On the Agenda – Week 42, 2016

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21 oktober 2016 | Asian universities are pursuing high-rankings, but this should not be at the expense of education. Also in this week's On the Agenda the great difference between these rankings, who's best for science in the US elections, has ESA's Mars lander crashed and all on the evaluation of Horizon 2020.

Take1 –Education

The pursuit of high-ranking universities should not be at the expense of education itself, writes Ka Ho Mok https://t.co/CUp51D6yiq pic.twitter.com/0jmGGCNetc

— World Uni Rankings (@THEworldunirank) October 21, 2016

Who’s No. 1? As college rankings proliferate, it depends. https://t.co/eJSapI2rEZ

— Post Education (@PostSchools) October 20, 2016

Not all first generation students are low-income https://t.co/CiuBuiSlTs pic.twitter.com/amGvtEbNST

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) October 17, 2016

“AfricaRising was really good for some crackpot dictators.But in some ways, it was a myth.” https://t.co/XhRWXwqst9

— Jeffrey Gettleman (@gettleman) October 18, 2016

Take 2 –Research

?? “2016 US Election” Donald or Hillary? Does the debate over who’s best for science have a winner #Election2016 https://t.co/FKArUKC6nw

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 20, 2016

China Wants the Moon. But First, It Has to Spend a Month in Space https://t.co/rDjNbtStw3

— Wired (@allWiredFeeds) October 19, 2016

Crash landing feared as Europe’s Mars lander still silent https://t.co/0lFk8HmiSl pic.twitter.com/1kywLzv5eK

— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) October 20, 2016

Experiment to weigh “ghost particles” starts in Germany https://t.co/zCpzMBbBwx pic.twitter.com/im3aTikxBC

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) October 17, 2016

Take 3 – Horizon 2020

All set for the launch event of ‘LERU’s Interim Evaluation of #Horizon2020‘ advice paper https://t.co/IRnezIlyGz pic.twitter.com/lRlalV592r

— LERU (@LERUnews) October 21, 2016

New Position Statement on #Horizon2020 released today: The Framework Programme that Europe Needs https://t.co/seQRFf9Vmj #FP9 pic.twitter.com/YjWxTIqJ8g

— Science Europe (@ScienceEurope) October 20, 2016

Help us shape the future the #Horizon2020 research programme by participating to our public consultation https://t.co/kB0XLBlLx4 #FP9 #H2020 pic.twitter.com/ZcXVTMfh3z

— Digital for Science (@ICTscienceEU) October 21, 2016

#EESC welcomes @EU_H2020 & will soon release a #H2020 mid-term evaluation w/ #civsoc consultation | @moedas #Plenary https://t.co/hKQ40pHqJQ

— EESC (@EU_EESC) October 20, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Members of @ScienceEurope are all making efforts to implement Open Access policies https://t.co/PN6fcA4yxu

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) October 20, 2016