On the agenda – Week 9, 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 – R&D

@CERN:Big science teams up with big business to kick-start European cloudcomputing.

@Nature Magazine: The quest for the elusiveMajorana fermion may be over.

@Cameron Neylon: Quick notes in response toElsevier withdrawing support for the Research Works Act.

Take 2 – Internationalization

@Karin Fischer: New report highlights trends ininternational student mobility.

@Alastair Blyth: Can internationalisation fostereconomic recovery? Be at OECD conference, NYC.

@Institute of International Education: MoreAmericans are going abroad for full degrees.

Take 3 – Policy

@OECDEdu: OECD countries have adopted dramatically differentstrategies for increasing higher education access.

@University of Berkeley: InternationalizingBrazil’s Universities: Creating Coherent National Policies Must Bea Priority.

@GlobalHigherEd: New World Bank report China2030 includes plenty on Chinese higher education, innovation systems.

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

@ScienceGuideEU: What are the views of Romney,Sanotorum, Gingrich, Paul on higher education and research?

@ScienceGuideEU: German universities need toopen their ivory towers to nontraditional students, Merkel’sexperts demand.

@ScienceGuideEU: ‘Project bonds’ toleverage knowledge and research. ScienceGuide spoke with ECPresident Barroso.