On the Agenda – Week 12, 2013

Take 1 – India
@indiaedu_ news: President Pranab Mukherjee called for concrete steps to create a “culture of excellence” in Higher Education in India
@Forbes_India: India’s Education Challenge: Designing for Scale or Swell
@IIEglobal: By 2020 India projected to become the ‘youngest’ nation. Outlook on its demographic for education
Take 2 – EU
@NeelieKroesEU: We’re definitely entering the era of open science, and better off for it
@SeanKellyMEP: Parliament vote against MFF prompts new round of lobbying on Horizon2020
@EU_Commission: Education budgets under pressure in Member States
Take 3 – R&D
@PaulMbaker: US Senate votes to defund political science research, save tuition assistance in budget bill
@UniofOxford: Protection from leading malaria vaccine declines over time in young children
@naturenews: BREAKING: Here’s the most detailed picture EVER of the early universe
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Rebecca Mieliwocki: “Civil disobedience from teachers”
@ScienceGuideEU: New Zealand: frontrunner or failure?
