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@DavidMJourno

Europe reporter at Times Higher Education, & freelance writer

Berlin, Germany
timeshighereducation.co.uk
Joined February 2012
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  1. 2 hours ago

    This new research casts China's success in international research metrics in a rather different light...

    Revealed: how Chinese scientists win up to £127k for publishing in top scientific journals via
    5 retweets 5 likes
  2. Jul 3

    V rare you get data that can test this. Shows unis (in Germany at least) may be setting dull exams, or that top grades not worth much

    Most talented students ‘don’t work as hard as other learners’ writes
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    Jul 3
    Replying to

    This could be great news for OZ research $ innovation- something I have been working for >3 yrs ; ;

    1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
  4. Jul 3

    Just as UK leaving, EU hoping to build links with 'Anglosphere' countries like Canada, Oz, NZ that are central to hopes of some Brexiteers

    EU should double research budget, allow Canada, UK, Oz to participate - Comm report via
    1 retweet 2 likes
  5. Jul 3

    Pascal Lamy-led group advising Commission shoots for the moon in terms of EU research/innovation budget. €160 would be double Horizon 2020.

    FP9 should be €120-160bn, excellence in research and innovation the hallmarks of Europe
    3 retweets 1 like
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    Jun 29

    I give you, Business Magazine of the Year 2017 ! (and an editor v proud of his team)

    9 replies 22 retweets 59 likes
  7. Jun 27

    80%+ of youngsters go to uni in Ukraine. "Almost impossible" to get a job without a degree, so they have to pass, "no matter what"

    Nearly half of Ukrainian students have paid bribes and almost all admit to cheating in exams and plagiarism
    4 retweets 2 likes
  8. Jun 26

    My analysis for looks at how we can (and can't) use VR to explore data:

  9. Jun 22

    'We have an alt-left as well as an alt-right' says Allison Stanger, prof who was roughed up by campus protestors

    1 retweet 1 like
  10. Jun 22

    Defend it on that basis and you'll find yourself 'isolated' and friendless when the wolves begin to circle, he says

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  11. Jun 22

    can't be defended as 'the priviledge of a professional caste' says Michael Ignatieff at conference in Budapest

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  12. Jun 8

    If you're trying to attract foreign universities, foreign academics and foreign students, massive disruption to air travel is not good

    Qatar crisis causes 'irreparable damage' to Gulf higher education hub, says via
    3 retweets 3 likes
  13. Jun 6

    Public support for further university expansion looks shaky. 'Too many people go to university' backlash exists in more than just the UK...

    Europeans back funding vocational training over higher education writes
    1 retweet
  14. Jun 2

    Bot was created by an MA student. Any unis who value student experience should check this out - online timetables can be infuriating

    AI bot called Alex ‘more than halves’ time students spend finding courses, reports
    1 like
  15. May 23

    Governments everywhere want to reward good teaching - but academics everywhere point out that no one knows quite how to measure it...

    Universities in reject competitive teaching funding but exercise echoing England’s could yet go ahead
    1 reply 15 retweets 10 likes
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    May 17

    Romanian government ‘seizes control of research councils’ reports

    11 retweets 8 likes
  17. Retweeted
    May 10

    Gender studies under attack from the new right, reports

    2 replies 16 retweets 6 likes
  18. Apr 27

    A startup Brexodus to Berlin? So far, more articles have been written about it than firms have actually moved. My piece for

    Not auf wiedersehen – yet! The Berlin scene tempting Brexit tech
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    Apr 21

    Why Germany educates international students for free. via

    7 retweets 8 likes
  20. Apr 18

    Curious research from a few years ago: youngsters feel much more European after Erasmus - unless they're British

    2 retweets 1 like

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