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  • On the agenda - Week 13, 2012

    - What to do when your universities fail in international rankings? Vladimir Putin defies them and creates his own. Furthermore, in this week’s “On the agenda”: British tuition fees deter prospective Master students and an interactive map tracks source and impact of climate change.

    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.