On the Agenda – Week 3, 2016

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22 januari 2016 | Black students balancing academia and racism, Africa's brain drain, Indonesia's education gap, science is soaring in China leaving US and EU behind, the twenty tech insiders that will define the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States and all about Turkey where academic freedom is under pressure. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

When black students have to balance academia and racism https://t.co/Sm1FZvwwgI pic.twitter.com/MLUwRgisfN

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 21, 2016

Indian government gives student travel warning after US deportations: https://t.co/IcUIiujd3O #intled

— The PIE News (@ThePIENews) January 21, 2016

Just how severe is Africa’s brain drain really? https://t.co/8A8MDTbIYF via @qzafrica

— Quartz Africa (@qzafrica) January 22, 2016

Indonesia is building a middle-income economy while its workforce is stuck in the past: https://t.co/hUwSRvQIdo pic.twitter.com/ca1n0dhS4B

— CFR Asia Program (@CFR_Asia) January 19, 2016

Take 2 –Research

Science is soaring in China at rates unmatched by US and EU, a new report shows https://t.co/vEUtEVdQwD pic.twitter.com/IFsjv29vCv

— C&EN (@cenmag) January 20, 2016

Big US report documents increases in international collaboration & Chinese science output https://t.co/nT7ubHNL5W pic.twitter.com/1yoNehV55t

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) January 21, 2016

Meet the 20 tech insiders defining the 2016 presidential campaign: https://t.co/xi4qIfQQz6 via @wired pic.twitter.com/s2GkUjezhf

— Condé Nast (@CondeNast) January 19, 2016

This animation explains why some astronomers say there is a ninth planet in the solar system https://t.co/07D1qoTGbj pic.twitter.com/jvEBswYZez

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) January 22, 2016

Take 3 –Turkey

COLUMN: No European money for universities that fire academics– by Joost Lagendijk https://t.co/2g5IvIl0Es

— Today’s Zaman (@todayszamancom) January 20, 2016

European #InternationalEducation networks — @TheEAIE, @euatweets — stand w/#Turkey‘s scholars: https://t.co/vObASH4kNd

— Scholars At Risk (@ScholarsAtRisk) January 21, 2016

American Political Science Association calls on #turkey to respect academic freedom in… https://t.co/421FvOSJ25 pic.twitter.com/cwgAomzVbL

— Turkey Media Review (@TurkeyReview) January 20, 2016

Turkey’s Göbekli Tepe, the world’s oldest temple, will soon get a makeover: https://t.co/oVhWQV1SKD

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) January 20, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Saïd Rodriguez has won the @FOMphysics Thesis Prize for his resaerch on the interactions between light and matter https://t.co/GcBquf4vAk

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) January 21, 2016