On the Agenda – Week 19, 2013
Take 1 – Education Policy
@johnprescott: British Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove is making education policy based on PR-commissioned opinion polls
@SchleicherEDU: Netherlands & Flanders BE added to Strong Performers & Successful Reformers documentary series
@guerillapolicy: The cold heart of primary teaching, the human connection between teacher and child –the teacher as advocate, ally and champion
Take 2 – eScience
@topsciencenews: Carnivorous plant throws out ‘junk’ DNA
@WarwickUni: High home ownership can seriously damage your labor market, new study suggests
@helmholz: Researcher construct invisibility cloak for thermal flow
Take 3 – Food
@NYTimes: Engineering the $325,000 Burger: Dr. Mark Post hopes to bring the dream of cultured meat one step closer
@ifay_loraine: Metabolomics: its applications in food and nutrition research
@WageningenINT: Enough food to go around in the Netherlands, even in a crisis
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Where is the female inventor? Girls are as good in science but only 13% of the patents is filed by women.
@ScienceGuideEU: The future learner will not chose an education once in his life. He and she rather will repeatedly ask the question what and where to learn next
