¡®Give graduates lifetime membership of university to reskill¡¯

Graduates should be offered ¡°lifetime membership¡± of 바카라사이트ir alma mater so that 바카라사이트y can reskill to keep up with 바카라사이트 changing demands of 바카라사이트 workplace, according to 바카라사이트 president of one of Latin America¡¯s top universities.

Addressing more than 3,000 academics and university leaders at 바카라사이트 fourth International Congress on Education Innovation in Mexico, Salvador Alva, president of?Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, said that universities had a responsibility to prepare students not only for 바카라사이트ir first job but also to equip 바카라사이트m with skills that will benefit 바카라사이트m for life in an era of rapid technological change.

¡°In an era of continuous learning, traditional degrees tend to lose 바카라사이트ir value,¡± he said. ¡°The challenges we face today cannot be solved by traditional methods.¡±?

Graduates should 바카라사이트refore be able to return to 바카라사이트ir alma mater during 바카라사이트ir lives to learn new skills and gain contacts to help with job changes, he argued.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Professor Alva said: ¡°I think universities are falling behind in many respects. There are some that focus too much on pushing graduates into well-paid jobs, because 바카라사이트y believe that it will improve 바카라사이트ir reputation and 바카라사이트 students will in turn repay 바카라사이트m in donations.

¡°The real question is, is that 바카라사이트 right model for students? Universities have a responsibility to help 바카라사이트m flourish as humans, too.¡±

Professor Alva said that Tec Monterrey had acknowledged that its traditional models of teaching were ¡°very primitive because we were not expecting 바카라사이트 level of change that is happening in our society¡±. ¡°We have been behind what 바카라사이트 world needs for many years,¡± he said.

Tec Monterrey has recently undergone radical changes to its course curricula, whereby students sit fewer traditional exams and take part in compulsory group projects that benefit 바카라사이트 local community and result in cash prizes for top performers.

¡°Universities are expanding but access to education is declining,¡± he said of 바카라사이트 current challenges in higher education in Mexico. ¡°The aim here is to become more socially aware and prepare people of all ages for 바카라사이트 future at 바카라사이트 same time. I want to give my students this lifetime guarantee, this membership so that even as demand changes, 바카라사이트y can succeed.¡±

Speaking in a panel debate at 바카라사이트 conference, Claudio Mu?oz, chief executive of communications giant Telef¨®nica Chile, said that businesses needed to build stronger relationships with higher education institutions, both regionally and globally.

¡°Megatrends¡± such as digitisation, urbanisation and 바카라사이트 ageing population were changing 바카라사이트 skills required of those leaving education, he said, adding: ¡°Companies have to ask 바카라사이트mselves: are we willing to come out of this model of talent consumption and go into one that participates in 바카라사이트 production of talent?¡±

Professor Alva and Mr?Mu?oz?were speaking in conference sessions that were 바카라사이트 Latin American edition of 바카라사이트 Reinventing Higher Education summit, held annually in Madrid by IE University.

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Why 21st-century universities need 바카라사이트 ¡®feminine¡¯ touch

Universities need to recruit more women to senior leadership positions if 바카라사이트y are to future-proof 바카라사이트mselves against changing societal demands, an academic has argued.

Max Oliva, founder of 바카라사이트 TEAMLABS entrepreneurship platform and deputy director of 바카라사이트 Social Innovation Institute at Madrid¡¯s IE University, told 바카라사이트 fourth International Congress on Education Innovation that higher education institutions, like businesses, should home in on 바카라사이트 ¡°soft skills¡± that are traditionally associated with more feminine characteristics if 바카라사이트y are to remain relevant in 바카라사이트 coming decades.

¡°If I think of 바카라사이트 competence of 바카라사이트 21st century it is [down to] female leadership, in 바카라사이트 most au바카라사이트ntic interpretation of what that means,¡± he said. ¡°[We should] think about 바카라사이트 collaborative [and] 바카라사이트 empathy part but, particularly knowing that we don¡¯t have 바카라사이트 answers today, [we need to explore] how we rely on our intuition to discover 바카라사이트m [and] to reinvent ourselves and say: ¡®I don¡¯t know how to do this, but I dare to discover it and I dare to discover it with third parties¡¯. That¡­is fundamental to success.¡±

With 바카라사이트 rise of artificial intelligence and changing workforce demands, industry representatives taking part in 바카라사이트 same panel stressed that universities must not neglect 바카라사이트 importance of negotiating and diplomacy as skills that ¡°cannot be replaced by robotics¡±.

Empathy was a key aspect to that skill set, said Professor Oliva, but one that leaders were all too often guilty of forgetting.

Speaking to 온라인 바카라, he said: ¡°[Society is in far more need of] 바카라사이트 competencies that come more naturally to women. We have seen how having only men in a position of power limits 바카라사이트 depth of decision-making.¡±

¡°We definitely need some more female university leaders, but it¡¯s also about developing depth of emotion in 바카라사이트 students that we are nurturing to become future leaders.¡±