On the Agenda – Week 24, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Treating the sciences and the humanities as separate worlds does employers and students no favours, says award-winning interdisciplinarian #WomenInSTEM https://t.co/jlU1Zb0TLj pic.twitter.com/jvlQKOT2c6
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 14 juni 2019
Just released: “Benchmarking Higher Education System Performance” ????
➡️ https://t.co/mIfLDo8q5v #OECDHigherEd pic.twitter.com/Utr2EmKmwh
— OECD Education (@OECDEduSkills) 11 juni 2019
UNICAF University is an online institution that is trying bring greater access to higher education across Africa. But can it overcome skepticism that distance learning is second-rate? My latest in @nytimes https://t.co/ka4B6j5R23
— Karin Fischer (@karinfischer) 11 juni 2019
Mark Brown, the Education Department appointee who oversees the government’s student loan portfolio, resigned from the board of a group that owns some of that debthttps://t.co/wVAGvVZGhO
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) 13 juni 2019
Take 2 –Research
“What academia is full of is power imbalances and those power imbalances are exploited all the time in every form.” — @DrEOChapman
It’s wild folks continue to delude themselves into believing sexual harassment doesn’t happen in academia. A must read ????https://t.co/3I6bZwQ38s
— Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD (@webmz_) 10 juni 2019
“As a science journalist, I’ve really appreciated it when academics have gone above and beyond to try to communicate tricky findings to the public.” —@B_resnick https://t.co/VZXFpAfqvv
— Vox (@voxdotcom) 12 juni 2019
A fascinating and refreshing report that will help policymakers across Europe prepare for the future and will intrigue anyone interested in what that future will look like. Science fiction, on the way to becoming science fact.https://t.co/hDVIasRwOA #breaktrough #innovation pic.twitter.com/mYOCTLDHP7
— Carlos Moedas (@Moedas) 13 juni 2019
Funders should award competitive grants directly to journals to underwrite the costs of open access, says our columnist this week. https://t.co/53AmVw9X9A
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 12 juni 2019
Take 3 – Australia
Australian universities struggle to cover domestic teaching costs: narrowing financial buffers raise questions over Australian universities’ goals of being comprehensive, writes @JohnRoss49 https://t.co/SPyvBXOx0R pic.twitter.com/nfziUfHdNi
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 14 juni 2019
Cutting climate pollution, reducing bills and creating 70,000 extra jobs.
Report finds huge benefits if Australia adopts the same energy efficiency standards as Germany.https://t.co/0mvYkmsGHd
— ????Environment Victoria (@EnviroVic) 11 juni 2019
EXCLUSIVE: NSW Treasurer @Dom_Perrottet says he is open to nuclear, guarantees no cuts to health and education in Tuesday’s budget @SkyNewsAust #nswpol https://t.co/aggAj41BIe
— Caroline Marcus (@carolinemarcus) 13 juni 2019
There are calls for government action on a national obesity prevention strategy to include public education campaigns in addition to protecting children from junk food marketing. https://t.co/BhUap5kh9t
— SBS News (@SBSNews) 13 juni 2019
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