On the agenda – Week 38, 2012
What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all over the world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection of the most important topics and items trending in social media.
Take 1 – Internationalization
@uniworldnews: US higher education quality and accreditation body goes global
@theobhe: Universities ‘using foreign students as cash cows’
@UKTI_education: Turks spend $4 billion a year on education abroad – Britain is top destination
Take 2 – Open Access
@oecd_edu: Log On and Learn: The Promise of Access in Online Education
@GlobalHigherEd: Coursera doubles university partnerships
@techdirt: The Next 10 Years Of Open Access – “Setting The Default To Open”
Take 3 – R&D
@uniGoettingen: Researchers create world’s smallest ice cube
@plosone: How to confuse a moral compass
@guardian: The science of spilling coffee & why human ponytails swish: yes, it’s the Ig Nobel Prizes!
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: A great melange of academia and art
@ScienceGuideEU: Podesta: innovation key to elections
Meest Gelezen
Vrouwen houden universiteit draaiende, maar krijgen daarvoor geen waardering
Wederom intimidatie van journalisten door universiteit, nu in Delft
Hbo-docent wil wel rolmodel zijn, maar niet eigen moreel kompas opdringen
‘Burgerschapsonderwijs moet ook verplicht worden in hbo en wo’
Raad van State: laat taaltoets nog niet gelden voor hbo-opleidingen