On the Agenda – Week 19, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Can Dutch old masters brush off populist attacks? Universities in the Netherlands are successful, yet their funding is declining and their embrace of internationalism has put them on a collision course with the populist right. @JMorganTHE assesses the moodhttps://t.co/Ql9ZN71Emn pic.twitter.com/Ic3REcYDnf
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 8 mei 2019
Tracking students into gifted and talented, standard, and remedial programs creates a modern-day form of segregation that often occurs within the same school building, writes @thephdandme https://t.co/DWlkwu6KeF
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) 23 april 2019
Muslim Education Society in India’s Kerala State bans the #burka, niqab and veils in its institutions – @The_Hindu.
Society president Fazal Gafoor says #purdah, #hijab, and #niqab r part of Arab cultural invasion and not part of Islam. He’s #MyKindaMuslim https://t.co/IE8QkFjj4D
— Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) 3 mei 2019
In preparation for a no-deal-Brexit, Spain has launched a website which provides information about residency, voting rights, healthcare, education, travel, financial services and more. The site also provides a list of frequently asked questions and answers https://t.co/9EAHFR8z1D
— El País in English (@elpaisinenglish) 19 januari 2019
Take 2 –Research
Springer Nature has proposed a model to accelerate the shift towards open access publishing, in a move that could see research papers from prestigious Nature titles made freely available, reports @RachaelPells https://t.co/xaBtPijc6U
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 10 mei 2019
Five researchers who have hit visa hurdles share how their careers were shaped by shifting immigration policies, and offer their top tips for international scientists. https://t.co/dxnwkN0dVE
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 8 mei 2019
The moonshot programmes: the increased scientific collaboration between the @EU_Commission and #Japanhttps://t.co/ecz184rbMc #science #research
— Scitech Europa (@ScitechEuropa) 8 mei 2019
The Brazilian government say they are slashing university and other federal institutes funding 30% – students and teachers protest – not hundreads, but thousands, across Brazil! https://t.co/so2gNkA7xU
— Suzana Leles (@SuzanaLeles) 9 mei 2019
Take 3 –China
While the promise of Chinese investment in infrastructure and research appeals to many in Europe, others see problems… https://t.co/xnoO7ETBpB
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 10 mei 2019
Another education startup from China aims to go public in the U.S.https://t.co/SAfI39R2fV
— Nikkei Asian Review (@NAR) 8 mei 2019
China is increasingly expressing an interest in all things Arctic and a geopolitical storm is brewing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berated China this week for using its growing Arctic research program as a Trojan horse for military and commercial goals https://t.co/yPuh0eWEHB
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) 7 mei 2019
“If her friends sent her messages about Islam, she would delete them immediately, and performed a factory reset on her phone before coming home to Xinjiang for the university vacation period. Her precautions turned out to be insufficient.” https://t.co/y5aXMmYjyK
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) 9 mei 2019
