On the Agenda – Week 43, 2016

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28 oktober 2016 | This week's On the Agenda with Harvard and the strike of its service workers, China enrolling students overseas to build soft power, EU and ESA signing deal to keep ahead in global space competition, Africa's community of evidence-informed policymakers and all on the tragedy of Syria and its students.

Take1 –Education

Why does the richest university in the country pay its service workers so little? https://t.co/TLAjeZ4Yoa pic.twitter.com/5zu1QXdDo4

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) October 25, 2016

As China enrolls more overseas students to build soft power, locals find the process unfair https://t.co/2P9Lbqgzp7 #University pic.twitter.com/Pst2VeWNo6

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) October 25, 2016

Brazil students occupy over 1,000 schools to protest neoliberalism. https://t.co/XFnEGWP7CE pic.twitter.com/pKxsovdf62

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 27, 2016

News: UK university applications from EU down by 9%, says Ucas https://t.co/mDnUDcVQ4Y

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) October 27, 2016

Take 2 –Research

The pressure to publish is stopping scientists from doing the things that really matter https://t.co/zuwIZmEhy2 pic.twitter.com/Z6eondVHEf

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 27, 2016

EU and ESA sign deal to keep ahead of global space competition https://t.co/9iVlZK1g0x pic.twitter.com/vRpkbL245x

— Engadget UK (@EngadgetUK) October 27, 2016

What happens when a company bets on the wrong technology? https://t.co/Wcr2pffl8h

— WSJ Science (@WSJscience) October 26, 2016

Africa’s community of evidence-informed policymakers is growing fast https://t.co/7bUvt8uAEK

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) October 22, 2016

Take 3 – Syria

The story of a few of many Syrian students attempting maneuver #highered systems post disrupted war-torn educations https://t.co/JLDgv0kFP5

— Jamiya Project (@JamiyaProject) October 28, 2016

Before #Syria’s conflict started in 2011, women accounted for about half of the country’s #university #students. https://t.co/ADPRkmivZh

— AlFanarMedia (@AlFanarMedia) October 25, 2016

SYRIA: Rebel shelling kills children at school in west Aleppo: government, monitor – Reutershttps://t.co/MeWnHsflXN

— Conflict News (@Conflicts) October 28, 2016

A former student at the University of Aleppo writes about what life is like under siege: https://t.co/UwsMnEh3YC

— Pamela Engel (@PamEngel12) October 21, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The @EU_EESC wants the €2.2 billion of the Juncker’s EFSI to get back to the Horizon 2020 programme https://t.co/3CL9hhtm4L

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) October 27, 2016