On the Agenda – Week 21, 2016

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27 mei 2016 | What's going on with campus activism in the US? How do programs to afford college favor the rich? Is science on the chopping block in Brazil's political crisis? Why do UK scientists want to stay in the EU? What's at the root of the reproducibility crisis and all focus on Singapore in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

In the @NewYorker, I try to understand what’s actually going on with the new campus activism, starting at Oberlin. https://t.co/2piXjVAEdf

— Nathan Heller (@nathanheller) May 24, 2016

Inside the underground economy of cheating services for Chinese students in America: https://t.co/GGQPyIzwVl pic.twitter.com/Flrn38ketu

— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) May 26, 2016

Programs to help students afford college favor the rich https://t.co/9fOMMXU6Ex pic.twitter.com/BKu2r8nC9n

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) May 24, 2016

In dispute in #Germany, students see attack on #socialsciences https://t.co/kwnT1KzHqv #UniversityofGöttingen pic.twitter.com/r2ORADyUK3

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) May 26, 2016

Take 2 –Research

With Brazil in political crisis, science and the environment are on the chopping block https://t.co/WAELkNjCBX

— ScienceInsider (@ScienceInsider) May 25, 2016

Science is international. So why do so many UK scientists want to stay in the EU? https://t.co/oqHELHTZzZ (By me ) pic.twitter.com/FoclcgMjWh

— Ananyo Bhattacharya (@Ananyo) May 26, 2016

What’s at the root of the reproducibility crisis? https://t.co/PzDDt8CkWj [full survey data available to download] pic.twitter.com/MFac6TgELt

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) May 26, 2016

Europe chooses its ‘roadmap’ for #science facilities @jonmbutterworth @guardiannews https://t.co/6CT0t1Kb3p

— ESFRI_eu (@ESFRI_eu) May 24, 2016

Take 3 –Singapore

Going Beyond Grades: Evolving Education in Singapore https://t.co/H3C6dQsOfk

— Sir Ken Robinson (@SirKenRobinson) May 23, 2016

Asia’s rich are becoming more likely to pay for advice, Bank of Singapore says https://t.co/TXGC1YV2i1 pic.twitter.com/ImeOlVCAEm

— Bloomberg (@business) May 22, 2016

Singapore has a very different market for tuition than the UK tutoring industry https://t.co/u7cacny5w3 #Asia #tutoring #education

— The Tutors’ Assoc. (@TheTutorsAssoc) May 26, 2016

Singapore’s property market may be closer to a bottom than Hong Kong’s https://t.co/zF9DwGlCS6 pic.twitter.com/XZ1FnIwWcJ

— Bloomberg (@business) May 27, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Digital Europe seems to slow down in dynamism, but the Netherlands, Germany, Estonia and Portugal perform strongly https://t.co/z0CYmcIN0I

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) May 24, 2016