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  • On the agenda - Week 28, 2012

    - What is the future of French HE? Influential Sciences Po director needs successor. Furthermore, in this week’s “On the agenda”: doubts voiced over American STEM strategy and researchers harvest tweets for qualitative data.

    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

    @OBHE: Prestigious post at Sciences Po will point to French education future.

    @Julie Harris: The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System.

    @MIT Portgual: Europe - €8.1 billion investment in research and innovation to create growth and jobs.

    Take 2 - Students

    @Global Higher Ed: U.S. pushes for more scientists and PhDs, but the jobs aren't there.

    @Jamil Salmi: Should Russian universities pay much attention to rankings?

    @CIHE: Study abroad, graduate on time.

    Take 3 - R&D

    @LSE Blog: Harvesting tweets can open up a new world of valuable qualitative data.      

    @InTechWeb: Could scientist funding cuts in Canada have impact on the global scientific community?

    @Life Sciences Health: Chinese scientists identify yield-boosting rice gene.

    …and this week on ScienceGuideEU

    @ScienceGuideEU: Northern lights for jobless youth.

    @ScienceGuideEU: Extreme right suffers from Internet access.