❇️ Education-to-Employment Partnerships. Life Ready Learning & Reimagine Education
The education to employment space is increasingly shaped by partnerships, bridging critical skill gaps. From K12 to workforce development, efforts are focused on equipping learners with the digital, technical, and green skills. Join us in London for Reimagine Education on 9-11 December!
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The education-to-employment space is increasingly shaped by partnerships across the public and private sectors, bridging critical skill gaps. From K12 to workforce development, efforts are focused on equipping learners with digital, technical, and green skills. This week, Acer and Cisco announced initiatives targeting IT skill development in the UAE and Nigeria, while Hong Kong launched the Alliance of Universities of Applied Sciences to enhance vocational training, and Italy unveiled a renewable energy training center in Morocco. In addition to partnerships, there is an expanding landscape of digital solutions supporting learners all the way through learning journey, with an emerging category of 'Life Skills Learning' to support the development of key skills career and life skills.
These efforts highlight a global push for specialized education for economic resilience and we can expect continued expansion of programs that align education with workforce needs, particularly in STEM, IT, and green sectors, along with specific solutions for 'Life Ready Skills'.
💪 Power Moves
👾 Meta partnered with universities in the US and UK to develop VR learning experiences. Imperial College London, the University of Glasgow, and the University of Leeds are some of the partner universities thus far.
🤖 Pearson launched GSE Job Profiles, a tool for HR professionals to set English language requirements for jobs. It uses data from Pearson's Global Scale of English to benchmark candidates' skills and identify gaps.
💰 The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $300M loan to improve early literacy in Argentina. The loan will fund teacher training, educational resources, and infrastructure upgrades.
🇬🇧 Reimagine Education, London. 9-11 December
The QS Reimagine Education Conference brings together the education innovation ecosystem from university chancellors, business school deans, chief learning officers, instructional designers, employers, policymakers, edtech innovators, investors, non-profits, and sustainability champions, each motivated to shape the future of education. The 2024 conference will be held in London, UK from 9-11 December 2024, join HolonIQ's presentation on the shape of higher education in the decade ahead.
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