On the agenda – Week 28, 2012

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13 juli 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 overthe world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection ofthe most important topics and items trending in social media.

Take 1 – Europe

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

@JulieHarris: The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s MostSurprising School System.

@MITPortgual: Europe – €8.1 billion investment in research andinnovation to create growth and jobs.

Take 2 – Students

@Global Higher Ed: U.S. pushes for morescientists and PhDs, but the jobs aren’t there.

@JamilSalmi: 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 newworld of valuable qualitative data.      

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

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

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

@ScienceGuideEU: Northern lights for jobless youth.

@ScienceGuideEU: Extreme right suffers fromInternet access.