Future of Work

COVID-19, higher education and the impact on society: what we know so far and what could happen

Students wearing face masks keep social distance as they study at the large reading room of Vienna University Library amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Vienna, Austria, October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner - RC2ZMJ95J97F

The discourse surrounding the value of university degrees in the context of today's professional world had been going on long before COVID-19 shook matters up. Image: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Conrad Hughes
Director General, International School of Geneva
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