On the Agenda – Week 3, 2015

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16 januari 2015 | How Chinese MOOCs have escaped the attention of Chinese censors, What the U.S. education system can learn from the Dutch, Science creativity crisis, a huge merger between two academic publishers and everything about innovation. Read this and more in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 – Education

#China: #MOOCs have escaped the attention of Chinese censors & have opened up a whole new world for #ChineseStudents http://t.co/sPYxjj7rLU

— WES (@WESPicks) January 12, 2015

Improving #school climate and opportunities to #learn | New on educationtoday http://t.co/I71cJ5W4Rz #OECDTALIS pic.twitter.com/VX3wetckki

— OECD Education (@OECD_Edu) January 15, 2015

What the U.S. education system can learn from the Netherlands http://t.co/GCyy4B0Tzn pic.twitter.com/iKifYPZKjq

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 15, 2015

Top 10 things employers look for in university graduates http://t.co/flfnBOxQVw via @brisbanetimes #HigherEd #Employability

— The OBHE (@theobhe) January 14, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Citations, impact factors, publications…Do bibliometrics really help pick good scientists? http://t.co/Pn1WxExXJo pic.twitter.com/bwwCXpG0pT

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) January 15, 2015

Science’s creativity crisis: http://t.co/TX2gBdONrz

— Chronicle (@chronicle) January 13, 2015

Nature’s Publisher (Macmillan Science & Education) To Merge With Springer Science creating group with 13k employees http://t.co/rQPSvsZheh

— GlobalHigherEd (@GlobalHigherEd) January 15, 2015

What words would kill the mood on a rare night out? #RuinADateWithAnAcademicInFiveWords … http://t.co/tM1AhXDIzT

— Chronicle (@chronicle) January 15, 2015

Take 3 – Innovation

From Welfare State To Innovation State http://t.co/4vZRse65iB via @socialeurope

— Global Policy (@Global_Policy) January 16, 2015

Rapid technological progress is upon us. In the future, which jobs will survive? http://t.co/IWLWprIuiS #econarchive pic.twitter.com/2F9cfRiX0A

— The Economist (@EconBizFin) January 15, 2015

A number of cities have become hotbeds of innovation http://t.co/hMKPk6gtvr

— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) January 14, 2015

I resigned from Commission and will leave regardless – Anne Glover’s EU advisor role reinstated, MEP says @Euractiv http://t.co/um5mM54RsL

— Anne Glover (@AnneGlover_EU) January 14, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found on the surface of the planet. http://t.co/nvXiVJlSkC

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) January 16, 2015

With structural reforms planned, India is about to overtake China as the fastest growing economy http://t.co/LV3qloA4g1

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) January 15, 2015