On the Agenda – Week 13, 2016

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1 april 2016 | Higher education as a marketplace, India wants to overhaul higher education regulators, Salman Khan hopes to remake education, researcher learning to use smartphone as a lab, lacking science journalism in Brazil, and all on German science and education in with the Hannover Messe coming up. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Higher education has become a marketplace that treats student applicants like consumers. https://t.co/NtTuZrsXlC pic.twitter.com/1WbbCB6k5F

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) March 30, 2016

PM @narendramodi wants overhaul of all higher education regulators https://t.co/cvciArO7DG pic.twitter.com/1omCyBxOwL

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 31, 2016

HE revolution off the table, for now https://t.co/cHvOwEp3cm via @smh #Australia #HigherEd #HEfunding #Politics

— The OBHE (@theobhe) March 29, 2016

How Sal Khan, “that educational video guy,” hopes to remake education: https://t.co/evzYibZgvt

— Chronicle (@chronicle) March 31, 2016

Take 2 –Research

Smartphone science: Researchers are learning how to convert devices into global laboratories https://t.co/z5Z59oYNvR pic.twitter.com/2SD10MaoXc

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) April 1, 2016

Science journalism is lacking in Brazil, says @thiagomedaglia. He’s out to fix that. https://t.co/p1tH6o8PWF pic.twitter.com/4DsKnRXwYF

— Storybench (@storybench) March 30, 2016

Philosophers are using science and data points to test theories of morality https://t.co/LCFjxPRGKF

— Quartz (@qz) April 1, 2016

Give us electricity before putting a Nigerian in space, researcher tells #science minister https://t.co/xgN5PGZ9O4 pic.twitter.com/A22oHMRBKL

— Research Africa (@ResearchAfrica) March 31, 2016

Take 3 –Germany

Germany’s HE expansion was driven by the view that education is a civil right, says @JG–THE https://t.co/UOHkKltDMK pic.twitter.com/66uh47rWcr

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) March 31, 2016

Teaching #refugee children: Insights from a volunteer in Germany. #education https://t.co/VYdFV4gv0R

— UN Foundation (@unfoundation) March 29, 2016

Germany-Russia: New #study and #research programme to boost Russian-German relations. https://t.co/1oE7xn3Ib3 #highered #Germany #Russia

— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) March 29, 2016

Latest news on #integratedIndustry & the world’s leading industrial trade fair: Visit our #newshub! https://t.co/zhXzc56G5T #Hm16 #Industry

— HANNOVER MESSE (@hannover_messe) March 29, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

European universities support UK higher education and scientists who oppose #Brexit https://t.co/XEBv4QO6ne

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) March 29, 2016