Digital divide: Universities not equipping students for 21st-century workplace
- 8 years ago
More than 1,500 opinion leaders, teachers and students at the WISE summit in Doha have been discussing some of the key issues of education, such as financing learning, innovation in schools and the future of education.
“Experts are agreed that teaching will become more interactive and digital, there’ll be less schoolbooks and more software. What’s more, universities and business need to work closer together,” said our correspondent at the summit, Andrea Buring.
#Education experts look for solutions at #WISE15 summit https://t.co/Mxs6L5H8KN (Live updates by _CBCullen) pic.twitter.com/5Qz2Nq1yG1— euronews (euronews) November 4, 2015
A complaint companies often have is that students aren’t equipped with the necessary skills for the 21st-century workplace.
“Today universities are running late when it comes to 21st century skills,” Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet CEO of EdTech Europe told euronews. “Competences such as coding and programming are key. Too few students master these tech
“Experts are agreed that teaching will become more interactive and digital, there’ll be less schoolbooks and more software. What’s more, universities and business need to work closer together,” said our correspondent at the summit, Andrea Buring.
#Education experts look for solutions at #WISE15 summit https://t.co/Mxs6L5H8KN (Live updates by _CBCullen) pic.twitter.com/5Qz2Nq1yG1— euronews (euronews) November 4, 2015
A complaint companies often have is that students aren’t equipped with the necessary skills for the 21st-century workplace.
“Today universities are running late when it comes to 21st century skills,” Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet CEO of EdTech Europe told euronews. “Competences such as coding and programming are key. Too few students master these tech