On the Agenda – Week 26, 2013

Take 1 – EU Multi Financial Framework
@EurActiv: Storified Live coverage: EU summit kicks off with budget deal
@Esutwt: 50 million euro extra for #Erasmus+ in 2014 & 2015
@EurActiv: Lewandowski: Agreeing the budget was “extreme sports“
Take 2 – Developing Countries
@UNESCO: Few African or Latin American universities appear in international rankings. Maybe the criteria are the problem, not the schools
@C_Cripps: Indian students not changing their dreams of study abroad despite a tumbling rupee
@WashingtonPost: China’s new education reform: Reducing importance of test scores
Take 3 – Medical research
@SUMedicine : The brains of children with autism show higher-than-normal neural connectivity
@Stanford: At #TEDxStanford 2013, Prof. Krishna Shenoy explains the neural prostheses he designed to help disabled patients
@SCIAM: Sweet ‘n Sour: A Common Sugar May Help Pathogens Conquer the Human Gut
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Erasmus no longer for all: Council of Ministers agrees on Erasmus, including the controversial student loan guarantee scheme
@ScienceGuideEU: The EU suffers from an aging teaching force. @SchleicherEDU looks for solutions and hopes for Teach First success
