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.