On the Agenda – Week 38, 2016

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23 september 2016 | Education most powerful investment in the future according to UN chief, brain drain in Turkey, ending the proliferation of bad science, Rosetta mission nearing an end with crash landing, and all on the student protests in Johannesburg, South Africa. This week's On the Agenda.

Take1 –Education

Are Colleges Doing Enough to Help Students with Learning Differences? https://t.co/a1nvRlRlJN pic.twitter.com/vOTuvghvrf

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) September 22, 2016

Any brain drain would play into the hands of the Turkish government?s populist political strategy https://t.co/xvid8fJNGL

— War On The Rocks (@WarOnTheRocks) September 23, 2016

Africa: Europe Should Take Interest in Africa – Museveni https://t.co/ZDdll9ha4K #Africa #Africabiz

— #Africanbiz (@Africa_Biz) September 19, 2016

UN chief sees #education as “most powerful investment” for #future https://t.co/daTJqy8zEi pic.twitter.com/UXUawQwDmx

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 18, 2016

Take 2 –Research

Cut-throat academia leads to ‘natural selection of bad science’, claims study – The Guardian https://t.co/nGOV1UyUFX

— Physics & Math (@PhyMathWorld) September 20, 2016

How to end the proliferation of bad science https://t.co/EuEywmLBQD pic.twitter.com/Lx9tJdcXQA

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 22, 2016

Is science only for the rich? https://t.co/kow4JZeUeP pic.twitter.com/ygmVjbwM08

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) September 21, 2016

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft to end epic trek with comet crash landing https://t.co/IMb7L7GXVJ

— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) September 22, 2016

Take 3 –South Africa

‘Fees must fall’: anatomy of the student protests in South Africa https://t.co/0Iyoe6Y5zV pic.twitter.com/87Aqp60HHb

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 22, 2016

South African police fire teargas as university fees protests spread https://t.co/mnwDag5qkm

— The Guardian (@guardian) September 22, 2016

Surprise Johannesburg mayor sets out to transform the city in his image https://t.co/9zhxGEgSXC

— The Guardian (@guardian) September 17, 2016

#SouthAfrica‘s corruption watchdog interviews finance ministers in Zuma, Gupta inquiry https://t.co/Nj8tfWYUve pic.twitter.com/T071oww5uY

— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) September 18, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

High Level Expert Group is going to advise the European Commission on how to maximise the impact of research funding https://t.co/cNEdaZZEXy

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 22, 2016