On the agenda – Week 10, 2012

What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all overthe world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection ofthe most important topics and items trending in social media.

Take 1 -Teaching

@Harvard Derek Bok Center: How Do We MeasureLearning? « the Bok Blog.

@ICT in Education: Web-based lecturetechnologies and learning and teaching: a study of change in fourAustralian universities.

@Open Innovation: The end of teaching as we knowit.

Take 2 – R&D

@Università Bocconi: Gender Quotas Are Good forPolitics (and Politicians).

@University of California: What kind of managerare you? It may depend on your background.

@PLoSONE: Fossil of fish and flying reptile in fatal struggle (photo).

Take 3 – Policy

@Vangelis Tsiligiris: International educatorsdebate higher education priorities for developing countries |World-Class’ vs. Mass Education.

@World Uni Rankings: Fewer foreign students “agood thing” says Australian HE minister.

@OBHE: Welsh university mergers ‘an attack onfreedom’ claims top academic.

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

@ScienceGuideEU: What is teaching excellence in#highered? Workshop by Roosevelt Academy and experts from Harvard’sDerek Bok Center.

@ScienceGuideEU: Brazil’s economy fuels highereducation exchange.

@ScienceGuideEU: Indian higher education agencyrecommends to split Indian universities into smaller units.