On the agenda – Week 27, 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 – Policy
@The Scotsman: University mergers, principalsalary curbs, female board member quotas – Scottish Government toradically shake-up the country’s universities and
@Julie Harris: Using data to build bettereducation systems: Andreas Schleicher at TEDGlobal
@OBHE: Funding cuts divide Europe’s
Take 2 – Students
@CIHE: Upcoming US presidential elections: awin-win for overseas students?
@Nature: Publishing in foreign
@OECDEducation: UK cuts on ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses to increase HEquality in funding
Take 3 – R&D
@CERN:CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgsboson. What does the news tell
@INSEAD: Switzerland, Sweden Are World’s MostInnovative Countries.
@InTechWeb: Virtual science libraries to belaunched in central Asia.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: SteLA-students aim at tacklingthe world’s largest
@ScienceGuideEU: Thomson Reuters bans 51academic journals from impact factor ranking due to “anomalouscitation
Meest Gelezen
Wederom intimidatie van journalisten door universiteit, nu in Delft
‘Burgerschapsonderwijs moet ook verplicht worden in hbo en wo’
Raad van State: laat taaltoets nog niet gelden voor hbo-opleidingen
Vrouwen houden universiteit draaiende, maar krijgen daarvoor geen waardering
Extra geld voor bètafaculteiten is daar nooit terechtgekomen