On the Agenda – Week 16, 2019
Take 1 –Education
China’s state-provided higher education is, for the most part, academic rather than practical. Some institutions have found a vocational niche https://t.co/FH8y65tinh
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 18 april 2019
Kenyan universities are heading for a crisis as they look increasingly unlikely to hit a target for all lecturers to have a doctorate by this autumn https://t.co/6CzHDcHeK4 pic.twitter.com/Xa5BqPGGb3
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 19 april 2019
A video of Alexander McNab being pinned down by security officers is adding to a broader conversation about how students of color are treated at one of the nation’s most prominent universities https://t.co/al8fCff0Mb
— The New York Times (@nytimes) 18 april 2019
It’s a national scandal that tens of thousands of children are falling off school rolls and potentially out of education altogether. https://t.co/eG3ENBwtTz
— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) 18 april 2019
Take 2 –Research
The Political Partial Agreement on Horizon Europe has been voted on and endorsed today. #Science #Europe has reacted to the deal: “A good deal but is there a supporting budget?” @ScienceEurope @EU_Commission https://t.co/QT4WDtwQSy
— Scitech Europa (@ScitechEuropa) 17 april 2019
“But I want what my male colleague has, and that will cost a few million dollars.” Beverly Emerson, formerly with the Salk Institute. An article on the difficulties faced by #WomenInScience @nytimes, especially unequal resources and opportunities https://t.co/5C6NaC7ORd pic.twitter.com/7oPYPp8g4s
— AWIS @ FAU (@AwisFau) 18 april 2019
Peer reviewers are four times more likely to give a grant application an “excellent” or “outstanding” score when they are chosen by the grant’s applicants. https://t.co/Ubzn61b0lS
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 18 april 2019
IN MICEhttps://t.co/y5zAKC0esE
— justsaysinmice (@justsaysinmice) 15 april 2019
Take 3 –Turkey
More than a fourth of Turkey’s almost 5 million unemployed are graduates of higher education — an alarming trend that reflects not only the country’s economic downturn, but its faltering university system https://t.co/U1llYNP1AO
— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) 18 april 2019
Here’s why everyone is worried about Turkey’s foreign reserves https://t.co/cEaeVQkm9z
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) 19 april 2019
Analysis | Will Turkey’s president accept the country’s election results? https://t.co/f6IitTle8Y
— Frank Nordhausen (@NordhausenFrank) 18 april 2019
These Turkish migrants coming over here and building our most famous monument. Bloody foreigners. Eh @Nigel_Farage you might need to amend your Breaking Point poster to 4000BC? https://t.co/WIXYw9s7Ud
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) 17 april 2019
