On the Agenda – Week 39, 2013

Take 1 – Youth Unemployment
@SchleicherEDU: Young, underemployed and unwanted
@UNfoundation: 4 ways governments can help avoid youth unemployment
@matthewjk: This essay on youth joblessness from @nybooks is one of the best essays on unemployment that I’ve read
Take 2 – Teaching
@TimDWalk: Taught by Finland: A blog by an American teacher in Finland, discovering Finnish education
@OECD_Edu: Designing 21st century innovative learning environments
@BBCeducation: Use the arts to improve education, says Arts Council of Wales
Take 3 – Data Visualization
@FastCompany: Watch North American City Skylines Sprout In 3-D Video, From 1850 To Today
@Cyrvin: Why We Hate Infographics (And Why You Should)
@TedTalks: Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: €1 bn short in R&D payments and now also backtracking on the 2014 budget: universities call it ‘inconceivable’
@ScienceGuideEU: ECTS can soon be earned by MOOCs from Iversity making ECTS the academic currency it was meant to be.
Meest Gelezen
Internationale studenten Maastricht faliekant tegen verplichte cursus Nederlands
Alleen bèta’s tegen Erkennen en Waarderen
‘Digitalisering slecht voor staf- en studentenwelzijn’
VVD en CDA willen weer terug naar prestatiebekostiging in het hoger onderwijs
“Internationalisering van de universiteit moet geen zelflikkend ijsje worden”
