On the Agenda – Week 6, 2016

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12 februari 2016 | China demands more 'patriottic education' for students, US Education Department tries to crack down on fraud at colleges, how Afric's educational sector is changing, all about Einsteins Wave created by merging black holes and Russia in recession but wishing a sharp rise in international students. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

A directive in China demands a more “patriotic education” for students. @ChuBailiang reports https://t.co/Y9mwtuqV53 pic.twitter.com/PkWNB7N36U

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) February 10, 2016

New freshman survey shows that students are more politically engaged and open to activism https://t.co/ODFkdLzHDR pic.twitter.com/Un5jjHLWEg

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) February 11, 2016

Education Department creates new office to crack down on fraud at colleges https://t.co/rw7lybaNqK pic.twitter.com/HCuY9mFOEw

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) February 9, 2016

Education in Africa improved hugely over the last six decades.

(How Africa is changing: https://t.co/XqhvXaSenZ) pic.twitter.com/dT2Cjz5Hga

— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) February 12, 2016

Take 2 –Research

Confirmed: #LIGO has detected gravitational waves created by merging black holes https://t.co/5vjPYHEe5X pic.twitter.com/uGPhPqkRvn

— Scientific American (@sciam) February 11, 2016

Does a PhD trump an MBA as a foundation for a business career? https://t.co/ErAht4FteN pic.twitter.com/nziduDkmhp

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 11, 2016

The address where Eurosceptics and climate change sceptics rub shoulders https://t.co/JrnFZzpq2C

— The Independent (@Independent) February 10, 2016

The dawn of a new era in science https://t.co/LOvcv1wGZy pic.twitter.com/Gk87IlS1pf

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 12, 2016

Take 3 –Russia

Russia’s recession will continue throughout this year, Bank of America forecasts https://t.co/iZ2YV7LIz1 pic.twitter.com/Eqw6QHlCpF

— Bloomberg Business (@business) February 9, 2016

Russia: Rectors expect sharp rise in #foreignstudent numbers. https://t.co/yrQrO8L3WC #highered #Russia

— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) February 10, 2016

Russia says a growing problem in space could be enough to spark a war https://t.co/TkiSTafKsF pic.twitter.com/w1gp3lWix4

— BI Science (@BI_Science) January 27, 2016

Russia ranks 42nd in net impact on global innovation in new ITIF analysis https://t.co/TIp7YBfFwF pic.twitter.com/AFQm86OcXD

— ITIF (@ITIFdc) February 12, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Investment in R&D is shrinking in most @OECD nations, for second year in a row. Korea and Israel topinvestors https://t.co/oqd8O8w5hH

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 11, 2016