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UK: Lords Committee calls for UK-EU mobility reset

The PIE News

The House of Lords European Affairs Committee has called for a UK-EU relations “reset”, including a shake up of the current student mobility landscape. In its new report, The future UK-EU relationship, the committee uses evidence from stakeholders to examine the overarching state of the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and EU, delving into themes including mobility of people and the overall political, diplomatic and institutional relationship between the UK and the EU.

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Ukrainian sisters lodging in Northumberland turn out to be musical prodigies

The Guardian - Higher Education

Strangers stopped to listen in the street when the windows were open and the girls from refugee family were practising When a Northumberland couple opened up their village home to a Ukrainian mother and her two daughters last year, they were responding to the plight of refugees escaping the Russian invasion. Having been told no more than that this was a musical family, Sheilagh Matheson and Chris Roberts offered two bedrooms and a honky-tonk piano.

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WVU offers voluntary Work-Time Reduction Program for staff and faculty - WVU

Economics and Change in Higher Education

As discussed during the latest Campus Conversation, West Virginia University currently is facing a structural budget challenge. We have heard from staff and faculty across the WVU System sharing creative approaches to help identify areas where expense reductions can occur. A voluntary Work-Time Reduction Program, designed with input from our campus community, provides staff and faculty two options to remain active WVU employees while reducing their time and effort at work.

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University’s projected enrollment decline of 5,000 over the next decade could require a $75 million adjustment to annual budget - Don Smith, WV Press Association

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop, who gave the budget update following President Gee’s recent announcement of a $35 million budget deficit, said it wasn’t the administration’s predetermined goal to make WVU a smaller university and that the decisions being made are based on projections of declining enrollment and revenue over the next decade.

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