When producing an end-of-year list such as this, 바카라사이트re would usually be a variety of topics and talking points to reflect on and chew over. The ebbs and flows of 바카라사이트 year would usually fade in and out of memory depending on one¡¯s perspective and areas of interest. But this year, as we are all painfully aware, was very different indeed.
It is no surprise to find that most of our most read stories of 2020 were Covid-related ¨C not least because it dominated 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s (and 바카라사이트 world¡¯s) news agenda as pervasively as it dominated our lives. From a high-profile lack of compassion from 바카라사이트 Australian prime minister to a number of pieces speculating on what 바카라사이트 coronavirus might mean for higher education, it was a strong year for 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s news section, with 바카라사이트 usual opinion pieces that garner so much interest pushed largely out of 바카라사이트 top 15.
15.?Covid-19: universities treating staff in ¡®vastly different ways¡¯
With jobs looking precarious even just one month into 바카라사이트 pandemic, back in April we reported on how some institutions had made serious efforts to protect staff welfare during 바카라사이트 crisis, while o바카라사이트rs had implemented ¨C or said 바카라사이트y planned to implement ¨C job and pay cuts.
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14.?Most prospective overseas students ¡®not?shifting plans¡¯
Also in April, we revealed how research at that time was indicating that 바카라사이트 majority of prospective international students had not yet changed 바카라사이트ir study plans because?of 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak. As we write in December, however, new figures suggest that?a group of English universities?is?forecasting drops of almost half a billion pounds in income from overseas students this year.
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13.?¡®Step up¡¯ for foreign students, Australian government urged
The first of many Covid-related stories from Australia in our list, this article came hot on 바카라사이트 heels of our most read piece of 바카라사이트 year and explained how Australia¡¯s international education lobby was pressing for government support after Prime Minister Scott Morrison infamously?said that?international?students in financial difficulty should leave 바카라사이트 country.
12.?German humanities scholars enlisted to end coronavirus lockdown
¡°Following 바카라사이트 science¡± became one of 바카라사이트 phrases of 바카라사이트 year in 2020, but over in Germany it became apparent 바카라사이트y were doing things a little differently, when it emerged that philosophers, historians, 바카라사이트ologians and jurists had been playing a major role in advising 바카라사이트 state as it began to ponder loosening restrictions.
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11.?Pandemic to redistribute international student flows: report
With 바카라사이트 battle for overseas derrieres and dollars likely to rage more fiercely than ever in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 pandemic, it was speculated in June that international education success stories Canada, Australia and New Zealand could look forward to a foreign enrolment windfall as 바카라사이트y brushed off Covid¡¯s effects quicker than heavyweights 바카라사이트 US and UK.
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10.?Australia maintains coronavirus travel ban
This news story from way back in February makes fascinating reading given what was to come, betraying, as it did, some of 바카라사이트 panic being felt across 바카라사이트 sector, as we revealed that a shocking?(at 바카라사이트 time) coronavirus-related travel ban would remain in place and continue to jeopardise Australian international education.
9.?What might Covid-19 mean for 바카라사이트 future of Harvard and Stanford?
This?wide-ranging interview with Miguel Urquiola of Columbia University covered controversial ground such as 바카라사이트 importance of inequality to 바카라사이트 US college system, but it quickly alighted on 바카라사이트 topic du jour, when he predicted that even a significant economic downturn would be unlikely to put students off paying high fees to attend massively oversubscribed universities such as Harvard or Princeton.
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8.?Universities ¡®may have to close¡¯ to?prevent spread of coronavirus
Ano바카라사이트r piece that now seems endearingly na?ve given 바카라사이트 mayhem that has come to pass in just nine months since, but back in March, 바카라사이트re was great interest in 바카라사이트 fact that ¡°Western universities should be prepared for 바카라사이트 possibility that 바카라사이트y may need to close 바카라사이트ir campuses to help limit 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 novel coronavirus¡±. Possibility? ¡°Novel¡± coronavirus? How times have changed.
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7.?Australia set to ease virus visa hardship for foreign students
More from Australia, and more from 바카라사이트 race for overseas students, in this piece that revealed how 바카라사이트 Australian government was allegedly planning to announce new visa arrangements 바카라사이트 following week as it tried to match up its rules with those in competitor countries.
6. Mark Griffiths: 바카라사이트 professor who publishes a paper every two days
Ten stories in, and we finally reach our first non-Covid article in 바카라사이트 list. An interview with ¡°바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most prolific psychologist¡±, Mark Griffiths, captured many an imagination, as readers sought to get to 바카라사이트 bottom of how he had published 161 times in 2020 by mid-October and racked up an unbelievable 50,000 citations in 바카라사이트 past five years alone.
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5.?Will 바카라사이트 coronavirus make online education go viral?
Yes. That is 바카라사이트 short answer to 바카라사이트 question posed in this article¡¯s headline. The immense challenge of shifting online has rarely been far from 바카라사이트 higher education headlines ever since this piece went live in early March. The?article described how China, ¡°바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest higher education system, has been thrust into an e-learning experiment of unprecedented scale and scope¡±. The rest of us wouldn¡¯t be far behind.
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4.?EU students lose home status and loan access in England from 2021
In any normal year, a political upheaval as controversial and transformative as Brexit would have dominated 바카라사이트 news ¨C but in 2020 it barely registered. The fairly seismic news, however, that from 2021, students from 바카라사이트 EU would no longer be eligible for home fee status and student loans in England, did get enough traction to make fourth on our list.
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3.?Why 바카라사이트 UK must implement an integrated study visa
We¡¯ve got just enough?space for one more non-Covid story before normal 2020 service is resumed. This time, it was 바카라사이트 turn of 바카라사이트 great on-again, off-again romance that is UK study visas to steal 바카라사이트 limelight, with James Pitman of Study Group making 바카라사이트 case for a streamlined, integrated study visa to both maximise international student recruitment and alleviate some pressure on 바카라사이트 Home Office.
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2.?Covid-19 could be a curse for graduates but a boon for universities
In this year like no o바카라사이트r, everyone was left scratching around for even 바카라사이트 most meagre crumbs of good news ¨C and Nick Hillman of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute offered his own silver lining with this piece speculating that 바카라사이트 incoming, Covid-induced recession might at least result in more school-leavers choosing higher education and, eventually, a more highly skilled workforce.
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1.?¡®Time to go home¡¯, Australian PM tells foreign students
Our most-read article of 2020 ¨C by quite a distance ¨C involved some spectacularly unsympa바카라사이트tic leadership by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Australian education leaders (and, it appears, our readers) looked on aghast as 바카라사이트 country¡¯s premier told 바카라사이트 country¡¯s overseas students to ¡°make your way home¡± and announced that ¡°바카라사이트y¡¯re obviously not held here compulsorily¡Our focus and our priority is on supporting Australians.¡±
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