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
@Vangelis Tsiligiris: The Debt Crisis and Higher
Education Reforms in Greece: A Catalyst for Change.
@University of Kassel: International Student
Mobility in Europe in the Context of Bologna Process.
@News direct: UCAS publishes 2012 application figures &
analysis by country.
Take 2 - Policy
@Globe and Mail: University leaders want more
Canadians to study abroad.
@Andreas Schleicher: Skills matter - Developing
an OECD Skills Strategy, presentation.
@The Local: Fees bring flurry of 'fake' colleges
to Sweden: After the introduction of tuition fees to Swedish universities.
Take 3 - R&D
@Nature News: Japan plans to merge major science
bodies.
@Open Science Federation: Elsevier's Publishing
Model Might be About to Go Up in Smoke :: "a revolt of the academics".
@Jules Evans: Royal Society - Neural evidence
for the non-utilitarian representation of sacred values.