On the Agenda – Week 33, 2015

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
