On the Agenda – Week 05, 2014
Take 1 – Second Chance Education
@emmy_arts: ‘Second chance’ routes into higher education Sweden, Norway and Germany compared.
@EHChalus: Shortsighted move: Further education funding cuts hit students looking for a second chance
@Meetasengupta: On Dropouts and Second Chances in India.
Take 2 – South Korea
@theobhe: Pink slip handed to ‘bad universities’ in South Korea
@litaaja: Book Club: South Korea Hates Its World-Class Education System
@MindShiftKQED: South Korea is starting to think about improving student happiness, not just test scores
Take 3 – R&D
@naturenews: China becomes world’s third-largest producer of research articles
@UniofOxford: Power lines don’t raise risk of leukemia in children
@EPFL_en: Scientists will track people’s emotions via their tweets during the Sochi Winter Olympics
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: A Herculean Task. Can Greece’s ambitious EU Presidency agenda repair its “weakest link” reputation?
@ScienceGuideEU: NATO Secretary General Rasmussen predicts growing technological divide between U.S. and EU: cooperation will become difficult
