On the Agenda – Week 6, 2015

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6 februari 2015 | Jeb Bush wants to tackle inequality through education. Declining R&D investments in the USA. Anne Glover talks about her time as Chief Scientific Adviser and what's blocking Russia's plans for science and technology? Read this and more in our On the Agenda.

Take 1 – Education

Here’s the full text of Jeb Bush’s “right to rise” speech in Detroit http://t.co/A5z9RfpudE pic.twitter.com/aOg2n1B7YI

— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 5, 2015

International student mobility trends 2015 http://t.co/Xkez2cU6Tw #intled #globaled pic.twitter.com/74X80mIJJQ

— Dr. Rahul Choudaha (@DrEducationBlog) February 5, 2015

Economic impact of universities – the #HigherEducation sector generates thousands of jobs #BackUniversities pic.twitter.com/oZlUMq6SZo

— Universities UK (@UniversitiesUK) February 5, 2015

Is money the deciding factor in successful #education? @SchleicherEdu & @BBCWorld http://t.co/NvxyhCrR4U Report: http://t.co/E88MX7ZPhd

— OECD Education (@OECD_Edu) February 5, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Brief overview of declining R&D in USA http://t.co/x5eUWG9JJw to compare with our Forum on R&D/innovation in the EU http://t.co/R63lw0OgMd

— Intereconomics (@Intereconomics_) February 5, 2015

Evidence from warm past confirms recent IPCC estimates of climate sensitivity @cabotinstitute http://t.co/J7xEKBpFtI

— Bristol University (@BristolUni) February 5, 2015

What really happened to Europe’s first and last science adviser? @AnneGlover_EU gives first full interview http://t.co/1yXE6GFQy1

— David Shukman (@davidshukmanbbc) February 2, 2015

13.8 billion years – Painting the history of the Universe with #Planck: http://t.co/M9PaiJOCII pic.twitter.com/AsM1X9Ilx2

— ESA Science (@esascience) February 5, 2015

Take 3 – Russia

What’s blocking #Russia‘s plans for science & technology innovation? A bad economy – http://t.co/ax1QLV2Ixm pic.twitter.com/T1w50YWRRU

— Voice of America (@VOA_News) February 5, 2015

Russia’s universities: rebuilding ‘collapsed stars’ | Features | Times Higher Education http://t.co/HIuPqaYCvx

— Andrea Mariuzzo (@MariuzzoAndrea) January 29, 2015

Moscow library fire “a major loss for science…probably equivalent to the Library of Congress,” http://t.co/l3EvMx6lx6

— Jonah Busch (@jonahbusch) February 2, 2015

Macroeconomic Cronyism http://t.co/wQ9mCd6Jp5

— Paul Krugman (@NYTimeskrugman) February 3, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The TTIP could become a threat to the essence of higher education, warns the @euatweets http://t.co/hsaX5zZLNN

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 2, 2015

EU goes on the offensive against youth unemployment with €1 bln investment @MarianneThyssen http://t.co/nQUx6aupaO

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 4, 2015