On the Agenda – Week 5, 2017

Take 1 – Education
Senate votes 52-48 to cut off debate on Betsy DeVos to become education secretary, final confirmation vote next week https://t.co/xRg4vIVnaD
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) February 3, 2017
Why ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ is part of China’s drive for global dominance https://t.co/Re3oryRR5q pic.twitter.com/0Ui37ykWW5
— Life & Arts (@FTLifeArts) February 1, 2017
Driven out, but Ukraine’s universities are not down@_HilaryLamb reportshttps://t.co/ojQTgbq70h pic.twitter.com/iuuUV9X2YR
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) February 3, 2017
Famous French university Science Po cancels David Satter’s critical speech on Putin to curry favor with Russia. https://t.co/dKoG1mzsMI
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) January 30, 2017
Take 2 – Research
The #ScienceMarch on Washington has a date: Earth Day https://t.co/KeVG1Ir707 pic.twitter.com/khuRklnwcG
— CNN (@CNN) February 1, 2017
In Indonesia, where scientists are rewarded for publishing in high-impact journals, it can’t all be about numbers: https://t.co/aijY0p1aou pic.twitter.com/GTdsTsUdLw
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 3, 2017
Trump’s immigration ban is already causing a brain drain in the US https://t.co/d34BeeLygO
— WIRED (@WIRED) January 31, 2017
Nobel laureate #DavidGross on what India can do to get more big science projects. #research #physics https://t.co/RpqO3glqAN pic.twitter.com/nDjLM1Mj6Z
— The Telegraph (@ttindia) January 30, 2017
Take 3 – Great Britain
The question of how to educate the brightest children is a touchy subject in Britain https://t.co/pVmIdG2QBl
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 2, 2017
Government publishes Theresa May’s official plan for leaving EU https://t.co/dON0s5U4WT
— The Independent (@Independent) February 2, 2017
New UK science body appoints chief – BBC News https://t.co/Z3Fd07CzZk pic.twitter.com/MCFNjCWY5O
— Science journalism (@sci_journalism) February 3, 2017
The government has announced a drive to recruit more science and maths teachers from abroad https://t.co/4sYabY7qnI
— The Times of London (@thetimes) January 27, 2017
And this week on ScienceGuideEU…
Academia voice their concerns over Trump’s executive order to prevent people from 7 countries to enter the US https://t.co/kNXigXPc63
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) January 30, 2017
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