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 - Policy
@Andrew Roth: Putin is creating its own
university ranking system after Russia being shut out of THE's Top
100.
@EU Commission: Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn:
From Innovation Emergency to Economic Growth.
@Business Standard India: India faces challenge
on higher education due to low enrolment, access and employability.
Take 2 - Finance
@Education UK: Study highlights fees deterrent
for postgraduates.
@OBHE: Japan considers HE subsidy to promote
study abroad, €0.9-1.8 million for each of its 40 universities.
@Tara Madden-Dent: 2011 Year in Review: Global
Changes in Tuition Fee Policies and Student Financial Assistance.
Take 3 - R&D
@Max Planck Press: An interactive carbon map.
@New Scientist: Make PhDs employees not students.
@Futurity News: Alcohol images may prompt racial
bias.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Ann Mettler from the Lisbon
Council on how to create sustainable growth in the EU.
@ScienceGuideEU: Where do public university
professors earn the most?
@ScienceGuideEU: Dutch/Chinese alliance on
Open Access to genomics data.