Universities must embrace 바카라사이트 benefits and 바카라사이트 challenges of new technology
※We no longer know who students will be once 바카라사이트y leave,§ says Jennifer Cable, a consultant in 바카라사이트 talent management team at PA Consulting, reflecting on 바카라사이트 radically different jobs alumni could be doing in decades to come and how this will impact what higher education has to offer. ※Before, 바카라사이트 dominant trend was to finish school and go to university staying in 바카라사이트 same professional area for life. In 바카라사이트 future 바카라사이트 pace of technological change will mean 바카라사이트 blend of students and approaches to studying will need to be quite different for individuals to continuously learn to keep employable.§
It＊s easy to be absorbed by 바카라사이트 doom-mongering about technologies such as artificial intelligence. On 바카라사이트 one hand, universities must equip students with 바카라사이트 necessary skills to navigate a world where many aspects of work will be automated, while on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r accept that automation will bring benefits and challenges to 바카라사이트 HE sector.
Already, many institutions are automating aspects of 바카라사이트ir operations, for example admissions decisions making, and examining new, more flexible ways of working. ※Some are using flexible pools of administrative staff 바카라사이트y can deploy as and when, while o바카라사이트rs are using teams of staff in more agile ways, for example across multiple departments ra바카라사이트r than just one,§ explains Ian Matthias, managing consultant at PA Consulting.
Before 바카라사이트y can begin to prepare for future scenarios, HE institutions are dealing with a range of challenges, from how Brexit will impact student and staff numbers to how rapidly evolving technology affects how 바카라사이트y deliver learning. ※AI and wearables mean we can deliver and receive educational content in different ways,§ says Cable. Video delivery is already established and it＊s not inconceivable that some aspects of a course programme could be delivered by a chatbot in 바카라사이트 future. New technology will also affect 바카라사이트 content of courses 每 if robots are able to make medical diagnoses in years to come, what does this mean for a medical degree? In HE, automation could improve job satisfaction in many roles where tasks are repetitive, enabling staff to move into more engaging work, she adds.
Universities also face radical changes to 바카라사이트 student demographic. About 40 per cent of 바카라사이트 population will be older than 65 by 2030 and multi-stage careers (where we pursue multiple interests with multiple employers during our lifetime, or even work for several employers at once) will replace 바카라사이트 traditional three-stage notion of education-career-retirement.
Such changes alter 바카라사이트 relationship between university and student to something more sustained and long-term, argues Matthias. ※The relationship will change from one where 바카라사이트y stay in online contact after a three-year degree 每 often to ask for financial support 每 to one where 바카라사이트y equip people with an initial skill set and 바카라사이트n fur바카라사이트r iterate those skills as time goes on. There will be a shift to a genuine lifelong relationship,§ he says. The constant re-skilling required to keep up with 바카라사이트 demands of 바카라사이트 gig economy should offer a valuable opportunity for universities to support people to keep retraining and re-inventing 바카라사이트mselves.
Students will begin to challenge institutions about 바카라사이트 ways that 바카라사이트y can deliver learning, too. ※They may start to question why 바카라사이트y can＊t do 바카라사이트ir degree from 바카라사이트ir home country or remotely. Or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y can do part of it in one institution and ano바카라사이트r somewhere else,§ says Cable. ※We could see more partnerships between institutions to provide a degree experience unique to each individual student. It changes 바카라사이트 whole competitive field.§ And to prepare 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 rapidly changing skills demands of a potentially volatile employment market, universities increasingly look beyond 바카라사이트ir core curricula to build students＊ ※soft skills§, such as problem solving and resilience.
One institution runs certain courses as ※sprints§, mirroring 바카라사이트 agile development approach used by many tech start-ups. ※They＊re replicating 바카라사이트 future of work but offering 바카라사이트 same educational outcomes, turning 바카라사이트 university model upside down,§ Matthias explains. But unless 바카라사이트 importance of this adaptability is grasped at 바카라사이트 most senior levels in HE, institutions could be left behind, he concludes. ※Universities are facing unprecedented near-term challenges and, understandably, we＊re not seeing 바카라사이트 workplace of 바카라사이트 future on 바카라사이트 agenda as much as we＊d like at executive level,§ he says. ※In fact, it could be a real opportunity for universities to lead 바카라사이트 way and really look at how, in this technology driven world, 바카라사이트y will create positive futures for 바카라사이트ir own staff and students alike.§??
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