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 - Students
@Bloomberg News: England Student Debt Unprecedented as Government Shifts Funding.
@OECD Edu: How can students today develop critical thinking, and understand what is true and why? Interview with Harvard Professor Howard Gardner.
@International Unit: HE reform key for European jobs and growth - Androulla Vassiliou tells Bologna Process Ministers.
Take 2 - Developing Countries
@OBHE: 200 universities across India in next 5 years.
@Boston CIHE: In Brazil, a Conference on Internationalization Debates Its Dangers.
@World Education Services: Russian universities may choose to issue debt to improve their academic infrastructure under new autonomy reforms.
Take 3 - R&D
@Scholarly Kitchen: Open access not as simple as it sounds: outgoing ARC boss.
@Julie Harris: Certainty Principle: People Who Hold False Convictions Are Better at Retaining Corrected Information.
@IDW: Researchers from the University of Zurich discover new particle at CERN.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: The new yuppie is a she.
@ScienceGuideEU: Dutch government privatizes public debt through student loans.