On the Agenda – Week 51, 2016

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23 december 2016 | This week's On the Agenda with South African universities that have to deal with chaos, Brazil's harsh austerity measures, Chinese universities have to replace targets with curiosity, ten people who mattered in science in 2016 and all the science around Christmas.

Take 1 – Education

To survive, South Africa’s universities must learn to engage with chaos #Decolonisation #FeesMustFall https://t.co/lWBrOaELsD pic.twitter.com/eiflSI2iDU

— TheSouthAfrican.com (@TheSAnews) December 21, 2016

Colleges aren’t very good at offering career advice https://t.co/qChhyyLjFa pic.twitter.com/cl7QBG6BsQ

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) December 15, 2016

Brazil’s austerity measures: “education spending per child will plunge by nearly 1/3” https://t.co/CZ3ALy2m5Q h/t @NicVdSijpe

— Peter H. Bent (@phbent) December 16, 2016

The increase in university tuition fees in England to £9,250 has been launched – with accusations that ministers… https://t.co/coXJprHDMu

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 22, 2016

Take 2 – Research

Chinese universities: ‘intellectual curiosity must replace targets’. @DavidMJourno reportshttps://t.co/TOHMLbVLUV pic.twitter.com/mKJbvqL0rR

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) December 21, 2016

Ten people in science who mattered this year https://t.co/m9mFjm6H4N #Nature10 pic.twitter.com/CpBmy3zWcW

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 19, 2016

Nearly 200 college & university presidents sign climate change letter to #Trump & Congress https://t.co/9j8SibT6yv pic.twitter.com/qEiS1Pw6Sc

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) December 22, 2016

The race to blanket the planet in internet-providing satellites heats up: https://t.co/Y4FJtulqjt

— WSJ Science (@WSJscience) December 20, 2016

Take 3 –Christmas

Western University researcher creates world’s ‘smallest snowman’ https://t.co/6vFwjmyuU7 pic.twitter.com/1EFMgqn0Pq

— CP24 (@CP24) December 23, 2016

How to survive Christmas with your family | Annie Hickox https://t.co/p5xuYyJEsB

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) December 23, 2016

There are a few theories of how Santa gets around the entire planet in one night – let’s weigh them up https://t.co/AVbHmTEOx0

— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) December 22, 2016

This Christmas Song Brought To You By The World’s Tiniest Radio Receiver https://t.co/EFPIPLarKu

— The NPR Science Desk (@nprscience) December 19, 2016

And this week on ScienceGuideEU…

According to the @LERUnews universities and governments should do more to pursue interdisciplinary research https://t.co/4sOzCD7P94

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) December 23, 2016