On the Agenda – Week 9, 2015

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27 februari 2015 | Why are so many students turning down free money, Labour planning to cut tuition fees, who's paying for research of climate-change skeptics, inside Google's DeepMind lab and an extra focus on Turkey facing protests while democracy is under attack. Read it all in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 – Education

Why Are So Many College Students Turning Down Free Money? http://t.co/m64J9kZp7u

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlanticEDU) February 25, 2015

Labour would cut top level of university tuition fees to £6,000 http://t.co/TpdS8dZlHh #highered

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) February 27, 2015

The seven myths of university teaching by @paulashwin in today’s @timeshighered http://t.co/YvxadrcodW

— Academic Education (@BloomsburyAcEd) February 26, 2015

How much time do teachers spend on teaching and non-teaching activities? New on educationtoday http://t.co/y3PJbrvtHv pic.twitter.com/xfxu88qz3I

— OECD Education (@OECD_Edu) February 26, 2015

Take 2 –Research

One congressman wants to know who’s paying for the research of climate-change skeptics: http://t.co/eOow53Fiae

— Chronicle (@chronicle) February 26, 2015

“Games are to AI researchers what fruit flies are to biology.” Inside Google’s DeepMind lab: http://t.co/gI5sZsIf9q pic.twitter.com/IOMU2MQWwV

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 26, 2015

What is your view on where next for the Human Resources Strategy for #Researchers? http://t.co/ie4xy07wdW #HRS4R @ResearchEurope #H2020 #ECR

— Voice of Researchers (@Research_Voice) February 24, 2015

Indian researchers cry over stipend as China spends $216.8 billion on R&D http://t.co/NRovR2AiSv

— Times of India (@timesofindia) February 27, 2015

Take 3 – Turkey

.@RazAkkoc on how Turkey’s democracy came under attack from two men’s rivalry http://t.co/caGSrKRy4c pic.twitter.com/LJthUkn5d7

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 24, 2015

How to get #Turkey out of the ‘middle-income trap’: http://t.co/IS0Jab2PqN

— Brookings FP (@BrookingsFP) February 22, 2015

More than 3000 university students in prison on charges of terrorism http://t.co/O9mSKOiNjh ht @TurkeyPulse

— Bilge Yesil (@bilgeyesil1) February 24, 2015

Clashes erupt between rival students at #Ankara University, one injured with gun http://t.co/UrsAW5UQrB pic.twitter.com/Ew1Wv2LV5z

— Hurriyet Daily News (@HDNER) February 26, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

What will be the next step for U-Multirank after a critical review by members of @EUAtweets? http://t.co/HEdI3uz3iz

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 25, 2015