, Jonathan McQuarrie, Manager Academic Planning at HESA, Mike Ratcliffe, academic registrar and sector historian and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

 

Read more

  • Alex Usher’s One Thought to Start Your Day blog
  • Alex’s commentary on Laurentian University
  • The Walrus: The Shadowy Business of International Education
  • Wonk Corner: A crackdown is likely still coming on international students
  • Blog: There are clear differences in outcomes between A level and BTEC students who in theory have equivalent grades. Mike Kerrigan is basking in the dashboard light.

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