On the Agenda – Week 5, 2016

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5 februari 2016 | A call for a liberal arts revival in the Arab world, teaching quality in higher education top priority in Norway, climate research in US needs a boost, Obama want $4 billion for computer science education, studying the heart of El Niño and all about Brazil coping with the outbreak of Zika. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

THE MENA Summit: Call for liberal arts revival in Arab world https://t.co/6uO060YDku pic.twitter.com/VpnyS3mVaC

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) February 4, 2016

Teaching Quality in #Higher #Education Tops #Norway’s Government Agenda: https://t.co/cF8x4KE9xv

— Masterstudies.com (@masterstudies) February 2, 2016

International education now worth $19b, thanks to low dollar. https://t.co/QqkqQv6enE pic.twitter.com/4O17r2hViq

— The Australian (@australian) February 3, 2016

Find out why #China is setting up educational collaborations in the Arab world:
https://t.co/iNsV5zVKA4 #HigherEd pic.twitter.com/Vg73hX10GC

— AlFanarMedia (@AlFanarMedia) February 2, 2016

Take 2 –Research

US policymakers must set aside their divisions & give climate research a much-needed boost https://t.co/eRn08pJchd pic.twitter.com/gI6tBRhGaa

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 4, 2016

Foreign investment evolves as China’s economy shifts to consumption, innovation https://t.co/5SvCf2o7Nw pic.twitter.com/xRF8pLRB7i

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 4, 2016

President Obama Wants $4 Billion To Bring Compu… https://t.co/nLWezf8aP4 #innovation | https://t.co/sN18rGIemp pic.twitter.com/bRm0qKCitI

— neo. (@neo_product) February 1, 2016

A flight over one of the most remote areas of the planet to study the heart of El Niño https://t.co/yy7eKhEzsj pic.twitter.com/F8QJqgVaaj

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) February 2, 2016

Take 3 –Brazil

Zika, recession, strikes, crime – “The carnival is for forgetting all this.” https://t.co/X2SzxlqtkH #Brazil pic.twitter.com/vcsHnbGCv9

— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 5, 2016

Health experts say Brazil is not sharing enough samples and disease data for the Zika virus https://t.co/17mnUes5Mu

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 4, 2016

2 things we need to fight Zika’s explosive spread https://t.co/SYILsaLYbS #Brazil #science pic.twitter.com/XNrTIPLTuO

— Oximity Science News (@OximityScience) February 2, 2016

Governments should expand access to contraception, safe abortion, education in face of #Zika @Guardian: https://t.co/GvWGa5K4aN

— IPPF/WHR (@IPPF_WHR) February 1, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Internationalization is challenged by converting allophobia into allophilia says @Jan_Anthonie Bruijn https://t.co/P5wxjJU1Wi

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 4, 2016