On the Agenda – Week 44, 2016

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4 november 2016 | This week's On the Agenda with higher education in danger in seven EU countries, educational reform needed in Japan, what scientist might look for in the US elections, when skepticism becomes bias and all on Germany and Deutsche Bank.

Take1 –Education

Higher education ‘in danger’ in seven EU countries: https://t.co/kRPd21aWDg pic.twitter.com/Dzybnekt0x

— World Uni Rankings (@THEworldunirank) October 31, 2016

Universities can predict when students are about to drop out https://t.co/3uqOCPuEed pic.twitter.com/DW6KTVLP7p

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) November 1, 2016

If Japan wants to boost growth, it must increase workers’ productivity. That will require educational reform: https://t.co/dPllzRC5Fj

— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) November 1, 2016

The “Malala” of takes a stand on education: “We are students fighting for students.” #ThursdayThoughts https://t.co/NH9hRWjLD1

— Global Citizen (@GlblCtzn) November 3, 2016

Take 2 –Research

Trump vs Clinton may be the main focus, but which US government positions should scientists also keep an eye on https://t.co/MFzBMgztQr pic.twitter.com/68vx0vmlZE

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) November 3, 2016

Hard Brexit would mean patients waiting years for new drugs – report https://t.co/bySCJ8zrfs

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) November 2, 2016

When does skepticism become bias in science? https://t.co/6kMi6sLk6I pic.twitter.com/G099l5vICR

— Forbes Science (@SciForbes) November 2, 2016

France – Science – France to probe nuclei with new particle accelerator https://t.co/65hXna6gBK

— RFI English (@RFI_English) November 3, 2016

Take 3 – Germany

How being more like Germany could make the world $1.1 trillion richer https://t.co/GsVZ10H48E

— The Independent (@Independent) October 26, 2016

Deutsche Bank thinks Mario Draghi has gone over to the dark side https://t.co/hIYeYA39f1 pic.twitter.com/vWKJomKb0I

— Bloomberg (@business) November 2, 2016

Germany Invests In the Technology Of Tomorrow, Unveils Zero-Emissions Train that Only Emits Steamhttps://t.co/i1fO31NLXI #climate pic.twitter.com/JPXWcAgUb7

— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) November 2, 2016

A research team in Germany is using #Legos to teach robots to learn by human example: https://t.co/QL1NFP4Ngm pic.twitter.com/sdTW7Chz2C

— Official ACM (@TheOfficialACM) November 2, 2016

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

The European Commission sets out its plans and ambitions for space technology https://t.co/YUMFVrmE5O

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) November 3, 2016