On the Agenda – Week 49, 2014

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12 december 2014 | The top trends in Educational technology in 2014, what this year's most-noticed research tells us, the Physics World 2014 Breakthrough of the Year Award for Rosetta and what the EU has done for the poorest in Britain. Read this and more in our On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Why Africa should be the next focus for UK global higher education drive http://t.co/gIjz63S4Tn #highered via @ConversationUK

— HEFCE (@HEFCE) December 11, 2014

MIT prof accused of sexual harrassment within an MITx MOOC; course gone, prof relationship w MIT gone http://t.co/cLYBAQ1W7A

— Phil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech) December 10, 2014

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014: MOOCs, Outsourcing, and Online Education http://t.co/XK3uHxZYEa

— Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) December 10, 2014

Education in Indonesia: School’s in http://t.co/vTgiAkw1c7 via @TheEconomist #EduPolicy #EduReform

— The OBHE (@theobhe) December 11, 2014

Take 2 – Research

What the year’s most-noticed research papers tell us about ourselves: http://t.co/XOuc4GhPdm

— Chronicle (@chronicle) December 10, 2014

Portfolio: Evgenia Arbugaeva documents a meteorologist’s life at an isolated Arctic outpost http://t.co/LiS6tnjaJ4 pic.twitter.com/56ktJSbKUK

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 10, 2014

The Research Excellence Framework keeps UK science sharp, but it comes at a heavy cost http://t.co/ByuAscdsaQ #REF2014

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 11, 2014

Well done @ESA_Rosetta! RT @redplanet00: #rosettamission receives Physics World 2014 Breakthrough of the Year award ! http://t.co/hbLqHlgdIt

— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) December 12, 2014

Take 3 – Europe

What has the EU ever done for the poorest part of Britain? Quite a lot actually http://t.co/KsBM3XLmXy .@EU_Commission .@EU_Regional

— Corina Cretu (@CorinaCretuEU) December 7, 2014

EARTO Publishes an Open Letter to EC President Juncker on its Investment Plan http://t.co/r5xSBERX5w @JunckerEU @Moedas #Horizon2020

— EARTO (@EARTOBrussels) December 12, 2014

Is your country open to #opendata? #Openindex14 is out! http://t.co/ldaP82zT1S via @OKFN pic.twitter.com/qF1tXGiHVv

— Digital Agenda (@DigitalAgendaEU) December 11, 2014

“Une erreur politique” : @LERUnews President @alain_beretz on cutting the French and EU research budget – http://t.co/lOhwwW11OQ @unistra

— Kurt Deketelaere (@KurtDeketelaere) December 11, 2014

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Eurydice sees small rise in education budgets European countries. Hungary Turkey and Baltics stand out http://t.co/MdgzxMEKg2

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) December 9, 2014