On the Agenda – Week 1, 2018
Take 1 –Education
India’s Prime Minister wants to help 20 national #Universities become “world class” https://t.co/LFz8UPdAjH #highereducation #highered pic.twitter.com/df4ErvRBRx
— StudyPortals (@StudyPortals) 4 januari 2018
There are more women in UK universities than ever before, yet they’re still outnumbered by men in leadership positions. What needs to change?https://t.co/H9IENzTQWx
— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) 3 januari 2018
Side effect of the knowledge economy: without a university degree it is hard to land a decent paying job. This #infographic shows the pay gap in each US state between workers with and without a college degree. Source: https://t.co/1laSCcy6eN pic.twitter.com/9j9g9SOQ98
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) 5 januari 2018
Blog: Online learning should be part of the strategic plan of every college and university https://t.co/zCY9Cj13iB pic.twitter.com/JuCexe5m2n
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) 3 januari 2018
Take 2 –Research
Academic-publishing experts around the world are keenly observing the situation in Germany. https://t.co/ExFotwyarp
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) 5 januari 2018
“The hesitancy across many of the key institutions of Western higher education about confronting the new assertiveness of China perhaps signals a failure to comprehend the full extent of the challenge that it poses”https://t.co/u4XbVU6QKz
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 4 januari 2018
When a Country is Open, Do They Have Strong Science Too? The answer is YES! see https://t.co/WqcI7yWnx0
— Stan Gielen (@Stan_Gielen) 5 januari 2018
Roboticists are honing their robots by essentially mimicking natural selection https://t.co/7NJHeugnpA
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) 4 januari 2018
Take 3 – EU
Wow. A must read from @EvaJohannaH in @timeshighered on her deportation admin nightmare and how EU academics feel in UK today. https://t.co/j0Vtvkk5A5 via @timeshighered
— Charlotte Morris (@Charlotte_E_M) 4 januari 2018
.@Freeman_George told @SkyNews it was time to remove students from immigration figs & commit to Erasmus (beyond 2020) to show young people “Brexit isn’t a triumph of the Alf Garnet wing of politics” > https://t.co/dkslpbXbWe https://t.co/h1SPox4XjR
— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) 2 januari 2018
Emmanuel Macron a annoncé la suppression de la taxe d’habitation pour tous les Français à l’horizon 2020 https://t.co/vhizQdrcFe
— Le JDD (@leJDD) 30 december 2017
Universities to work on policy solutions to Europe’s social malaise | Education https://t.co/Mw5Gmjp3uk
— Grahame Lucas #FBPE (@GrahameLucas) 1 januari 2018
