On the Agenda – Week 36, 2018

Take 1 –Education
The violent demonstrations by right wing protesters in #Chemnitz, Saxony, also have an impact on education, esp. foreign students at the Technical University, “which has one of the highest rates of international #students in #Germany” https://t.co/Jv8nXQ3taP #racism #xenophobia
— Eduserver_de (@DBS_Eduserver) 4 september 2018
New research finds attending for-profit widens the earnings gap between rich & poor students, but enrolling at a selective college does the opposite https://t.co/vtnsKn6ZBw
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) 6 september 2018
UP govt plans to give free education ‘from KG to PG’ – Times of India https://t.co/cs9GfNDwKX
— ASHWANI MAHAJAN (@ashwani_mahajan) 5 september 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa comprises 24% of the world’s global burden of disease, yet only 3% of the world health care work force are there to address it. Here’s how @Seed_Global is changing this: https://t.co/hDfEM08Vdv #SaveMomsAndKids
— Save the Children Action Network (@SCActionNetwork) 29 augustus 2018
Take 2 –Research
Plan S, unveiled by @ScienceEurope with the support of 11 funding agencies, including @UKRI_News and @EU_Commission, is an unprecedented step and a undeniable victory for campaigners who have for decades argued the case for freely accessible science
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 7 september 2018
Google Dataset Search could contribute significantly to the success of the #opendata movement https://t.co/KpcMTiJHw6
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 6 september 2018
Innovation capital: the secret ingredient behind the world’s most innovative leadershttps://t.co/HvSD8rEYbp pic.twitter.com/8KbySQ7uaJ
— Forbes (@Forbes) 4 september 2018
Carnival Australia’s Ann Sherry says some science, technology and engineering-related businesses are achieving a five-fold increase in the proportion of women they short-list for jobs simply by removing name and gender from applications https://t.co/aj6wnuJCbh pic.twitter.com/T36kOCU724
— ABC News (@abcnews) 7 september 2018
Take 3 –China
At the Shanghai University for the Elderly, the average age of students is 65-70 https://t.co/iTRP7Er4yr
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 5 september 2018
China ‘must innovate’ to become a global leader in science and tech https://t.co/iZL4l1dxBi
— Research Stash (@ResearchStash) 7 september 2018
A “wall of silence” has been put around a centre that promotes links between Scotland and China after details of its deal with the University of Edinburgh were withheld https://t.co/wsvodWa2dA pic.twitter.com/1RT5YSmI9Y
— The Times Scotland (@thetimesscot) 5 september 2018
China is using adorable robot teachers in kindergartens https://t.co/iLbo0Qemax pic.twitter.com/dG1jcuPMA4
— CNET (@CNET) 30 augustus 2018
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