On the Agenda – Week 43, 2018

Take 1 –Education
The rigging of entrance exams at a prestigious Tokyo medical school was not an isolated case, a probe by Japan’s Education Ministry has found.https://t.co/dORbKs1KLo
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 26 oktober 2018
Universities: Is free speech under threat? https://t.co/obk5Yyw3om
— BBC Education (@bbceducation) 23 oktober 2018
Higher education has been ignored for too long. We need political will, not political fixes, to reform higher education in India
Read today’s opinion piece: https://t.co/HtkZffomqj pic.twitter.com/WYIKoq1vNu
— TOI Editor (@TOIEditor) 20 oktober 2018
‘Universities shouldn’t be comfortable’: vice-chancellors on campus protestshttps://t.co/jFhBx3q7Qr
— Guardian Universities (@GdnUniversities) 24 oktober 2018
Take 2 –Research
What journalists, scientists and other experts fail to grasp, Latour argues, is that “facts remain robust only when they are supported by a common culture, by institutions that can be trusted, by a more or less decent public life” https://t.co/d0egwNjeIz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) 26 oktober 2018
“Without much more autonomy, and of course a recognition of the centrality of academic freedom as a core value, Indian universities are unlikely to join the ranks of world-class institutions,” says Philip Altbach @BostonCollegehttps://t.co/cFJtQVttmI
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 26 oktober 2018
Our 2018 salary and career survey reveals that researchers are generally content and motivated, but there still remains much room for improvement. https://t.co/4ShU5Znufg
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 25 oktober 2018
These are the three key things that any person should know about the nature of science. https://t.co/x6dn1aueir
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) 25 oktober 2018
Take 3 –Brazil
Why this far-right candidate could win Brazil’s election https://t.co/wUJTmSQ2Ni
— Vox (@voxdotcom) 25 oktober 2018
In the wake of “the largest foreign bribery case in history”, young leaders in #Brazil started a school for aspiring politicians who commit to #transparency and responsibility. #corruption #Odebrecht https://t.co/Q2N4A6n9ex
— StAR Asset Recovery (@returningassets) 24 oktober 2018
“Around the world, diminishing resources are fuelling a global rise of authoritarian leaders dedicated to doing the bidding of some of the world’s most environmentally damaging interests.” @jonathanwatts puts Bolsonaro into global context. https://t.co/RyQuHAA65L
— Dom Phillips (@domphillips) 24 oktober 2018
Interesting article on how Brazil is becoming a hot spot for #healthcare innovation. https://t.co/bZNVN5wL9q
— Nine Group International (@ninegrpltd) 19 oktober 2018
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