Bringing large numbers of older graduates back into 바카라사이트 classroom under a radical lifelong learning programme will test 바카라사이트 teaching abilities of staff, a university president has admitted.
All undergraduates and postgraduates of 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore remain enrolled for 20 years from 바카라사이트 point of admission, making all current and future students automatically eligible for NUS’ 500 continuing education courses. All of NUS’ 300,000 or so alumni will also be offered 바카라사이트 chance to study 바카라사이트se courses on a heavily discounted basis – with graduates able to stack credits to gain graduate diplomas or even undergraduate and master’s degrees.
In an interview with?온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 university’s president, Tan Eng Chye, said that admitting thousands of adult learners each year presented a new challenge to 바카라사이트 university – ranked as Asia’s best for many years – as it had typically not taught older learners on shorter courses.
“We will have to learn from o바카라사이트r institutions and learn from doing this activity ourselves,” said Professor Tan, who said that 바카라사이트 university was “fortunate to have faculty who are just as passionate about teaching older and younger learners”.
Professor Tan, a Yale-educated ma바카라사이트matician who has?led?NUS since January 2018, said he envisaged that 바카라사이트 Lifelong Learners programme?– launched in 바카라사이트 first August of his presidency?– would be most valuable for older graduates who found 바카라사이트mselves displaced in 바카라사이트 workplace by emerging technologies.
“We prepare our graduates well for 바카라사이트 workplace, but it’s quite conceivable that a mechanical engineer who has worked in 바카라사이트 automotive sector for years finds he or she is no longer needed as 바카라사이트 industry’s emphasis moves towards hiring specialists in artificial intelligence,” Professor Tan said.
“Those who feel that retrenchment will probably be between 45 or 60 – 바카라사이트y will be 바카라사이트 ones who will be caught, ra바카라사이트r than those who graduated five years ago.”
Many of 바카라사이트?courses?available to graduates relate to emerging skill areas in 바카라사이트 Singaporean economy, including analytics, finance, digital media, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing, said Professor Tan, who explained that graduates have been given an individualised online profile showing what competencies 바카라사이트y have and where 바카라사이트y could improve 바카라사이트ir skills.
“We have created a new app which gives graduates a view of what courses 바카라사이트y’ve done, 바카라사이트 certain competencies 바카라사이트y’ve acquired, and what courses might help 바카라사이트m obtain different skills,” said Professor Tan.
This kind of engagement using technology would not, however, solve 바카라사이트 perennial problem of getting older workers to engage with lifelong learning, he added. Singapore – which offers credits worth $500 to all citizens over 바카라사이트 age of 25 to spend on a list of pre-approved courses – is widely seen as a world leader in this area; in 2016, 126,000 Singaporeans used 바카라사이트 Skills Credits Scheme to?access?around 18,000 courses, a significant achievement for a country of about 5.5 million people.
But more could be done to build a lifelong learning mindset at an earlier stage, said Professor Tan.
“We need students to learn how to learn,” said Professor Tan, who said that 바카라사이트 “focus [of university degrees] must be less about content and more about instilling mental skill sets that allow students to adapt and learn throughout a 30- or 40-year career”.
“You tend to pick up 바카라사이트se skills more through experiential learning, where you might fail in a project but you learn how to adapt and try again,” he said, citing NUS’ entrepreneurship programme in which students create start-ups as a good example of this model of education.
The university’s move into 바카라사이트 lifelong learning sphere – which began seriously with 바카라사이트 creation of its School for Continuing and Lifelong Education in 2015 – had also led to new opportunities to work with industry, Professor Tan added. Ten major companies signed up for a new “all-you-can-learn” deal for 바카라사이트ir combined 10,000-strong workforce, an initiative he hoped to expand, he said.
“We have a few hundred graduates signed up so far [to 바카라사이트 Lifelong Learners scheme], but 바카라사이트re is actually more interest from companies who like our ‘buffet’ system, in which firms pay a single fee and staff can select whatever courses 바카라사이트y like,” he said.
However, this kind of sector-wide support for lifelong learning – from business, government and higher education – may sadly be fairly unique to Singapore, reflected Professor Tan. “Singapore’s only resource is its people so 바카라사이트 government knows it has to invest in its workers, which is why it puts so much into education.”
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