On the Agenda – Week 34, 2019
Take 1 – Education
In Groot-Brittannië lijkt een verloren generatie studenten op te groeien die onder druk van politieke invloeden straks een diploma hebben dat steeds minder waard is. In Hong Kong slaan de protesten tegen Chinese invloeden nu ook over naar universiteitscampussen. Gaat die Chinese invloed straks nog verder als hun plannen voor kunstmatige intelligentie in het onderwijs doorgang vinden?
“The Great University Con” – how we’re creating a lost generation of sub-prime students (while costing the taxpayer billions). My cover story in this week’s @NewStatesman: https://t.co/tod55OXz9c pic.twitter.com/IRYBPQUUmI
— Harry (@harrytlambert) August 22, 2019
If students make good on threats to hold protests on campus in the new term, “university managers will face extremely difficult questions” https://t.co/PIlUlQQY1Z
— Sara Custer (@sarakcuster) August 22, 2019
Why are some institutions cutting their tuition costs? https://t.co/1R11mKFoAz
— The Chronicle of Higher Education (@chronicle) August 22, 2019
Students love their artificial intelligence tutors. Outside experts less so. https://t.co/OtjxDof7Xk
— MIT Technology Review (@techreview) August 5, 2019
Take 2 – Research
Zorgen om grootschalige zelfcitaties in de wetenschap. Onderzoekers in Brazilië onder druk nu Bolsonaro de belangrijkste wetenschapsfinancier geen geld meer geeft. En een Duitse deal rond open access met uitgever SpringerNature.
“I think that self-citation farms are far more common than we believe.” https://t.co/0B2IxZBOvf
— Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) August 21, 2019
If Brazil’s main science-funding agency doesn’t get more cash soon, young researchers will stop getting paid. https://t.co/RCIfD6CUEY
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) August 20, 2019
.@SpringerNature and Projekt DEAL have reached an understanding on the world’s largest transformative Open Access agreement: https://t.co/Xzdg2Qd4fw pic.twitter.com/o4BhogiDUE
— The Bookseller (@thebookseller) August 22, 2019
“Any social science should approach the things it studies critically and skeptically, that is, with an open mind. Otherwise our research would just end up reaffirming the status quo.” – Sheila Jasanoff.https://t.co/Pvlzr1zRMd
— Genetics and Society (@C_G_S) August 8, 2019
Take 3 – Italy
Alles over Italië waar een nieuwe regeringscrisis het land in politieke chaos dompelt. Wat betekent dat voor de economie, en voor Europa?
Matteo Salvini envisioned an October vote, resulting in his swift coronation as prime minister — the plan for an inexorable rise to power, however, is flounderinghttps://t.co/yfegeIet0e
— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) August 20, 2019
Why Markets Are Not Panicking About Italy (Yet) https://t.co/hkp17cMcLX #venturecapital #vc pic.twitter.com/VY5jf9uKe4
— New York Startup Lab (@NYStartupLab) August 21, 2019
If Salvini wins a new election, and goes on to govern with the backing of Giorgia Meloni and her far-right Brothers of Italy, his stance on immigration would become even tougher. https://t.co/5lBin06azz
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 22, 2019
