On the Agenda – Week 14, 2017

Take 1 – Education
Turkey refuses to recognise diplomas from 29 universities in 17 countries over alleged coup links || https://t.co/0cjCOpv4Tm pic.twitter.com/Lg3DTPbBXG
— Turkey Purge (@TurkeyPurge) April 5, 2017
China sets target for 80% of citizens to speak Mandarin by 2020 https://t.co/TAeHmS0TEu
— BBC Education (@bbceducation) April 3, 2017
Unsettling Central European U’s place in the national, regional (European) & global #highered landscapes (essay) https://t.co/giBgerDJCN pic.twitter.com/LnhUiFAaia
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) April 6, 2017
#EN – Literacy among richer Brazil kids six times higher than poor https://t.co/EStUxh51ai #news #education (?? Marcello Casal Jr/ABr) pic.twitter.com/sidubeagIj
— Agência Brasil (@agenciabrasil) April 6, 2017
Take 2 – Research
Planet discoverer calls for ‘strong promotion’ of EU research https://t.co/VqW3sBkSsH pic.twitter.com/INW8JQAjXR
— EURACTIV Economy (@eaEconomy) April 6, 2017
Academics in the UK enjoy the most autonomy in Europe https://t.co/SnySQ4dL7U @euatweets pic.twitter.com/bfYmTOb6mR
— Ellie Bothwell (@elliebothwell) April 7, 2017
Private companies are funding public-university research, by @MollyEMcCluskey https://t.co/WreoqDs5Jh pic.twitter.com/OZCxW9I1lS
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) April 3, 2017
Japanese scientists call for boycott of military research amid funding boost for government’s ‘dual use’ programme: https://t.co/GnVVPcy4p0 pic.twitter.com/ldxZJYBguP
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) April 7, 2017
Take 3 – Russia
An excerpt from our latest cover story, “Chasing the Phantom.” Read more about Russia’s most notorious hacker here: https://t.co/daUrd9KbAm pic.twitter.com/cGHb4OqPCh
— WIRED (@WIRED) March 30, 2017
Prof Geoffrey Hosking, a leading #historian of #Russia, places #Putin in the context of his predecessors > https://t.co/HBfvpgHcEN #history
— Andrew Foster (@AFosterTeach) April 4, 2017
Emphasizing his sympathy for #Russia, #Moldova Pres says language should be mandatory in school again: https://t.co/wBwyreKnl8 via @EURACTIV
— ENCouncil (@ENC_Europe) March 28, 2017
Tillerson shares harshest Russia criticism yet: Clearly Russia failed to remove chemical weapons from Syria https://t.co/TfDhk0MjWd pic.twitter.com/upMzhifkZG
— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2017
And last week on ScienceGuideEU…
ScienceGuide – Leaked Elsevier contract reveals pushback https://t.co/3wWQNsoSqq
— ISTifsttar (@ISTifsttar) April 7, 2017
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