On the agenda – Week 30,2014

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1 augustus 2014 | Scientists that are popular on social media score points in the newly introduced ‘Kardashian Index’. Also in this week’s ‘On the Agenda’: Thanks to digitization the tragedy of the First World War will never be forgotten.

Take 1 – Higher Education

“The world of work has changed so fast in the past 2 decades, and the #HigherEd system simply did not catch up” http://t.co/ykousAcisL

— WISE (@WISE_Tweets) August 1, 2014

#Highered G+: Why has the ‘public’ faded from public higher education? – Statesman Journal http://t.co/pVtsPETFE4

— Dr. Lee Keyes (@DrLeeKeyes) August 1, 2014

Prof says to save the humanities, close the business schools #highered #cdnpse http://t.co/ycG2L2UWs4

— Academica Top Ten (@AcademicaTopTen) July 30, 2014

Take 2 – Social Media

Scientists on Twitter…Kardashian index! http://t.co/6LHWH1bz8Z

— Byron Conway (@aricochet) August 1, 2014

Doing it in public: impact, blogging, social media and the academy – the public role of academics – sterk pleidooi! http://t.co/zfVFhW9KgH

— Rob le Pair (@roblepair) August 1, 2014

Relationships are the Life Raft of Technology & Social Media Evolution http://t.co/g3iNsQiYMP via @PamMktgNut

— Gary Schirr (@ProfessorGary) July 30, 2014

Take 3 – WW I

Thanks to digitization the tragedy of #WW1 will never be forgotten. http://t.co/spyzWmTgsI pic.twitter.com/N7a14r2ecC via @EuropeanaEU

— Digital Agenda (@DigitalAgendaEU) July 28, 2014

‘A sunlit picture of hell’: Sassoon’s war diaries go online for first time http://t.co/8CzS3G6dvw #WW1

— Cambridge University (@Cambridge_Uni) August 1, 2014

Top 10 war poems chosen by Jon Stallworthy via @guardian http://t.co/p5XQL7RuLe. Our #ww1 event: http://t.co/N8E0pwwV4w #twitterstorians

— British Academy (@britac_news) July 30, 2014

…and on ScienceGuideEU

A team of MIT-researchers has created a new way of manufacturing microstructured surfaces that have novel 3D textures http://t.co/JxznM5la2p

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) July 31, 2014

New model shows that despite strong increase in mackerel catch, current exploitation isn’t threatening the stock http://t.co/9H22zy7Q5h

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) July 31, 2014