On the Agenda – Week 50, 2014

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19 december 2014 | What were the best achievements in science? The best books on data innovation, the most impressive photo's of space and the best datavisualizations of 2014. Read it in this year's last On the Agenda together with ScienceGuideEU's highlights of the year 2014.

Take 1 –Best of 2014

365 days: 2014 in science http://t.co/7pEmq2A3Ae

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 17, 2014

The 10 Best Books on Data Innovation of 2014 http://t.co/C4HMPcR64D

— Ramesh Babu (@rameshbabua) December 19, 2014

The best space photos of 2014: A Lagoon Nebula, the Hercules A galaxy, and more http://t.co/Jc4JMXbbXv

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) December 15, 2014

Check out @flowingdata’s favourite #dataviz from 2014 – some nice ones in here! http://t.co/g1Eb0sRUoB

— School of Data (@SchoolOfData) December 19, 2014

Take 2 – Best of ScienceGuideEU in 2014

‘@aQysta Europe’s most innovative clean-tech venture in the Climate-KIC. Big boost for Dutch startup in irrigation http://t.co/mjBUKs8QB3

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) November 5, 2014

“We will go the moon and do the other things. Not because they’re easy, but because they’re hard!” JFK 1962

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 12, 2014

People worried MOOCs would replace universities, but they actually improve campus education, says edX’s Anant Agarwal http://t.co/hwaqi1jayi

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) June 11, 2014

Swiss academia suffers from being excluded from Horizon2020, however the biggest loss is not financial, @Gielt argues http://t.co/w0YjXSSy0L

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) March 14, 2014

Take 3 – News

UK releases world’s largest university assessment http://t.co/kLjzpZaJX6

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 18, 2014

Science & Innovation Strategy and review of research councils announced by government: http://t.co/Oe7KdIX5bi #STEM pic.twitter.com/uYsEWEbIvl

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) December 17, 2014

How to ensure universities are still a ‘safe space’ for sensitive, politicised topics http://t.co/AFqcxcEGsS #highered #academicfreedom

— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) December 16, 2014

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The @EUAtweets fears Juncker’s Investment Plan will harm ‘Excellent Science Pillar’ in Horizon 2020 programme http://t.co/df3OdtWhi9

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) December 18, 2014

The British government is setting its agenda for science and innovation by choosing eight priority technologies http://t.co/iehi2QQM1R

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) December 17, 2014