On the Agenda – Week 26, 2015

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26 juni 2015 | The attacks on higher education, Obama's college rating plans turn out to be like U-Multirank, the low succes rate for Horizon 2020 applicants, the globalization of science in Souther China, the search for Pluto, Steve Wozniak's view of the future and all about science and education in India. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Attacks on #HigherEd shrink the space for thinking, learning, and sharing ideas. #Free2Think http://t.co/oDqxCzozKh pic.twitter.com/p45wOXqWmj

— Scholars At Risk (@ScholarsAtRisk) June 26, 2015

UK universities under scrutiny over China ties http://t.co/uEJ10dMI2p via @FT #HigherEd #US #Iran #HiTech

— The OBHE (@theobhe) June 23, 2015

Oh, hey – remember Obama’s college ratings plans? Now they’re just going to be a big version of @UMultirank http://t.co/k8llLnaL1z

— Alex Usher (@AlexUsherHESA) June 25, 2015

Does having digital skills really pay off? New Adult #Skills in Focus http://t.co/ogiiYqmiH9 #OECDSkills pic.twitter.com/59nuIqhEi6

— OECD Education (@OECD_Edu) June 24, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Europe: Why is success rate for Horizon 2020 applications so low? http://t.co/byzMgH1l6P #highered

— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) June 26, 2015

The globalization of universities and science in Southern China http://t.co/c7HMuoahcc

— Kris Olds (@GlobalHigherEd) June 26, 2015

The toughest task in interplanetary navigation: finding Pluto http://t.co/5tdfTi2nZe pic.twitter.com/2I4czrj53C

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

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says humans will be robots’ pets http://t.co/7BuOSI2pnR

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) June 25, 2015

Take 3 –India

HPS: #India’s #IvyLeague school has produced leaders like Satya Nadella, Prem Watsa http://t.co/tAf6ITSurl pic.twitter.com/hKqCffmzsQ

— EconomicTimes (@EconomicTimes) June 22, 2015

Japan to help India improve maths, science education http://t.co/J3ut2WezvW pic.twitter.com/nUJ6vEU5wP

— Times of India (@timesofindia) June 24, 2015

TOI Edit | College cutoffs give a great tutorial in the oddities of India’s education system http://t.co/TQzJtZ50AV

— Times of India (@timesofindia) June 26, 2015

Yoga is a science of well-being: Sushma Swaraj at UN | India Today http://t.co/g6JI8T8DFZ pic.twitter.com/jFFcMuG2ev

— India Today (@IndiaToday) June 21, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

‘Welcome to the future of creative education’. New MOOC-platform Kadenze aims to shake up education in arts http://t.co/Dec6T1mGhx

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) June 24, 2015