On the Agenda – Week 42, 2015

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16 oktober 2015 | Debt-free college as issue for the 2016 Democratic elections, how China plans to become a global force in higher education, how EU is investing in new Horizon 2020 programma, ground rules for familial DNA research and all on Turkey in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Why debt-free college is a big issue for 2016 Democratic candidates http://t.co/Mbg7EXHXfh pic.twitter.com/rvNQyWL2Bw

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 14, 2015

How China plans to become a global force in higher education http://t.co/hP3FxHUvpF #highered

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) October 14, 2015

US: MIT to use its own MOOCs as masters admissions test. http://t.co/FRM3kg6clV #highered #MIT #admissions

— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) October 14, 2015

Nervous Chinese authorities block exhibition of Magna Carta document at a Beijing university http://t.co/xccShQyfxa pic.twitter.com/uoePOaHCUp

— Financial Times (@FT) October 14, 2015

Take 2 –Research

EU will invest €16 billion to research & #innovation. Here’s the new #H2020 Work Programme http://t.co/8kCtV5jcP7 pic.twitter.com/51hJE2m2Mv

— Digital Agenda (@DigitalAgendaEU) October 14, 2015

China is jumping into the search for alien life http://t.co/M4cRvL9fTP

— The Independent (@Independent) October 12, 2015

Most popular today: How scientists fool themselves – and how they can stop http://t.co/K6y2cBV2hL pic.twitter.com/DzovUF3INM

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 12, 2015

It’s time to set ground rules for familial DNA searching, before misuse of the technology starts ruining lives. http://t.co/a5oRotM6mU

— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) October 13, 2015

Take 3 –Turkey

Germany’s Merkel says Turkey’s role key to solving migrant crisis http://t.co/b8hKldqDzw

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 15, 2015

Turkey’s 10-sided war with itself http://t.co/VLhJS2QjQF pic.twitter.com/YzG31gZB7n

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 13, 2015

Science Minister says, Prototype of Turkish-made car is ready http://t.co/J1XJpBp4DH #Turkey pic.twitter.com/HNmm8euRKe

— Turkiye Newspaper (@tgnewspaper) October 14, 2015

A recent article on #science in #Turkey by @NatureNews : “Optimistic outlook” http://t.co/yOCH71WGgE pic.twitter.com/tvTkDOg9sM

— Tugba (@sunstarhorizon) October 13, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Publishers should learn to live in the new reality of science as collaborative process, @Moedas and Dutch stress http://t.co/WuHqs1mDPG

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) October 13, 2015