On the Agenda – Week 14, 2016

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8 april 2016 | The richest private U.S. universities defending their tax-exempt status, higher education in the Middle East, what the election of Donald Trump would mean for science, the next Einstein will be a women from Africa, the killing of a Bangladeshi student activist and all on the Panama Papers and its implications. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

The richest private U.S. universities say tax-exempt status is crucial to their endowments https://t.co/VsQvb3KjlZ pic.twitter.com/UaQ2kzRP3x

— Bloomberg (@business) April 4, 2016

Meet Palestinian teacher, winner of $1M education prize, who uses classroom play as therapy: https://t.co/vETFRv3tHw pic.twitter.com/n9h802RJ61

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) April 2, 2016

From the innovative to the awful: a snapshot of higher education in the Middle East https://t.co/8c4muRmgRd pic.twitter.com/hxMSFUzH1g

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 4, 2016

Bangladeshi student activist is killed https://t.co/aYpAZ7nCuO pic.twitter.com/lXrpRXq2tR

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 7, 2016

Take 2 –Research

What would President Trump mean for science? https://t.co/qbtsj7bQY1 pic.twitter.com/0a6Ea97nZK

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) April 7, 2016

The ‘next Einstein’? She’s from Africa https://t.co/43rFCHYQ9V pic.twitter.com/OMrJ7XiGva

— BBC Science News (@BBCScienceNews) April 2, 2016

Our coverage of the upcoming announcement on the European Open Science Cloud https://t.co/xMLuItxpFS #H2020 #openscience #EU2016NL

— Research Europe (@ResearchEurope) April 8, 2016

In science, innovation can spring from unlikely places. https://t.co/xHOV5giTGt via @WSJScience

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 6, 2016

Take 3 –Panama

What are the lessons learned from #PanamaPapers? https://t.co/0aTV0HYPqC pic.twitter.com/z8Zcbljo7Z

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 8, 2016

All you need to know about the #panamapapers leak (in English): https://t.co/3esQRlBiHw pic.twitter.com/UovmXRjh6t

— Süddeutsche Zeitung (@SZ) April 4, 2016

How China’s wealth is sneaked abroad #PanamaPapers https://t.co/MTVDA7AL64 pic.twitter.com/y2Un6NRBDu

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 6, 2016

The Panama Papers prove it: we can afford a universal basic income in the U.S. — Guardian — https://t.co/xQh8QpMRn1

— Robert Went (@went1955) April 8, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The EU STEM Coalition “is a vital part of our efforts to improve education in schools,” EU Commission states #HM16 https://t.co/rOCHlgEFDw

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) April 7, 2016