On the Agenda – Week 15, 2017

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13 april 2017 | This week's On the Agenda with the use of big data driving universities, student activism is back on the rise, the sorrow of China's boarding schools, India's Silicon Valley losing its edge, Europe funding data accelerator and all on Britain.

Take 1 – Education

From personalising tuition to performance management, use of #BigData is increasingly driving how institutions work. https://t.co/MiRCM2H3jm

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) April 13, 2017

The ‘belief that you can change the world [hasn’t been] beaten out of you yet.’ #AtlanticEDU https://t.co/yuutg8tn2G

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) April 11, 2017

The sorrow of China’s rural boarding schools: my story this week @TheEconomist https://t.co/ctByZ1PxJC #boardingschool #education #rural

— Rosie Blau (@RosieBlau) April 13, 2017

BLOG: Online #highereducation in 30 countries – @theobhe’s news analysis focus for 2017 https://t.co/JnQo88MgSR pic.twitter.com/hjmZa3etm5

— Tribal Group (@tribalgroup) April 11, 2017

Take 2 – Research

India’s Silicon Valley is losing its edge. Here’s why.https://t.co/H4piGh8eze

— Mashable Tech (@mashabletech) April 12, 2017

Japan automakers look to robots to keep elderly on the move https://t.co/1EFxxJWPAs pic.twitter.com/eBcucutvfL

— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) April 12, 2017

Europe funds another data accelerator to get startups tackling societal problems https://t.co/L2rir8xpYW by @riptari

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) April 9, 2017

Half-time assemblyman, half-time academic: scientists begin to explore possibilities for political action https://t.co/AV1Bi6855J pic.twitter.com/wCBgQZTxs6

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) April 13, 2017

Take 3 – Great Britain

Students face sharp rise in interest on tuition loans https://t.co/5A9JpgBjCM #highered

— Eric G. E. Zuelow (@EZuelow) April 12, 2017

Finding Britain’s skilled post-Brexit workforce https://t.co/r51sypjq7z

— Society Guardian (@SocietyGuardian) April 12, 2017

Brexit referendum website might have been hacked: UK lawmakers https://t.co/OW3Mux1S8w pic.twitter.com/ONt7ZP9SGl

— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) April 12, 2017

Fair to say that Oxford continues to have a mixed reputation for buildings
(@TheEconomist kindly omits Castle Mill) https://t.co/UWDqmhRS7d

— Mike Ratcliffe (@mike_rat) April 12, 2017