On the Agenda – Week 39, 2016

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30 september 2016 | This week's On the Agenda with education as China's secret weapon to tech dominance, student debt plaguing certain schools in the US, science spending getting up in France, Rosetta heading for comet 67P and all on India's higher education, science and innovation.

Take1 –Education

Education is China’s secret weapon for tech dominance https://t.co/PB9BiwihFH by @SylvainKalache

— VentureBeat (@VentureBeat) September 25, 2016

Student debt disproportionately plagues those at a certain kind of school https://t.co/YBKcVOJaBT pic.twitter.com/COIA74ynT0

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) September 27, 2016

‘Parenting is worse in black homes, even when equated for socio-economic status’. Controversial ideas from IQ guru https://t.co/zLEA5U5wCk

— Guardian Education (@GuardianEdu) September 27, 2016

British MPs to assess impact of Brexit on higher education https://t.co/kL2qBAoH9c

— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) September 29, 2016

Take 2 –Research

Innovation is in all the wrong places https://t.co/zeocSnDE8r by @tomfgoodwin

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 29, 2016

Science spending gets generous 3.7% boost in French budget https://t.co/cn4wxM5NtO pic.twitter.com/4rZXBr54qF

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) September 30, 2016

What Does Innovation Mean in Higher Education? https://t.co/GkgIk8pOif #2pencilchat #edtech #edtechchat #HigherEd @EdWriters pic.twitter.com/6XdatNl9E1

— EdSurge (@EdSurge) September 29, 2016

Rosetta probe heads for comet crash https://t.co/joB3C5f7UF

— BBC Science News (@BBCScienceNews) September 30, 2016

Take 3 –India

Students, faculty come together to protest against draft of new education policy in TN’s Chepaukhttps://t.co/eDVE3AEnlG pic.twitter.com/0mXVu5M2Ef

— India Today (@IndiaToday) September 29, 2016

Thriving sector https://t.co/VO6omVRa0L

— BBC Science News (@BBCScienceNews) September 27, 2016

India’s pollution problem, mapped: https://t.co/bCorWUikTS

— WSJ Science (@WSJscience) September 29, 2016

How #education-technology #startups are changing learning in #India https://t.co/2X6ANAJZa6 #technology #startupIndia

— Startup India (@startupindia) September 27, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

“Technology can amplify great teaching, but great technology will never replace poor teaching” – @SchleicherOECD https://t.co/uBNPSd73qL

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 26, 2016