On the Agenda – Week 35, 2019
Take 1 – Education
Lesgeven aan studenten van Generatie Z is veeleisend. Wat zijn de belangrijke lessen uit Groot-Brittannië? China ontvangt geld van de Wereldbank voor de ‘trainingskampen’ voor Oeigoeren en twijfels bij het nut van ‘flipping the classroom’.
The current generation of students often come under fire for supposedly being excessively brittle and demanding. But does the reality bear that out, and what are the teaching techniques to which they respond best? [PAYWALL LIFTED]https://t.co/U1iVZr2cyb
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 29, 2019
No joke: China receives World Bank funding for its “technical and vocational education” centers in Xinjiang province, where authorities detain 1 million Uyghur Muslims.
We urge the World Bank to freeze this funding immediately. https://t.co/5tijuwTjDo pic.twitter.com/D5IGqA5yvW
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) August 27, 2019
Flipped classrooms have become a popular way for teachers to find more time for activities and individual support during the regular school day, but a new study cautions that the model could trade short-term gains for wider achievement gaps.https://t.co/w4KIgdrHyc
— Education Week (@educationweek) August 29, 2019
Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked | News | The Harvard Crimson https://t.co/V5Fhxwbviz
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 27, 2019
Take 2 – Research
Wat betekent de val van de Italiaanse regering voor wetenschapper? Welke banden had Jeffrey Epstein met de academische wereld en hoe kunnen perverse prikkels in het onderzoek kunnen worden teruggedrongen?
The collapse of Italy’s coalition government means a much-delayed funding increase is now on hold for researchers. https://t.co/eIbdIbE4cI
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) August 30, 2019
New from me: Jeffrey Epstein’s Links To Scientists Are Even More Extensive Than We Thought https://t.co/1GW1tepVKy
— Peter Aldhous (@paldhous) August 27, 2019
EU should aim for gender equality in Horizon Europe @HorizonEurope @GunnarBovim @jarottingen @EuropeanCommiss @NTNU @ERC_Research @IselinNybo @NFdep @eurogender @scibus #genderequality #HorizonEU https://t.co/JMYOGh7bCY
— Norges forskningsråd (@forskningsradet) August 30, 2019
Call for global overhaul of research evaluation gaining traction –
‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria https://t.co/qUNCdoZEqi pic.twitter.com/knjACL1sMo— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 30, 2019
Take 3 – Hong Kong
Het is nog altijd onrustig in Hong Kong, waar massaal geprotesteerd wordt tegen de politieke invloed van China. Inmiddels is protestleider Joshua Wong opgepakt. Lees alles over de rol van studenten in de grootschalige protesten.
EXCLUSIVE: China’s rebuff of a proposal to resolve the crisis in Hong Kong, detailed for the first time by @Reuters, represents concrete evidence of the extent to which China is controlling the Hong Kong government’s response to the unrest. https://t.co/dMP6JJYP8C pic.twitter.com/boG64gsLZV
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 30, 2019
BREAKING: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested, party says #HongKong #China #hongkongprotests #antiELAB @joshuawongcf @demosisto @nathanlawkchttps://t.co/r53wyKHLqL
— Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) August 30, 2019
By pushing this extradition bill, China was trying to apply the same levers of repression to Hong Kong that it uses in the mainland. Only this time, it backfired. https://t.co/u4FX6jWucm
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 30, 2019
Top #HongKong medical schools suspend some cross border classes and internships in China amid fears HK students may be targeted by mainland security because of the ongoing protests writes Mimi Leung #medicaleducation #health https://t.co/cfo9DV0hnA
— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) August 29, 2019
