On the Agenda – Week 44, 2015

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30 oktober 2015 | What will be the next big disruption in education technology? Where did international students found the American Dream? Does innovation always comes from science? Are western universities pushing the STEM agenda in Africa and why is France begging science graduates to come back? This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Edtech’s Next Big Disruption Is The College Degree https://t.co/B1NF0yi1bH by @skonnard

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) October 29, 2015

SA cannot afford free tertiary education‚ says UASA https://t.co/Fasv78Tzcu pic.twitter.com/bI8BmQYpXl

— Times LIVE (@TimesLIVE) October 29, 2015

International students have found the American dream. In Flint, Michigan. https://t.co/12MyJYov9I pic.twitter.com/UdL44z2LwO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 28, 2015

BREAKING: Fugitive student leader and #ABFSU president Kyaw Ko Ko arrested https://t.co/iOeOJV2pz4 #MyanmarElection pic.twitter.com/fdUkdqsK4e

— Frontier Myanmar (@FMyanmar) October 29, 2015

Take 2 –Research

China ‘to start work on super, super-collider by 2020’ https://t.co/fLTsZMFqzR pic.twitter.com/YjhIGOYTR2

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 30, 2015

Are western universities pushing the #STEM agenda in Africa? https://t.co/HD2dvDFZFw #ScienceAfrica

— SciDev.Net (@SciDevNet) October 29, 2015

Does innovation always come from science? https://t.co/0E4hurcLCU pic.twitter.com/5OrLwtnebD

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 30, 2015

Elite universities dominate the life sciences: @THEUniAdvice on #THEunirankings https://t.co/5Vpxz5fHLr

— World Uni Rankings (@THEworldunirank) October 29, 2015

Take 3 –France

France begs science and computing graduates who’ve moved abroad to come home https://t.co/fwN7kIpIis pic.twitter.com/vZ5afr6X8y

— Bloomberg Business (@business) October 26, 2015

France and Germany are looking to push forward a joint digital agenda- meeting with @JunckerEU and @Ansip_EU today https://t.co/p3rreVq5EY

— Europatweets (@europatweets) October 27, 2015

Here’s how France responded to @JebBush‘s debate dig https://t.co/T8Ydnse192

— TIME.com (@TIME) October 30, 2015

Welcome to the bear-pit of the French university system http://t.co/jd0VfETs26

— The Independent (@Independent) September 27, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Oxygen detected in the vicinity of comet 67P by @ESA_Rosetta might have far reaching implications https://t.co/wx1iV3UgZG

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) October 29, 2015