On the Agenda – Week 39, 2015

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25 september 2015 | A lost generation of Syrian refugees, Turkey's students back to class in fear of escalating violence, China a copycat or an innovator, the escalating debate on Horizon 2020's salary payments system and Hungary's take on the ongoing refugee crisis. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

“Education is the orphan of all these crises”: A lost generation of Syrian #refugees looms http://t.co/wO20aKCnOP pic.twitter.com/igQCn7CUDH

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) September 23, 2015

‘The Model Minority’ at the country’s top-ranked universities http://t.co/sYJplxrH7N pic.twitter.com/6ZKaPRzmq7

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) September 24, 2015

As Turkey’s students head back to class, many fear escalating violence http://t.co/ilIZuiwNfY via @AlMonitor #Turkey #HigherEd #Education

— The OBHE (@theobhe) September 24, 2015

#Universities must ‘be bold’ to avoid the battle of the #elearning brokers: http://t.co/wKzWSywxAW #OEB15 @tudelft pic.twitter.com/a8qspH7Jlx

— OEB Conference (@OEBconference) September 23, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Is China a copycat or an innovator? @klustout explores: http://t.co/hSSThtRutK pic.twitter.com/71YW53jQSD

— CNN International (@cnni) September 25, 2015

Debate on changes to Horizon 2020’s salary payments system escalates http://t.co/YzIIkvqbl9 @LERUnews @KurtDeketelaere #Horizon2020

— Research Europe (@ResearchEurope) September 23, 2015

Global warming know-how: Japan’s universities pitch in to help Asia tackle climate change http://t.co/AyVwVDy1DF

— Nikkei Asian Review (@NAR) September 25, 2015

Professor Sijbrand de Jong elected President of CERN Council http://t.co/ul2Dr3EHWQ pic.twitter.com/vSS5eK0aE3

— CERN (@CERN) September 18, 2015

Take 3 –Hungary

Hungary’s prime minister is a rabble-rouser flirting with racism. But he may have a point http://t.co/yTCCEUs1gP pic.twitter.com/7oDHMgov5u

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 25, 2015

Drone films Hungary erecting a fence to keep refugees out http://t.co/D0cf7mz8Uw pic.twitter.com/0qSyDYEuip

— Wired UK (@WiredUK) September 21, 2015

EU plans to relocate 120,000 refugees “nonsense” & impossible to implement, Hungary’s FM tells @BBCHARDtalk http://t.co/P3qk5o1Ttl

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 23, 2015

Story of 1950s Hungary uprising and Surrey students who raised money for refugees http://t.co/YjwkqhqRaC pic.twitter.com/cV4bJO64Ei

— Get Surrey (@getsurrey) September 24, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

OECD’s Gurria: “European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. Refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out.” http://t.co/zC1JlIR9Dl

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 22, 2015