On the Agenda – Week 33, 2015

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14 augustus 2015 | Why you don't have to study abroad for a global education, the power of a curriculum, the latest on Rosetta and Philae as comet 67P reached the closest point to the sun and everything from the OECD, PISA and learning what students learn at universities. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Why a Global Education Doesn’t Have to Mean Going Abroad https://t.co/rY0V57ibnG

— Chronicle (@chronicle) August 12, 2015

Record number of university admissions after cap lifted http://t.co/npQzaamTYB via @guardian

— HEFCE (@HEFCE) August 14, 2015

The power of curriculum: why we remember more from school than we think we do http://t.co/zdizKhE7RJ pic.twitter.com/HylPAgZZAs

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 13, 2015

External hubs may be best way to deliver higher education worldwide http://t.co/iOwskaqEzI via @InsideHigherEd #US #HigherEd #OnlineHE

— The OBHE (@theobhe) August 13, 2015

Take 2 –Rosetta & Philae

Rosetta is safe (for now) after comet’s close pass with the sun http://t.co/ilt70Gu3cg

— Mashable (@mashable) August 13, 2015

How did comet 67P get its unusual rubber-duck shape? http://t.co/HW7KeWRDBr pic.twitter.com/HqwTRo9D00

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) August 10, 2015

What the #Philae landing can tell us about the surface of a comet http://t.co/j8zEOI4JYE #FREE pic.twitter.com/G3SBEP4kzH

— Science Magazine (@sciencemagazine) August 6, 2015

#ICYMI: Full replay of yesterday’s #perihelion2015 hangout with @ESA_Rosetta & @Philae2014 experts https://t.co/vgNOIwBEgw

— ESA (@esa) August 14, 2015

Take 3 –OECD

Attempts to measure what students learn at universities around the world thwarted by “established oligopoly”: http://t.co/hAs3biUlkH

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 11, 2015

PISA will introduce collaborative internet based problem solving from this year:… http://t.co/5ZgZHR70VZ

— Sugata Mitra (@Sugatam) August 14, 2015

What are the advantages today of having an upper secondary qualification? | New #Education Indicators in Focus http://t.co/L5iCfoLi7J

— OECD Education (@OECD_Edu) August 13, 2015

#OECD report: How have schools changed over the past decade? http://t.co/b9uQfuq4zF

— EEPG_org (@EEPG_org) August 14, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

New features in @ERC_Research programme: widening participation, stricter restrictions against “breach of integrity” http://t.co/5Y0GDepRLu

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) August 10, 2015