On the Agenda – Week 50, 2015

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11 december 2015 | Setback for the future of Brazilian student mobility, Russia deports Turkish university students, Google tries to bring internet to the world in balloons, rice could be the ansewer to China's pollution problem, the Paris climate talks are in a final stage and why did TIME chose Angela Merkel as Person of the Year? This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

What role do Asian Americans have in the campus protests? https://t.co/v7CeQdTQCK pic.twitter.com/Cq5dbyopIz

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) December 8, 2015

The cuts to the #Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program leaves the future of Brazilian student mobility uncertain https://t.co/r9ftYjt4UC

— WES (@WESPicks) December 10, 2015

Russia deports 13 Turkish university students https://t.co/BIbCnusUWb via @Cihan_News #Turkey #HigherEd #InternationalStudents #sigh

— The OBHE (@theobhe) December 10, 2015

MOOCs: an $8.5b market by 2020 https://t.co/F3xDapqU5F

— George Siemens (@gsiemens) December 7, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Can Google bring Internet to the whole world with balloons? https://t.co/0Ba9CGhZvs pic.twitter.com/dADzvacYUt

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 10, 2015

European code on #science misconduct to be updated https://t.co/TTns6MVaYG

— Science|Business (@scibus) December 7, 2015

Rice could be the answer to China’s pollution problem https://t.co/igQpZQkxbS

— BI Science (@BI_Science) December 9, 2015

What we’re reading as the Paris climate talks inch to a close: https://t.co/jBIMUHcfBw #COP21 pic.twitter.com/3S6HxEo7bO

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 11, 2015

Take 3 –Germany

Editor @nancygibbs on why TIME chose Angela Merkel as Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/aWpcZka1Zj

— TIME.com (@TIME) December 9, 2015

Germany needs young workers, and the country is grappling with what is likely its largest influx of labor in decades https://t.co/JkC3iNEwqi

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 7, 2015

Germany just fired up a monster machine that could revolutionize the way we use energy https://t.co/DiPPPRZM4Z pic.twitter.com/TinGRnsvX5

— BI Science (@BI_Science) December 10, 2015

Innovators wanted! #HM16 launches exhibition area “Young Tech Enterprises” for industrial #entrepreneurs https://t.co/MsDjiSSqvG #startup

— HANNOVER MESSE (@hannover_messe) December 7, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Will EU-copyright strengthen HE? Applause and criticism from @LERUnews for Brussels https://t.co/fXBSX0E61h

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) December 9, 2015