On the agenda – Week 28, 2014
Take 1 – Higher Education
@ieducator: The 29-year-old who is a force in reforming higher education in Ukraine
@TheObhe: The slow death of Turkish higher education
@HillolNag: Higher education internationalization – What gets measured, gets funded
Take 2 – Finance
@TheObhe: Why Europe’s Universities Need ‘Stress Testing’ Even More Than the Banking Sector
@_TimMichael_: Political Calculations – The Ongoing Inflation of the Higher Education Bubble
@CivicaGlobal: Combat higher education costs with creativity
Take 3 – Space
@InnovationUnion: New report flags up non-space breakthroughs that could enable future space missions
@ESAScience: Bizarre nearby blast mimics Universe’s most ancient stars – latest from ESA’s XMM-Newton
@LivingArchitect: Russia test launches first new space rocket since Soviet era
…and on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: LERU stimulates universities to develop philanthropy. It can’t replace public funding, but helps to remain ambitious
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