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  • On the agenda – Week 49, 2011

    - Can money buy innovation? Well, it does help the European Commission says demanding a €30 billion budget increase for its EU2020 framework program. Furthermore, in this week’s “On the agenda”: France says bon voyage to foreign graduates and science makes us feel stupid after all.

    What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all over the world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection of the most important topics and items trending in social media.

    Take 1 - Europe

    @CogniStreamer: Horizon 2020 - EU proposes €80 Billion for Innovation and Research.

    @Distance Education Database: Open and distance learning in the BRIC countries - ICDE session at European education conference.

    @European Commission: Eurypedia - a Europe-wide wiki describing 38 education systems in Europe.

    Take 2 - Internationalization

    @Worldcrunch: France To Its Foreign Graduates: Here's Your Degree, Now Bon Voyage.

    @OECD Education: Vince Cable speech on International skills.

    @Financial Times: Europe warned on erosion of R&D base, as well as need to improve secondary education systems & universities.

    Take 3 - R&D

    @Suzie Sheehy: Science makes us feel stupid.

    @David L. Wheeler: "Can science explain everything?" A Harvard and an MIT professor politely duke it out over that question.

    @GlobalHigherEd: Science & Technology Landscape in a Changing World: Enhancing US Collaboration with the EU and its Member States.