On the Agenda – Week 40, 2015

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2 oktober 2015 | The waning dominance of the US in the THE ranking, college journalism under pressure, Coursera expanding in Latin America, the Volkswagen saga and consequences for regulatory science, the 1000 genomes project coming to an end, Pluto's moon Charon and everything about Russia. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

The world dominance of universities in the US has waned in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings: http://t.co/rXrHiewVm7

— World Uni Rankings (@THEworldunirank) October 2, 2015

Can college journalism survive public relations? http://t.co/YlpVh2Ebzt pic.twitter.com/QnIDNSBeFJ

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 30, 2015

Girls in tribal India face outsized barriers to learning the state language and participating in school: http://t.co/ZVHtHhk6ga

— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) October 2, 2015

.@Coursera expands to #LatinAmerica in big ways: Launches more than 100 new courses in #Spanish http://t.co/mmybBLl65C #MOOC #OnlineEd

— WES (@WESPicks) September 30, 2015

Take 2 –Research

The unfolding Volkswagen saga highlights the need for better funding of regulatory science http://t.co/wofj9gyZnw pic.twitter.com/esCa4GC0ak

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 2, 2015

Today, the 1000 Genomes project comes to an end…2500 genomes later http://t.co/NPmL3iRSgU

— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) September 30, 2015

NASA shows off a stunning new color photo of Pluto’s moon, Charon https://t.co/lTw7PfSNwy pic.twitter.com/vwua0eeHYD

— The Verge (@verge) October 1, 2015

[THE MAGAZINE] Meet the boy-genius who could lead China’s start-up revolution. http://t.co/vfYzSJfJrs pic.twitter.com/nqu88z5ay2

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 30, 2015

Take 3 –Russia

What Russia’s story-tellers can teach us about how to stop Moscow’s Middle East meddling. http://t.co/pzM0TKSqUp pic.twitter.com/HBB5OZt2ld

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 29, 2015

Russia spacecraft set to launch to @Space_Station at 12:49pm ET w/ 3 tons of cargo. Watch live http://t.co/KX5g7yYnYG pic.twitter.com/ku7FQbb8X3

— NASA (@NASA) October 1, 2015

What Putin is really up to in Syria http://t.co/xmk19eJlYa pic.twitter.com/Q285M00j4G

— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) October 2, 2015

Urban scrawl: the patriotic graffiti blossoming around Moscow http://t.co/RoK6Fk9dYd via @GuardianNewEast pic.twitter.com/OJ2FCbLf5m

— The Guardian (@guardian) September 30, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

“The belief that schools are the great equalizer, helping overcome inequalities of poverty, is a myth.” @OECD_Edu http://t.co/isEdi0pTdK

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 30, 2015