My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:
- Why Skills Matter – As longevity and access to education improve around the globe, Europe can no longer count on a large lead in scientific know-how, education, and innovation.
- Fêted Finnish innovation system falling apart – Finland's celebrated innovation system is in need of a radical overhaul, according to a new international review. A panel of experts concluded that the landscape for innovation in Finland has become "fragmented and suffers from weak international links".
- Improving education: What to teach? – In the long list of problems that plague American education, one is primary: what should students learn? For decades, however, this question has baffled people. In an education system run by the 50 states, success is in the eye of the beholder. Mississippi has different expectations for pupils than Massachusetts does. America as a whole has fallen behind. In a ranking of 15-year-olds in 30 industrialised countries in 2006, American teenagers came a dismal 21st in science and 25th in maths.
- League of European Research Universities expands membership – The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has announced that Imperial College London and Barcelona University will be joining on 1 January 2010. This brings the total amount of member institutions to 22.
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