On the Agenda – Week 46, 2015

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13 november 2015 | What is happening at the University of Missouri? What does the rise of China's HE sector mean? How is Africa tackling 'next generation' fears in academia. Why is stabilising the EU a prerequisite for reigniting European growth and what does the victory of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar mean? This week's on the agenda.

Take 1 –Education

What’s happening at the University of Missouri? https://t.co/DBZUkRLm8x pic.twitter.com/chKt6cHcat

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 9, 2015

Threat or opportunity: what does the rise of China’s higher education sector mean for Australian universities? https://t.co/16kYcP8p6x

— The Conversation (@ConversationEDU) November 9, 2015

Education: How Africa is tackling ‘next generation’ fears in academia M> https://t.co/PgxUB73lI7 pic.twitter.com/kuR6BMrb8R

— Pulse Ghana (@PulseGhana) November 10, 2015

The countries where the most educated migrants come from https://t.co/blQjOGVBZB pic.twitter.com/4jsTizIgj8

— Kris Olds (@GlobalHigherEd) November 12, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Stabilising the EU is a prerequisite to reigniting European growth https://t.co/KA9q739ShC

— EurActiv Enterprise (@eaEnterprise) November 13, 2015

Big science now faces big problems in China https://t.co/XB4cyxmahv via @JapanTimes #Academia #Science #Cronyism #AcademicFreedom

— The OBHE (@theobhe) November 10, 2015

Twit’r debate: “If I’m not going to use journal title as a proxy for quality, what do I do?” https://t.co/UYUIJTpdhz pic.twitter.com/TrWTIGB1lQ

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) November 13, 2015

There may be an undiscovered tomb at the Great Pyramid of Giza https://t.co/L6PqsxtUkg pic.twitter.com/FZDmoRjWce

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) November 12, 2015

Take 3 –Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi has won a remarkable victory in Myanmar’s election https://t.co/yIz3WkeSBW pic.twitter.com/t9Bhf5erTi

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 13, 2015

Two more student leaders face hearing, charges over education protests #Myanmar | https://t.co/gtaubAr2TW pic.twitter.com/KJFP5t3tWA

— The Myanmar Times (@TheMyanmarTimes) November 5, 2015

A group of women in #Myanmar is trying to provide education in order to fight extremism. https://t.co/YqGd8uWt1l

— SOF: Social Good (@SOFsocialgood) November 9, 2015

Obama congratulates Aung San Suu Kyi before final election results in Myanmar https://t.co/tuRuxbZ808 | AP photo pic.twitter.com/hLqTh39zT4

— POLITICO (@politico) November 12, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

“You can’t use students as guinea pigs,” Tony Bates warns HE on #MOOC development @SURF_NL https://t.co/5k4CYTFGFY

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) November 12, 2015