On the Agenda – Week 5, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Read my new piece for @BBCBusiness: “10 global megatrends facing education”https://t.co/5Q0ldeqHGk
— Andreas Schleicher (@SchleicherOECD) 30 januari 2019
China’s strength dominates the region but Hong Kong is seizing new opportunities in higher education https://t.co/v0Ru0QduNY
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 1 februari 2019
70% of college students graduate with debt. Those same students are spending more time trying to pay off debt than actually learning. Current education systems represent the future of our country. We are not doing an adequate job of protecting either!https://t.co/tyGT6LgHQq
— Steve Westly (@SteveWestly) 30 januari 2019
ICE set up a fake university to catch foreign students trying to commit visa fraud. https://t.co/rl6dnorwRM
— VICE (@VICE) 31 januari 2019
Take 2 –Research
As the U.S and China race to dominate AI, Trump accuses the Chinese of stealing American innovations https://t.co/7taGnXfPiq via @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/JqPLKeXd68
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 1 februari 2019
In science, lack of discovery can be just as instructive as discovery. https://t.co/Ru0vT13Kx4
— Slate (@Slate) 31 januari 2019
Industry cash can help early-career researchers to get projects off the ground and generate data to support larger research proposals. https://t.co/ubNFyZQGoG
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 31 januari 2019
Acting EPA chief places climate change skeptic on science board https://t.co/My4qDsX7Y4 pic.twitter.com/7AW3kQPQry
— The Hill (@thehill) 31 januari 2019
Take 3 –France
This week, @bendodman wrote about how #France‘s decision to hike tuition fees for international students more than tenfold has triggered a stand-off with universities ???????? #WeekinReviewhttps://t.co/GFNCSMEFrJ
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) 25 januari 2019
Can France’s gilets jaunes mutate from protest to party? The splintering of a social uprising, in @TheEconomist this week https://t.co/y7pfnCTt6E
— Sophie Pedder (@PedderSophie) 1 februari 2019
France’s ‘yellow vests’ suffer early European election setback https://t.co/TJl18vfYs9 pic.twitter.com/AlL8lL5Xhv
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 29 januari 2019
???? BREAKING – Brexit deal is the ‘best possible’ and ‘not renegotiable,’ says Macron ahead of decisive UK parliament vote https://t.co/LN5zb3XbAL pic.twitter.com/CHSaa2S69y
— FRANCE 24 Breaking (@BreakingF24) 29 januari 2019
