On the Agenda – Week 43, 2016
Take1 –Education
Why does the richest university in the country pay its service workers so little? https://t.co/TLAjeZ4Yoa pic.twitter.com/5zu1QXdDo4
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) October 25, 2016
As China enrolls more overseas students to build soft power, locals find the process unfair https://t.co/2P9Lbqgzp7 #University pic.twitter.com/Pst2VeWNo6
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) October 25, 2016
Brazil students occupy over 1,000 schools to protest neoliberalism. https://t.co/XFnEGWP7CE pic.twitter.com/pKxsovdf62
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 27, 2016
News: UK university applications from EU down by 9%, says Ucas https://t.co/mDnUDcVQ4Y
— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) October 27, 2016
Take 2 –Research
The pressure to publish is stopping scientists from doing the things that really matter https://t.co/zuwIZmEhy2 pic.twitter.com/Z6eondVHEf
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 27, 2016
EU and ESA sign deal to keep ahead of global space competition https://t.co/9iVlZK1g0x pic.twitter.com/vRpkbL245x
— Engadget UK (@EngadgetUK) October 27, 2016
What happens when a company bets on the wrong technology? https://t.co/Wcr2pffl8h
— WSJ Science (@WSJscience) October 26, 2016
Africa’s community of evidence-informed policymakers is growing fast https://t.co/7bUvt8uAEK
— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) October 22, 2016
Take 3 – Syria
The story of a few of many Syrian students attempting maneuver #highered systems post disrupted war-torn educations https://t.co/JLDgv0kFP5
— Jamiya Project (@JamiyaProject) October 28, 2016
Before #Syria’s conflict started in 2011, women accounted for about half of the country’s #university #students. https://t.co/ADPRkmivZh
— AlFanarMedia (@AlFanarMedia) October 25, 2016
SYRIA: Rebel shelling kills children at school in west Aleppo: government, monitor – Reutershttps://t.co/MeWnHsflXN
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) October 28, 2016
A former student at the University of Aleppo writes about what life is like under siege: https://t.co/UwsMnEh3YC
— Pamela Engel (@PamEngel12) October 21, 2016
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
The @EU_EESC wants the €2.2 billion of the Juncker’s EFSI to get back to the Horizon 2020 programme https://t.co/3CL9hhtm4L
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) October 27, 2016
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