On the Agenda – Week 13, 2017

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31 maart 2017 | This week's On the Agenda with the new U-Multirank, Betsy DeVos speaking with her Brazilian colleague, India the next education superpower, a new Ethics Group for advising the European Commission, Germany's 100 most innovative organisations and all on South African education.

Take 1 – Education

1500 unis, 16 subjects, 100,000 student views & new indicators, @UMultirank gives you all the tools to compare unis your way! #UMR2017 pic.twitter.com/WBwEJzHDdp

— U-Multirank (@UMultirank) March 31, 2017

.@BetsyDeVosED talked to Brazilian edu minister about CTE & education reform: https://t.co/5pNzcge9y1 Background: https://t.co/2DfLFj7BZ1

— Ben Wermund (@BenjaminEW) March 30, 2017

Never Mind China, India Will Be The Next Education Superpower via @forbes https://t.co/nUwaBOW07K

— Phil Baty (@Phil_Baty) March 17, 2017

Loans and robots are killing US students’ spiritshttps://t.co/MZHNFMthqV pic.twitter.com/4iizpncbQe

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) March 30, 2017

Take 2 – Research

Those in charge of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union have a duty to maintain benefits of collaboration: https://t.co/l6DrAQmfMc pic.twitter.com/JZIAUjhyjl

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) March 30, 2017

15 exceptional men & women that will advise @EU_Commission on EU’s ethical & societal challenges #EthicsGroup_EU https://t.co/Ahg7N0f4Hr

— Carlos Moedas (@Moedas) March 30, 2017

Germany’s 100 Most Innovative, in Industry, Business, Science and Further Afield https://t.co/Tiz36nF7n1 pic.twitter.com/5PO7WuZAtT

— Handelsblatt Global (@HandelsblattGE) March 27, 2017

AI researchers are training systems to master complex fantasy worlds in the name of science https://t.co/xU8pMq8lMP pic.twitter.com/x4KGJ57lu1

— Bloomberg (@business) March 31, 2017

Take 3 – South Africa

22 years after the end of apartheid, race still determines whether students make it to university in South Africa https://t.co/dYwQsSgYs2 pic.twitter.com/qAjMcGAXNY

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 31, 2017

Universities shut down as student grants remain unpaid https://t.co/hyI09V82nc pic.twitter.com/wNoyrATQvT

— Business Day (@BDliveSA) March 30, 2017

COMMENT: At the heart of South Africa’s structural labour market inequality is its dualistic education system. https://t.co/rPKNAtA8ba pic.twitter.com/B0Z25RStKT

— Mail & Guardian (@mailandguardian) March 24, 2017

TLC: The South African school that offers trauma counselling alongside maths, English and science. https://t.co/3gcdDhA1ds

— BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) March 28, 2017

And last week on ScienceGuideEU…

Leaked Dutch #openaccess contract with Elsevier reveals publisher’s strategy https://t.co/57yUxToFeB

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) March 23, 2017