On the Agenda – Week 32, 2019
Take 1 – Education
Allies of Baltimore’s historically black universities are persisting with a legal challenge against the state’s funding and policy priorities https://t.co/prpUHzAzdQ
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 8, 2019
Compulsory Dutch looms for foreign students in the Netherlands: universities, already facing upheaval on several other fronts, fear imminent plans could make it far harder to recruit students. @DavidMJourno reportshttps://t.co/u2qIrSafwf pic.twitter.com/6desKzWYVT
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 9, 2019
Far from triggering a collapse in recruitment from the European Union, Brexit could push UK universities to recruit more students from the Continent, according to a report from @HEPI_news thinktank. @JMorganTHE reportshttps://t.co/b48SbwmRoX
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 8, 2019
Perennial providers: when it comes to lifelong learning, are universities the answer? @Annamckie explores whether universities are best placed to provide the continuous retraining vital for the new world of workhttps://t.co/nOFidkRuRA pic.twitter.com/KiZxnJ80Mw
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 8, 2019
Take 2 – Research
Bolsonaro has blessed ‘brutal’ assault on rainforest, sacked scientist warns https://t.co/qZl5C9IUl1
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 9, 2019
$56m boost for #Israel & #US collaboration
Read more: https://t.co/c21S2OMJFW#intled pic.twitter.com/El9lBdLMMe
— The PIE News (@ThePIENews) August 7, 2019
In Lithuania, 57% of scientists and engineers are women https://t.co/vByBfLKL3x
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 7, 2019
From artificial human hibernation tech, to avatars and cyborgs, Japan’s government will support the selected research program. ????https://t.co/9XJUJP3Rof
— Interesting Engineering ???? (@IntEngineering) August 6, 2019
