On the Agenda – Week 2, 2018
Take 1 –Education
Pakistan is the largest laboratory for education reform in the developing world https://t.co/JCmBDnD3cI
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 7 januari 2018
The Italian government spends on Italy’s past (ie, on pensions) four times more than on its future (ie, on education and training). WHY? Most of its electors are > 55 Only Greece does worse on the #intergenerational fairness index #elezioni2018 https://t.co/BEzIqcTNNq MUST READ pic.twitter.com/3Ph6DaJXjj
— Alberto Alemanno (@alemannoEU) 5 januari 2018
International students are worth about 10 times more to the UK economy than they cost the taxpayer, according to a new report that will add to pressure currently mounting on the country’s government for a shift in policy on the issuehttps://t.co/ggnBEShbey
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 11 januari 2018
3 Biggest #education #innovation questions for 2018 https://t.co/MgH5R9LGeE via @forbes @nextgenstacey pic.twitter.com/9V8k0yU1nV
— RM Results (@RM_Results) 9 januari 2018
Take 2 –Research
Distrust in scientific expertise puts public health at risk https://t.co/WkyDHkLnwd
— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) 9 januari 2018
The experience of balancing an academic career with a chronic health condition has been under-studied and its effects under-estimated. https://t.co/RKaQ7Hpe4J
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 11 januari 2018
Harvard’s Calestous Juma believed Nigeria could be the continent’s science, technology and innovation powerhouse.https://t.co/NfAX96vHBr via @qzafrica
— Quartz Africa (@qzafrica) 8 januari 2018
We propose to invest 1 billion € in world-class European supercomputers, needed to process ever larger amounts of data and bring benefits to the society → https://t.co/8Vn2rPRMnq #EuroHPC pic.twitter.com/uxXRHkwZtZ
— European Commission (@EU_Commission) 11 januari 2018
Take 3 – #reshuffle
Jo Johnson out, @SamGyimah in as UK’s new universities minister https://t.co/nD3GOCWlGf #CabinetReshuffle #HigherEd pic.twitter.com/oHPzeE0iIB
— Study International (@Study_INTNL) 10 januari 2018
Who is Damian Hinds? https://t.co/vp2c8hiEc7
— Tes (@tes) 8 januari 2018
Yes this has really happened, Nadhim Zahawi is now the Children’s Minister! His plan of cutting benefits for children is clearly why May found him suitable for the job #childpoverty https://t.co/4akZVAlftH @AngelaRayner @TracyBrabin @jeremycorbyn
— Ed Ruane (@TheEdRuane) 11 januari 2018
“we see a PM who is indecisive, inept, powerless, displays persistent poor judgment, possesses flawed instincts, lacks campaign skills and is largely pointless beyond Brexit. She inspires at best sympathy, at worst ridicule ..”
A fair assessment of TM.
— Prof Frank Mueller #FBPE (@frankmueller101) 10 januari 2018
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