On the Agenda – Week 42, 2018
Take 1 –Education
A spectre is haunting Europe: countries across the continent are failing to offset funding cuts made to university systems during the financial crisis despite economic growth, according to preliminary data from the @euatweets https://t.co/XeP5HWoQyi
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 19 oktober 2018
“He is a madman who will do away with education in Brazil and take us back to the Middle Ages” – Brazilian academic Fernando Limongi spoke to @el_pais about the danger of far right leader Jair Bolsonaro https://t.co/Sv7hx7oAqg
— El País in English (@elpaisinenglish) 16 oktober 2018
China defends internment camps for Uighur Muslims. Official says China is averting ‘terrorism’ through ‘vocational education’ amid outcry over mass internment of Muslims.https://t.co/5tc8epdYjt
— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) 16 oktober 2018
University pension fund accused of exaggerating shortfall https://t.co/MtLdXt7inq via @financialtimes
— Dr Kate Ballantyne (@kate_ballantyne) 17 oktober 2018
Take 2 –Research
Stephen Hawking’s latest, posthumously published book is ultimately a verdict on humanity’s future. There’s a ton of doom, but dig deeper and there’s still faith in human innovation too. https://t.co/wFyPs0CLBJ
— Vox (@voxdotcom) 17 oktober 2018
It’s been five months since the Chinese government announced its plan for a journal blacklist, a process that has been shrouded in secrecy. https://t.co/poWgMTkiB3
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 18 oktober 2018
Trump on climate change: I have a “natural instinct for science” https://t.co/kbF2S4DOI1 pic.twitter.com/53xrIsSLFZ
— The Hill (@thehill) 18 oktober 2018
African innovations that could change the world https://t.co/iFX9hcajTa pic.twitter.com/jYn6PdqCgq
— CNN (@CNN) 18 oktober 2018
Take 3 –India
Dean Spears: After Nobel prizes for frontier econometrics, for behavioural innovations, and for abstract theory, Nordhaus’ Nobel celebrates the classic lessons at the core of public economics and the importance of translating these lessons into practice https://t.co/bEf5x4dDZ6
— Livemint Opinion (@Mint_Opinion) 19 oktober 2018
.@TheEconomist on the sorry status of public primary education in India: Indian states are struggling to lift public-school attendance https://t.co/fdVWC1MlCh
— Milan Vaishnav (@MilanV) 17 oktober 2018
India’s shame: Activist dies for Ganga – who’s responsible?
Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, Sunita Narain on @LRC_NDTV
Watch Left, Right & Centre live now on https://t.co/hMlRpgrUU6 pic.twitter.com/O3iMkyoyN4— NDTV (@ndtv) 12 oktober 2018
While India has focused on #innovation, infrastructure, structural reforms & #easeofdoingbusiness, a lot of work still needs to be done on gender parity and exports, ensuring India has growth with equity: #NITIAayog CEO @amitabhk87 https://t.co/E73xV94HbA
— NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) 17 oktober 2018
