On the Agenda – Week 7, 2016

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22 februari 2016 | This week’s On the Agenda with the national skills shortage in the UK, Turkey’s academics resisting militarised politics, higher education reform in Algeria, Silicon Valley keeps winning, and all on The Netherlands currently holding the EU Presidency.

Take 1 –Education

How can the UK overcome the national skills shortage? https://t.co/4pCyPeuqVJ #highered

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) February 19, 2016

Turkey’s academics pay the price for resisting militarised politics https://t.co/rAxCar8mjZ #highered #academicfreedom #hrights

— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) February 16, 2016

What if America’s teachers made more money? https://t.co/lHeCgMOxrt pic.twitter.com/sEUP9QCUm0

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) February 18, 2016

OpenDemocracy – Higher education reform in Algeria: reading between the lines https://t.co/9xzXiSUTKU

— leftlinks (@leftlinks) February 16, 2016

Put innovation science at the heart of discovery, argues Andrew Kusiak https://t.co/0NhvuKcbVv pic.twitter.com/bwA2O4wuM8

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 17, 2016

Ignore the leave campaigners: the EU clinical trials directive is of real benefit to UK patients. @martinmckee https://t.co/rz4No9djem

— James Wilsdon (@jameswilsdon) February 19, 2016

Silicon Valley Keeps Winning Because Non-Competes Limit Innovation https://t.co/7MlvVTTuYY by @crashdev

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 18, 2016

Scientific research in Africa: reasons for hope – https://t.co/WG8JoIVaDh

— Henley Africa (@HenleyAfrica) February 19, 2016

Fundamental rights to be discussed today w/ Min @Rplasterk, Comm @VeraJourova & @MichaelCJT: https://t.co/itl0VY0HpN https://t.co/4TGMQds6im

— EU2016NL (@EU2016NL) February 19, 2016

#FABCITY, CAMPUS FOR URBAN INNOVATORS – read more: https://t.co/ks8sQTgGvw#Urban #City #Amsterdam #EU2016NL pic.twitter.com/5Sz7JFspae

— Europe by People (@EuropeByPeople) February 19, 2016

Letter to Rutte: AirBnB, Uber, TaskRabbit and 47 other companies call on EU to support ‘collaborative economy’ — https://t.co/t2l6HGc2SM

— Robert Went (@went1955) February 12, 2016

A new Dutch EU building shows that government offices can be theatrical and high-tech: https://t.co/u9s8aCnnS6 pic.twitter.com/FGIoFK5VXt

— Slate (@Slate) January 20, 2016

Minister Bussemaker argues for futureproof vocational education in speech at ‘skills for a lifetime’ conference https://t.co/05BKeph9I8

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 19, 2016