On the Agenda – Week 21, 2015

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21 mei 2015 | How will access to the Bologna Process affect Belarus? Why will technology never fix education? Are we products of nature or nurture? How can Europe compete with the US in academia? Why is Finland's economy in decline? Read this and more in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Accession to #BolognaProcess does not guarantee reforms in #Belarusian #highered http://t.co/8v8UNPsjMa #Belarus #Europe #intled

— WES (@WESPicks) May 20, 2015

Why technology will never fix education: http://t.co/P3Hg6nZkoy

— Chronicle (@chronicle) May 20, 2015

Does Europe need tenure track to keep young talent, and compete with the US? http://t.co/H9F31A6GBL

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) May 20, 2015

Sudanese official says ISIS recruitment among students on the rise http://t.co/BAPoXl7Xdv via @SudanTribune #Sudan #Terrorism #HigherEd

— The OBHE (@theobhe) May 20, 2015

Take 2 –Research

US lawmakers advance controversial science-policy bill http://t.co/thK4wvhWOH pic.twitter.com/qiYhGGoWUi

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) May 20, 2015

Author retracts study of changing minds on same-sex marriage after colleague admits data were faked http://t.co/G2d4qRSLom

— Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) May 20, 2015

Are we products of nature or nurture? Science answers age-old question http://t.co/ha6q7FJND8

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) May 19, 2015

Want a new invention? Organise a competition and offer a prize http://t.co/Qe5xMcp5IW pic.twitter.com/VXFznxQhGw

— The Economist (@EconBizFin) May 18, 2015

Take 3 –Scandinavia

“Finland is no longer a “Nordic tiger” #Finland #economy http://t.co/0uPoXeI4UA”

— Minna Leisvuori (@MinnaLeisvuori) May 14, 2015

New #EnterpriseSurveys report: credit-constrained firms in #Sweden spend less on R&D and have lower sales growth http://t.co/iFWHuGrI5X

— World Bank Research (@wb_research) May 19, 2015

Leaders are gathering the #WorldEducationForum now. In July, many will meet again in Oslo. Here’s why: http://t.co/MyeFHLqrZ5

— A World at School (@aworldatschool) May 19, 2015

The blueprint for true education reform “What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools?” http://t.co/xEjRZN3cYJ @pasi_sahlberg

— Julie Hiltz (@JulieHiltz) May 17, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

TU Delft president Dirk Jan van den Berg warns against a wrong direction in Dutch science policy http://t.co/gCTdiiqS4b

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) May 21, 2015