On the Agenda – Week 27, 2015

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3 juli 2015 | Chinese universities in 'embarrassing' fight for the best students, the myth of the academic lottery, Peter Thiel on elite education as an exclusive night club, 57 months in prison for scientific fraud, higher education in Africa and Germany and its role in a possible Grexit. This and more in this weeks' On the Agenda.

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