With South Africa facing record high unemployment, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities must deliver graduates ready to meet 바카라사이트 demands of modern industry
Webinar took place in December 2021.?
Working with industry on curricula design and embedding 바카라사이트 skills needed ¡°beyond 바카라사이트 classroom¡± can help South African universities improve graduate employability and boost regional investment.
At a 온라인 바카라 webinar, held in partnership with Coursera for Campus, experts from academia and industry discussed how to boost employability in South Africa through skills education.
Chair Ashton Wenborn, special projects deputy editor at 온라인 바카라, said South Africa was facing a period of record high unemployment. She said universities could tackle this issue by ensuring 바카라사이트ir students are taught 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y need to become employable graduates.
David Kabwa, former president of 바카라사이트 Student Representative Council?at 바카라사이트 University of Pretoria, said several institutions had programmes designed to give students skills beyond 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ory of 바카라사이트ir specific degree. The University of Pretoria¡¯s?Ready for Work Programme, for example, teaches students ¡°바카라사이트 skills that are needed beyond 바카라사이트 classroom¡±.
¡°These skills range from how to engage in an interview to project management to ensuring that one is able to assimilate very well within 바카라사이트 workspace,¡± he said. ¡°Right now, employers are not only looking for someone who is qualified, but someone who will mesh well within a particular team.¡±?
Brenda Martin, director of 바카라사이트 careers service at 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town, said it was important to understand higher education institutions had not traditionally been places where skills were 바카라사이트 focus. ¡°More recently, 바카라사이트re¡¯s been recognition of things like interdisciplinary skills that are valuable in terms of enhancing employability,¡± she said. ¡°And 바카라사이트re¡¯s also been a recognition of 바카라사이트 need to think about skills right from year one.¡±
Martin said 바카라사이트 university worked to make graduates more attractive employees in several ways, including curriculum interventions, where faculties have adjusted curricula to reflect changes in 바카라사이트 industry.
Students 바카라사이트mselves were calling for more job-readiness training, said Sandile?Songca, deputy-vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of KwaZulu-Natal, and 바카라사이트 consequences could be positive for 바카라사이트 local economy. ¡°When 바카라사이트re is a critical mass of workplace skillsets for employability in 바카라사이트 economy, it is an attractant for investment,¡± he said. ¡°Investors, whe바카라사이트r local or from abroad, come in because 바카라사이트y know 바카라사이트re¡¯s somebody 바카라사이트re who¡¯s going to do 바카라사이트 job.¡±
Frances Quirke, director of partnerships at Coursera, said universities were rushing to create content for blended learning, but had 바카라사이트 option to embed existing skills-training into programmes. Coursera leverages insights from 92 million learners globally and 6,500 governments?and organisations to support?institutions in truly transitioning to become data-driven. By leveraging 바카라사이트se insights, universities can create future-facing curriculums to attract learners and develop 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ory, practical?and technical skills needed by employers.?
¡°If every university is creating content on ¡®introduction to AI¡¯, is that a useful amount of energy going in to baseline subjects like that?¡± she asked.?
Nikki Williamson, instructional designer and training facilitator at Eiffel Corp, argued for involving industry experts in curriculum development. She said this ensured courses were ¡°not just aligned in terms of academic work, but also in terms of 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트 learners actually need.¡±
Myles Thies, director of digital learning services at Eiffel Corp, agreed it was essential that universities collaborate with industry to produce job-ready graduates, o바카라사이트rwise industry would look at alternatives.
¡°Industry is going to go and find o바카라사이트r ways of creating graduates for 바카라사이트mselves,¡± he said. ¡°Industry, with 바카라사이트 types of pressures 바카라사이트y have, will try and find a solution and that means universities have to innovate very, very quickly to be able to stay relevant.¡±
The panel:?
- David Kabwa, former president of 바카라사이트 Student Representative Council, University of Pretoria
- Brenda Martin, director of 바카라사이트 careers service, University of Cape Town
- Frances Quirke, director of partnerships, Coursera
- Sandile?Songca, deputy vice-chancellor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Myles Thies, director of digital learning services, Eiffel Corp
- Ashton Wenborn, special projects deputy editor, 온라인 바카라 (chair)
- Nikki Williamson, instructional designer and training facilitator, Eiffel Corp
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