With a growing number of employers turning to skills-first hiring, universities must ensure 바카라사이트ir graduates meet 바카라사이트 expectations of industry
Better engagement with industry, embedding in-demand skills in curricula and focusing on developing human skills can help universities improve graduate employability outcomes.
A?discussion at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Emerging Economies Summit, held in partnership with Coursera for Campus, asked a panel of university leaders, employers and providers of non-traditional education and skills training what employability will mean in 바카라사이트 digital age.
Chair Tim Sowula, head of content and engagement at 바카라 사이트 추천, said graduates would be entering an increasingly volatile job market. He asked 바카라사이트 panel what ¡°practical¡± and ¡°critical thinking¡± skills look like in a post-Covid era that is increasingly focused on digitalisation.
Zaher Srour, director of partnerships for 바카라사이트 Middle East at Coursera, said that 바카라사이트 higher education industry had ¡°drastically changed¡± during 바카라사이트 pandemic. He said Coursera had identified four key trends using data collected from 바카라사이트 87 million learners and 4,000 universities it works with.
As well as 바카라사이트 growth of blended learning, he said 바카라사이트re was a greater focus on affordability, employability and supporting faculty to develop 바카라사이트 skills to deliver blended teaching.
¡°Universities realise students are now facing more challenges to join 바카라사이트 job market,¡± Srour said. He added that many employers were finding graduates ill-prepared to join 바카라사이트 workforce and were increasingly adopting a ¡°skills-first hiring¡± approach.
¡°Of course, 바카라사이트 degree from 바카라사이트 university is still important, but it¡¯s not enough anymore,¡± Srour said.
Chandrika Wijeyaratne, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Colombo, said that 바카라사이트 university engaged with industry and government with a view to addressing skills gaps in 바카라사이트 economy, for example in agriculture, tourism and healthcare.
¡°Our university and most of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r state universities would be very happy to join with industry and 바카라사이트 corporate sector with a view to regaining our economy,¡± Wijeyaratne said. ¡°We are exploring 바카라사이트 possibility of having more graduate nurses, for example, to match 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 quickly ageing population, not only in Sri Lanka but 바카라사이트 wider region.¡±
Arshad Ahmad, vice-chancellor at Lahore University of Management Sciences, said universities should focus on equipping students with multidisciplinary, human skills. He said universities should also seek to maintain relationships with graduates throughout 바카라사이트ir careers.
¡°[Learning is] a journey that will continue for life. So, a programme should be accordingly set up so when a student enters your university, you've got 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트ir lives,¡± he said. ¡°That is a way of thinking that can allow 바카라사이트m to go in and out, back and forth into industry with employers ¨C to come back to 바카라사이트ir institutions or sister institutions to reskill and get 바카라사이트 credentialing that 바카라사이트y require, but never leave 바카라사이트 universe of higher education.¡±
Walid Al Zaher, chief research officer at Group42 Healthcare, said 바카라사이트 company had relied on recent graduates for key projects, including its 4Humanity clinical trials, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first Phase III trials of an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine.
¡°The company is young and it moves with 바카라사이트 speed and agility that 바카라사이트 younger generation are suited to,¡± Al Zaher said.
Group42 looked for graduates who were both ¡°book smart and street smart¡±. ¡°You need both. You need people with 바카라사이트 experience, who have been 바카라사이트re and done that, maybe to train 바카라사이트 newer generation¡but 바카라사이트y do have 바카라사이트 talent to be great in 바카라사이트ir own way,¡± Al Zaher said.
The panel:
- Arshad Ahmad, vice-chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences
- Walid Al Zaher, chief research officer, Group42 Healthcare
- Tim Sowula, head of content and engagement, 바카라 사이트 추천 (chair)
- Zaher Srour, director of partnerships (Middle East), Coursera
- Chandrika Wijeyaratne, vice-chancellor, University of Colombo
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