On the Agenda – Week 51, 2015

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18 december 2015 | The most influential figures in American higher education, the ten people that mattered most in science in 2015. China's spacecraft to study dark matter and public participation in science and technology. This is the last On the Agenda of 2015. Have a merry Christmas and an inspirational 2016!

Take 1 –Education

Scottish students and graduates will owe £6bn by 2021, forecast shows https://t.co/TKfQXQausJ pic.twitter.com/5Tx42o0PH4

— The Guardian (@guardian) December 15, 2015

Elite universities lower entry standards to expand: Ucas end of cycle analysis. https://t.co/q5GZPDp19i

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) December 17, 2015

70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are women https://t.co/1YVDlv5n6E pic.twitter.com/XB8FBTOARc

— Forbes (@Forbes) December 17, 2015

This year’s 10 most influential figures in higher education: https://t.co/NBFMICLJ9z

— Chronicle (@chronicle) December 14, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Here’s the #Nature10 – Ten people from the world of science who mattered in 2015 https://t.co/NES2fl3kES pic.twitter.com/xjyzXEEGai

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 17, 2015

Watch: China’s spacecraft to aid study of ‘dark matter’ https://t.co/SUmzOweQHt pic.twitter.com/gIJulIdBON

— AJE News (@AJENews) December 17, 2015

Out today! New report from CaSE and @EPC1994 on the role of EU membership in science and engineering research: https://t.co/uxCnGfys14

— CaSE (@sciencecampaign) December 16, 2015

Public participation in science and technology: why the failure to launch? https://t.co/JGS7ZFEdK7

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) December 17, 2015

Take 3 –Christmas

Christmas carols – lyrics + science = Scientific Songs of Praise. https://t.co/tarCZ5MVzG pic.twitter.com/gcrAACNh56

— Slate (@Slate) December 12, 2015

We’re pleased to be included in @guardian‘s “How to teach” feature about Christmas. https://t.co/Cg46pskoVt pic.twitter.com/PShFs6sHWO

— Education World (@education_world) December 14, 2015

Dr Patricia Zakreski, @ExeterEnglish reveals #Victorians used fine art to prevent commercialisation of #Christmas https://t.co/8GX5gWQYX9

— Research at Exeter (@UofE_Research) December 9, 2015

Get in the holiday spirit with these carols performed by the Harvard University Choir https://t.co/nufGOYpXid

— Harvard University (@Harvard) December 13, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The @LERUnews urges Dutch EU presidency to make ‘EU-wide’ work of Open Access https://t.co/Sn2ZLG0UjL

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) December 14, 2015