On the Agenda – Week 12, 2019
Take 1 –Education
The “privileged poor”: universities are far from all inclusive: Anthony Abraham Jack distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged studentshttps://t.co/STNDPrx602 pic.twitter.com/zwvZrStFJv
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 22 maart 2019
Foreign influence showdown as universities decline to register China-funded Confucius Institutes https://t.co/duPN4Y0SoH via @theage
— Duska Sulicich (@DuskaSulicich) 21 maart 2019
Erasmus scheme in chaos as UK students left in limbo https://t.co/8pOrqsMvq0 pic.twitter.com/Zacy44cTDO
— Campion Consultancy (@campionconsult) 19 maart 2019
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ attempts to swiftly roll back major Obama-era policies at her agency are hitting a roadblock: federal courts https://t.co/chQ3G0LNCA
— POLITICO (@politico) 22 maart 2019
Take 2 –Research
More than 800 signatories call for the entire concept of statistical significance to be abandoned. https://t.co/F0Zfe2MdPm
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 21 maart 2019
The decision to ringfence 35% of EU research for clean tech is consistent with European Commission plans to boost the bloc’s research funding, despite ongoing doubts about the overall size of the EU future budget after Brexit.https://t.co/QBtxwQr7YI
— EURACTIV (@EURACTIV) 20 maart 2019
Curious about the latest data on #university #funding across Europe? Here you can find our newly launched comparative resources:
1️⃣ Read the complete Public Funding Observatory report for 2018 https://t.co/RKmLcLOqNB #PFO2018 pic.twitter.com/bEytTZdc8V
— EUA (@euatweets) 21 maart 2019
Studies that link genetics with disease have focused largely on white European populations, and neglect other races and ethnicities. Researchers say lacking diversity is bad science, and exacerbates health inequities. https://t.co/d1eecG3rIP
— NPR (@NPR) 21 maart 2019
Take 3 –Spain
[FT] Millions lack jobs, but Spain has become an improbable locomotive of eurozone growth https://t.co/zB28DbswEW pic.twitter.com/OCKMh46YwK
— ECON (@ECON_cl) 22 maart 2019
We’ve long known that Spain and Portugal sat at history’s crossroads. Now DNA from ancient skeletons is revealing human migrations into the region from thousands of years ago. https://t.co/FireIhKmIO
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) 19 maart 2019
So sad for young people in Spain and Greece. Will American Central planners learn from this horrible experiment? Probably not. https://t.co/nqpmJOsC97
— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) 17 maart 2019
The Alarming Child Poverty Risk In Spain Despite The Economic Recovery https://t.co/sEWMTAnT08
— David Kisamfu (@thedextazlab) 22 maart 2019
