On the Agenda – Week 31, 2019
Take 1 –Education
China is pushing beyond traditional domains of national power, such as military and economic power, by proactively adopting policies to internationalise its higher education. https://t.co/n4XCti1LA0
— Economic & Political Weekly (@epw_in) August 1, 2019
Germany’s path to excellence for higher education https://t.co/yggud0a88G pic.twitter.com/lipbjQZJz4
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) August 1, 2019
Another scandal is unfolding in the world of college admissions. https://t.co/xBuGxxRlcP
— The Chronicle of Higher Education (@chronicle) August 1, 2019
Raids at #AzamKhan‘s #JauharUniversity find 2,000 library books stolen from Madrasa Aaliya, says police https://t.co/NB7PoqOlyB pic.twitter.com/0k7hVJRqCi
— Financial Express (@FinancialXpress) July 31, 2019
Take 2 –Research
Former European Commission official Robert-Jan Smits predicts “zero chance” of UK joining Brussels research programmes after no-deal Brexit, with “going global” and looser rules on contentious scientific research the likely alternativeshttps://t.co/EPXIbA0W91 pic.twitter.com/jgPJu3VTgY
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 2, 2019
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has granted scientists and researchers increased opportunity to use its world class facilities under its Open Access Initiative. https://t.co/Obyyeh2kNF
— GreyLit – Discover Research (@publishgreylit) July 31, 2019
The @EU_Commission has named the 70 people who will design Horizon Europe’s #ResearchMissions alongside the 5 board chairs announced on 4 July. The experts will be responsible for designing the large-scale, objective-driven research projects. https://t.co/9dZQidizje#HorizonEU pic.twitter.com/ZkdKIUEPjY
— Science|Business (@scibus) August 1, 2019
Why did the Industrial Revolution start when it did? Why did Silicon Valley happen in California rather than Japan or Boston? Human progress is understudied, and @patrickc and @tylercowen want to change that. https://t.co/do55DQ5yHi
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 30, 2019
Take 3 – Latin America
Argentina is the land of ups and downs, and has been in recession 33% of the years since 1950. That means people have little faith a president — of any stripe — can break the cycle. Story by @Pat_Gillespie https://t.co/GuCreRwy7N
— David Biller (@DLBiller) August 1, 2019
Tensions between researchers in Brazil and the country’s president are rising as Jair Bolsonaro’s administration questions the work of government scientists and institutes debilitating funding cuts. https://t.co/G7PCWwLxS3
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) August 1, 2019
BBC News – The Chile school where pupils carry petrol bombs over pencils https://t.co/4SwgPs2jUG
— Tan Chye Hong (@qtchong) July 31, 2019
Latin American and Caribbean growth expected to stall https://t.co/36MEyIhPEm
— Public Finance Intl (@PFIntl) August 1, 2019
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