On the agenda – Week 3, 2012

20 januari 2012 - How do tuition fees affect university choice? Numbers from Sweden show international applications rebounded after a slump due to last year’s introduction of fees. Furthermore, in this week’s “On the agenda”: German scientists create the smallest hard drive saving 1 bit per 12 atoms and a vision on pay-as-you-go lectures.

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 - Internationalization

@FutureTalent Group: Foreign applications to Swedish universities rebound.

@DAAD: Plan to send every second German student abroad.

@University of British Columbia: Internationalizing Chinese Higher Education institutions.

Take 2 - R&D

@Max Planck Press: 12 atoms per bit: the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit?

@Guardian Education: Academic publishers have become the enemies of science | Dr Mike Taylor.

@The King Center: Open The King Center Imaging project and Martin Luther King archive brings the works and papers of Martin Luther King to a digital generation.

Take 3 - Policy

@Center for International HE: Pay-as-you-go lectures would give us real choice.

@Vangelis Tsiligiris: US model threatens European traditions.

@GlobalHigherEd: Academic R&D financed by business, for selected countries: 1981-2009.