On the Agenda – Week 37, 2013

Take 1 – Stem cells
@AlanMJordan: Stem-cell biologists have grown an ‘organoid’ that resembles a brain.
@HuffPostPol: Putting stem-cells into a mouse in stead of a petri dish gives promising results.
@NatureNews: Controversial – government sponsored – stem-cell therapy is banned in Italy.
Take 2 – Creativity
@MCCOUNL: Good news for sloppy characters: a messy environment does indeed spur creativity, new research shows.
@EconBizFin : why excessive collaboration can lead to exactly the opposite of creativity.
@MP_Innovation: Problem finders are better creatives than problem solvers.
Take 3 – Developing Countries
@uniworldnews: The Indian Education Ministry now allows foreign universities to set up campuses and offer degrees.
@PaulMBaker: In Brazil the fusion of two major educational institutions will constitute the largest HE group in the world, with a market value of around $ 6 billion.
@uniworldnews: In South-Africa the number of applicants for universities exceed the number of spaces with hundreds of thousands.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Barely elected, the new Abbott-government in Australia is already baptized ‘anti-science’.
@ScienceGuideEU: ESU investigated what students themselves call quality in education.
Meest Gelezen
Onderwijs zorgt zelf voor stress bij studenten
‘Verstoorde arbeidsverhouding’ als ontslaggrond ondermijnt sociale veiligheid’
“De universiteiten in Nederland zijn op de rug gaan liggen voor Big Tech”
Valoriseren door een snelweg te blokkeren
‘Debat over internationalisering meer vanuit emotie dan feiten gevoerd’
