On the Agenda – Week 5, 2018
Take 1 –Education
New universities minister Sam Gyimah has a battle on his handshttps://t.co/eIzUtC1vGz
— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) 30 januari 2018
Theresa May launches education deals worth £550m with China https://t.co/LjIolB4xHc
— The Independent (@Independent) 31 januari 2018
Mark Zuckerberg and other education reformers are citing a 1984 study about the effects of personalized learning—but those findings are largely outdated, writes @matt_barnum https://t.co/9H3NNNSPKa pic.twitter.com/8DjH8KWTMX
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) 30 januari 2018
How to counter political extremism in Europe and elsewhere? With humanism, culture and education. https://t.co/FxepyNYuaC
— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) 1 februari 2018
Take 2 –Research
Will other countries join Germany in its epic showdown with @ElsevierConnect?https://t.co/WOyuXKod2g
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 2 februari 2018
Traditional departmental structures are preventing research and education from evolving. It’s time for something newhttps://t.co/H7kxjvv6JX
— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) 30 januari 2018
In science, there should be a prize for second place. @edyong209 reports on PLOS Biology’s new policy of publishing “scooped” papers: https://t.co/QGnamGuQ1S pic.twitter.com/1bMbKbXoV7
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) 2 februari 2018
“There are only bland pronouncements about the promise of innovation, that brush aside difficult questions, elide compromises, and obscure the trade-offs made in the name of the national good”
The UK’s plan to be a world leader in AI needs work. https://t.co/wm0r0m9lKH
— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) 29 januari 2018
Take 3 –South Africa
“In many respects, Zuma’s free higher education proposal is the worst kind of populism.”
The myths, lies and statistics of free higher education in South Africa https://t.co/gOq1OXCvUX via @qzafrica
— Quartz Africa (@qzafrica) 26 januari 2018
Why did South Africa walk away from renewable energy? https://t.co/BkKwST3okq pic.twitter.com/kbjDkNIdbU
— Bloomberg (@business) 1 februari 2018
South Africa’s water crisis spreads from Cape Town https://t.co/2hQjvV2A0a pic.twitter.com/0EIfppBH5F
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 31 januari 2018
South Africa’s #Capitec sinks 10 pct after report by Viceroy Research https://t.co/NTdCrQkO0V
— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) 30 januari 2018
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