On the Agenda – Week 13, 2019

Take 1 –Education
The UK government is drawing up plans for an alternative student mobility programme in case access to Erasmus+ is lost after Brexit, @CSkidmoreUK has confirmedhttps://t.co/4plGMckhqE
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 28 maart 2019
This is worth stressing: Finland’s world-class education system has created a digitally savvy and highly literate population that’s critical of what it reads.
via @pohjankahttps://t.co/uYLW14r4rl
— Scott Rose (@rprose) 28 maart 2019
China’s private tutoring industry is booming despite economic slowdown – SCMP https://t.co/fUNQXeJVRs
How do Chinese provinces measure up to one another in educational quality? Check out our interactive education breakdown: https://t.co/2EUjaWlul9 pic.twitter.com/dKgdU2gaxU
— ChinaPower (@ChinaPowerCSIS) 26 maart 2019
Thrilled to see Cultural Counselor @BdeMontlaur’s op-ed in support of foreign-language education in today’s @nytimes! https://t.co/vofoei3MIa @NYTimesOpEd pic.twitter.com/IjU8EUa1bO
— French Embassy NY (@franceinnyc) 27 maart 2019
Take 2 –Research
Economics remains far behind other social sciences in progress on gender equality https://t.co/qxSB6tDdEN
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 27 maart 2019
Results from plagiarism-detection software are often hard to interpret, difficult to navigate, and sometimes just wrong, says our columnist this week. https://t.co/VYLnFqDKss
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 27 maart 2019
In case you missed it – After last week’s major agreements on the next #EU research & innovation programme – #HorizonEurope, here is a timeline of what to expect as the EU works out the details of this €94.1 billion R&I programme. https://t.co/91H1uVBN2h #HorizonEU #EUpolicy pic.twitter.com/uYVI9wZAzR
— Science|Business (@scibus) 28 maart 2019
NEW: Romney calls for using innovation and technology to combat climate change https://t.co/vigThY1Qsn pic.twitter.com/gMdY2nOvYn
— The Hill (@thehill) 24 maart 2019
Take 3 –Germany
A new report recommends lowering the hurdles for #InternationalStudents to gain entry to German universities as a solution for Germany’s shrinking universities https://t.co/1i5yYL7nQT
— Studyportals (@Studyportals) 28 maart 2019
Why Big Tech Should Fear Europe https://t.co/G3rpGZ2WNj “To understand the future of Silicon Valley, cross the Atlantic” pic.twitter.com/SOjVNnN3gC
— Steve Case (@SteveCase) 24 maart 2019
.@AnjaKarliczek wollte als neue Bildungsministerin offen sein und zuhören, das betonte die gelernte Hotelfachfrau immer wieder. Wie ihre fachlichen Defizite nach einjähriger Amtszeit zum Problem werden, lesen Sie bei #Fplus: https://t.co/odtIRd6qsl
— FAZ.NET (@faznet) 19 maart 2019
Letters written by Albert Einstein, now up for auction, show how he saw the rise of Hitler to power in Germany — as well as the Jewish resistance https://t.co/dEyzwaByrs
— CNN International (@cnni) 27 maart 2019
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