On the Agenda – Week 4, 2018
Take 1 –Education
China is keen to stimulate competition between its universities by introducing a system of quality-related research funding similar to the UK’s research excellence frameworkhttps://t.co/HVvx1QNNx2
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 26 januari 2018
Could broadcasting school lessons solve Africa’s education crisis? https://t.co/GxMnmgq3hU pic.twitter.com/3iT0stOYQd
— BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) 26 januari 2018
Dual vocational education and training in Germany – a blue print for Europe?
A long-term strategy could contain the adaptation of a dual education system, which has worked well in Germany and several other EU countries. https://t.co/pRpuTdbYWQ pic.twitter.com/DsWnq3jpCa
— CINOP PP (@CINOP_PP) 25 januari 2018
Education technology is a global opportunity https://t.co/8Gs6j6hHK5
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) 19 januari 2018
Take 2 –Research
“If all of a sudden we don’t have the MITs because no talent comes, America will hurt, and the world will hurt.” https://t.co/GkJKmVXlvr
— 314action (@314action) 25 januari 2018
China now publishes more science research than UShttps://t.co/qdjB9RFA7z
— Hetan Shah (@HetanShah) 25 januari 2018
The role of science and scientific advice in public life has been repeatedly undermined. https://t.co/Tw8BrAcBiW
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 22 januari 2018
Congratulations to ETH researchers @este_tapias, Nicholas Cohrs & Anastasios Petrou and Jannis Fischer & Max Ahnen for making it on the list for #ForbesU30Europe for Science & Healthcare! https://t.co/2CSkXSDZEO
— ETH Zurich (@ETH_en) 22 januari 2018
Take 3 –India
INDIA – Opinion – The state of education in rural #India https://t.co/eLNp5HLkyz pic.twitter.com/ZRkXGkSK3F
— The HEAD Foundation (@HEAD_Foundation) 26 januari 2018
India’s science academies aghast at minister’s dismissal of #Darwinism. https://t.co/dBYphCQDGk
— The Telegraph (@ttindia) 22 januari 2018
India’s secondary education challenge: it’s not elementary, my dear https://t.co/ZAwHUkoSeo
— Livemint (@livemint) 25 januari 2018
As per the latest data, India shows the fastest rise in the share of national income going to the richest 10%: from 31% in 1980 to more than 55% in 2015, a 24 percentage point squeeze of the poor and middle class together.
https://t.co/1NjEhdOHNz via @financialtimes
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) 19 januari 2018
