Eight things to bear in mind when choosing a university for your globally mobile teen

Here are the considerations that a parent and young adult need to think through particularly when choosing to study at a university in a country where your family is not currently living.

Wellbeing initiatives: the role of mindfulness in international mobility

Organisations are increasingly focusing on improving employee and family wellbeing in the global mobility context. How can mindfulness provide a strategy for individuals to manage stress and improve their wellbeing while on international assignment?

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Lessons in Wellbeing

Good international schools take the health and wellbeing of their students seriously, writes Ruth Holmes.

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International universities make the grade

International university league tables are still dominated by the UK and the US, but tertiary institutions from Asia to Australia are increasingly offering a quality alternative. Marianne Curphey reports.

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World Mental Health Day 2022: economic turbulence fuelling burnout

A new survey highlights how for many the end of the pandemic has not improved mental wellbeing. Amid economic turbulence and rising prices, quiet quitting and retention are also challenges as employees seek to safeguard their state of mind.

Government Eyes Easing UK Visa Rules

Will liberalising immigration rules attract the overseas skills that the UK needs?

Chancellor Unveils Plan for 'Global Britain'

Can the 'mini-budget' "expand the supply side of the economy through tax incentives and reform"?

Energy Cap Time Limit Worrying Business

Business leaders in the UK give guarded welcome to government support package that will cap gas and electricity prices for all companies for six months from the start of October.

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Isle of Man remains safest place in the British Isles

The Isle of Man's Chief Constable's Annual Report, which was released in August 2022, has revealed that the Isle of Man continues to be the safest place to live in the British Isles.

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Where people and purpose mean business

Blick Rothenberg is an award-winning tax, audit and advisory firm that prides itself on putting people first. Ruth Holmes caught up with Mark Abbs, Partner and Head of Global Mobility, to find out how Blick Rothenberg aligns people, purpose and profitability to such effect.

Reputation and reward key to recruitment

Employees have high expectations of their future employers. Job seekers expect excellent staff incentives, hybrid working options, generous annual leave and robust sustainability policies, strengthening the link between ESG and DEI.

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Commonwealth Advantage helps nations build back better after Birmingham 2022

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was the biggest investment that the UK has made in a sporting event since London 2012, and it certainly went big on its promises.

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Online learning yields top marks

Lockdown learning not only changed where students learned, but how. Distance- and remote-learning opened opportunities for children and young people around the world. Quality online schools flourished and continue to do so as their A level and GCSE results indicate.

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Back to school? The future of education

This summer, exam boards and regulators sought a return to business as usual after two years of teacher-assessed grading. As the next intake of freshers, school-starters and returners find their feet, we look ahead to what the future of secondary and higher education promises post-pandemic.

Businesses warned of Chinese state interference

Businesses warned of Chinese state interference

MI5’s Director General, Ken McCallum, and the FBI’s Director, Chris Wray, took the unprecedented step of sharing a platform to publicly warn businesses of “the growing threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to UK and US interests.”

Risky Business: Global Mobility’s growing role in times of crisis

Risky Business: Global Mobility’s growing role in times of crisis

Today, Mark Zuckerberg’s comment “the biggest risk is not taking risks,” sounds off-key. Global Mobility, HR and their colleagues across international business face more frequent, newly identified and ‘blockbusting’ risks. Instead, IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohen’s adage, “if you don’t invest in risk management, it’s risky business” has become much more pertinent, writes Ruth Holmes.

The changing role of the finance director – working cross-functionally with people management and global mobility

The pandemic put a strain on company finances and created huge administrative and fiscal burdens for organisations trying to cope with furlough schemes around the world. As a result, the role of finance director became even more important to organisations. CFOs are now playing a wider and more strategic role. Marianne Curphey reports.

Boosting bandwidth: upgrading global tech-talent strategies

The figures are brutal: by 2026, the current global shortage of software engineers will have grown by more than 545,000. How can global economies and employers fill the gap? David Sapsted reports.

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Where ESG meets DEI: what role for HR?

Improving workplace diversity and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were seen as nice to haves, but ‘too fluffy’ to land on boardroom agendas. As diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and environment, social and governance (ESG), they are fundamental. Where do HR and GM fit?

The changing role of the global mobility function

The changing role of the global mobility function

The past two years have seen significant change in the work load and work content of global mobility professionals. Dr Sue Shortland explains how the role of global mobility professionals has changed.

Financial wellbeing at the heart of employee satisfaction and productivity

Financial wellbeing at the heart of employee satisfaction and productivity

How well companies support their staff in times of economic hardship can have a significant impact on employee wellbeing and productivity, and on their ability to recruit and retain the next generation of top talent, argues Marianne Curphey.

Global trade: the UK’s prospects for new partners

If the course of true love never runs smooth, then the route to consummating a trade deal can be distinctly rocky – at least, it is if the UK's post-Brexit experience of international courtship is anything to go by, writes David Sapsted.

Climate change – reviewing global mobility policy initiatives

Climate change is having a devastating impact across the world. Global mobility can take action to contribute towards reducing carbon emissions by changing its approach to the types of assignments undertaken and the policy components that support them. Dr Sue Shortland provides some ideas on approaches that might be taken.

Opening Ceremony brings Birmingham to the world

The 2022 Commonwealth Games got off to an explosive start in an extravaganza that explored the rich history, culture and identity of Birmingham and the West Midlands – and what this future-facing region has to offer in a post-Brexit, post-Covid world.

TASIS England Applauds Successful AP Exam Results

TASIS The American School in England is delighted to announce the excellent Advanced Placement (AP) exam results achieved by its students.

Borderless Online International Education: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Child

An interview with Santosh Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO and Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal, Co-Founder and COO in conversation with Fiona Murchie, Managing Editor of Relocate Global about the growing appeal of virtual schools for international families, parents planning relocation moves or students wanting to move school and the benefits 21K School offers.

’Second City’ aims for commonwealth gold

The Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham from July 28-August 8, provided individuals, teams and nations with memorable moments of sporting success. Now Britain's 'second city' - along with the rest of the West Midlands - is hoping the legacy of the games will provide it with memorable moments of economic success. Coinciding with the athletes' physical endeavours on land and in the water, a $33 million Business and Tourism Programme (BTP) was launched aimed at attracting international investment and visitors to the region.