On the Agenda – Week 23, 2017

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9 juni 2017 | More support for investing in vocational education than in universities, Qatar crisis endangers branch campuses, eastern European countries becoming knowledge economies, France offering foreing scientists 4-year grants and all on Great-Britain and the results of the elections. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 – Education

Poll finds stronger support in Europe for investing in vocational education than in universities https://t.co/dcczhBgKDv #highered #globaled

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) 8 juni 2017

An uncertain future: Higher Education Seeks Answers to Leaner Years. https://t.co/opG19lRRKo

— NYT (@NYT) 7 juni 2017

Gulf education hub ‘irreparably damaged’ by Qatar crisishttps://t.co/SfqdTp3vwE pic.twitter.com/krCvcZuQLc

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 8 juni 2017

Robot scores 70 per cent in China’s maths exam, but it’s not good enough for a top university https://t.co/F98gbI6hwE pic.twitter.com/Z7sWAHMRAL

— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) 8 juni 2017

Take 2 – Research

Which central and eastern European countries are pulling in the most foreign investment?
https://t.co/ZoctApRgU6 #CEE pic.twitter.com/03mWmg4e9C

— FT Special Reports (@ftreports) 6 juni 2017

France is offering foreign scientists 4-year grants to move to the country and do research https://t.co/WI05ufLUDF pic.twitter.com/1ZZOzdnRo8

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) 8 juni 2017

Text-mining tool seeks out ‘hidden data’ underlying published studies: https://t.co/MZDVKvqe1h pic.twitter.com/cATkMNe6TT

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) 9 juni 2017

5 Innovation Keys For The Future Of Work @jacobm https://t.co/WZHBhOzkiw

— Inc. (@Inc) 9 juni 2017

Take 3 – Great Britain

With Theresa May under pressure, who could be a new Conservative Party leader? https://t.co/Nt0XQuKvDw #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/mZnbBMepjI

— Bloomberg (@business) 9 juni 2017

Jeremy Corbyn has revolutionised the British left https://t.co/iKh6N3MvGx

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 9 juni 2017

Tory education secretary Justine Greening holds Putney, but with a slashed majority. #GE2017 https://t.co/8hpRZD8O3f

— BI UK Politics (@BIUK_Politics) 9 juni 2017

If you’re just joining us, Britain has a hung parliament. Here’s the story of the night: https://t.co/rhONNHJ1Rd pic.twitter.com/8vmQ7oqFvz

— Bloomberg (@business) 9 juni 2017

From ScienceGuideEU…

Dutch open access contracts have to be disclosed https://t.co/FMpYpuBNWH via @ScienceGuideNL

— Marlene Manoff (@MarleneManoff) 5 juni 2017