On the Agenda – Week 27, 2015
Take 1 –Education
#TheCEOpundit Peter Thiel Compares Elite Education to a Night Club With a Long Line: Yuri Gripas / Reuters AS… http://t.co/iul740uw3l
— Envision Global (@EnvisionGlobal) July 2, 2015
Peking and Tsinghua universities in ‘embarrassing’ fight for best students http://t.co/M1Og4gwOYH via @WantChinaTimes #China #HigherEd
— The OBHE (@theobhe) July 2, 2015
The myth of the academic lottery: http://t.co/oZGHzmy6YB pic.twitter.com/sjsvfyu3QB
— Chronicle (@chronicle) July 1, 2015
China passed a new law saying “security” must be maintained in all fields, from culture to education to cyberspace. http://t.co/XZvVdJmTv6
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) July 1, 2015
Take 2 –Research
Most pop. right now: US vaccine researcher sentenced to 57 mths in prison for scientific fraud http://t.co/guR9PQig5I pic.twitter.com/dMXTI5KRH1
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) July 2, 2015
Higher Education in Africa: Our continent needs science, not aid http://t.co/CS3G3SyXXh
— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) July 2, 2015
Why we aren’t calling the #SpaceX rocket failure an “explosion” and you shouldn’t either http://t.co/FeVG8TVbba pic.twitter.com/onC5khVoy5
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) June 30, 2015
$900m on its way for #research in #Kenya http://t.co/uFVTx0QvQF pic.twitter.com/Vha3LwmibZ
— Research Africa (@ResearchAfrica) July 2, 2015
Take 3 –Germany
How Germany called Greece’s bluff ahead of bailout vote http://t.co/45jmntVW6h
— TIME.com (@TIME) July 3, 2015
Greece’s ‘reforms’ must include learning to invest in innovation-led growth – just like Germany! says @MazzucatoM http://t.co/yUDYxu4910
— SPRU (@SPRU) June 29, 2015
Americans, want a free university education? Move to Germany http://t.co/p3vddyIhtW pic.twitter.com/wxjgwQA3Tf
— Quartz (@qz) June 30, 2015
Robot kills worker at Volkswagen plant in Germany http://t.co/kWmh9RRrcZ
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 2, 2015
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
New @EUAtweets report shows the risks of performance-based funding of universities in European countries http://t.co/54c3JHqPSt
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) July 2, 2015
