On the agenda – Week 37, 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

@maxplanckpress: Solar & wind energy maystabilise the power grid

@UniofOxford:First single gene cause of insulin sensitivity identified, offeringinsight into diabetes

@MITnews: Asurprisingly simple, but effective, way to separate oil and water 

Take 2 – Open  Access

@GlobalHigherEd:Google Releases Open-Source Online-Education Software 

?@Stanford:Stanford launches Class2Go: open-source platform for online classesthat allows professors to meld research & teaching

@scholarlykitchn:Are Open Access Initiatives “Catastrophic” forCommercial Publishers? 

Take 3 – BRICS

@gsvedu:Students and investors are profiting from the growth ofprivate universities in Brazil 

@uniworldnews:South Africa: government to draft a higher educationinternationalisation policy 

@thaitynews:For China’s struggling graduates, highereducation means higher  unemployment

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

@ScienceGuideEU:  New EU expertgroup will deal with ‘Teaching excellence’ and ‘Learning in thedigital age’

@ScienceGuideEU: European particlescience post-Higgs: a new long-term European strategy