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Education and Skills
What you need to know about education, skills and life-long learning
Ahead of the World Economic Forum's Jobs Reset Summit, here's a look at the key trends shaping the future of learning.
SDG 04: Quality Education
COVID-19 is an opportunity to reset education. Here are 4 ways how
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted learning for millions of children. Our response could provide a new model for a better education system for the future
SDG 04: Quality Education
Phones in class don’t actually hamper learning, study finds
Using your mobile phone in the classroom does not negatively affect your learning, according to new research from the Technical University of Denmark.
Education and Skills
These are the most popular online courses on Coursera
Coursera has released its most popular Massive Open Online Courses – or MOOCs – of 2019. The most well-enrolled MOOCs tend to be in business or technology.
Education and Skills
Higher education: Do we value degrees in completely the wrong way?
The knowledge and transferable skills gained through a higher education qualification can be far more valuable than the actual degree itself, writes Professor Paul Ashwin.
India
How COVID-19 deepens the digital education divide in India
Lengthy school closures and a rapid transition to e-learning have highlighted long-standing issues of education inequality and a digital educational divide.
Education and Skills
These are the world’s best universities right now
The University of Oxford has been named the world’s best for the fifth consecutive year. China’s Tsinghua University has become the first Asian university to enter the top 20.
COVID-19
Resetting education: lessons from Sesame Street on helping a generation at risk. This week's Great Reset podcast
For the 1.6 billion children whose education has been disrupted by COVID, we need make learning a priority. The Great Reset podcast hears from the Sesame Workshop.
COVID-19
This is the impact home-schooling is having on parents
COVID-19 forced millions of parents to educate their children at home. Two out of every five parents met the criteria for major depression and criteria for moderate/ severe anxiety.
SDI2020
Society & Future of Work: What are the challenges in making society and the future of work more sustainable?
More work is needed to achieve the SDG education and gender targets by 2030 – especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education and Skills
Why COVID-19 is an EdTech opportunity for Latin America
The region's digital divide is hindering efforts to deliver remote learning during the pandemic. Here's how governments and start-ups can make a difference.
Education and Skills
COVID-19 threatens the progress of global literacy. This is how we keep up momentum
The pandemic has disrupted schools and adult learning programmes. To ensure literacy rates continue to rise, education must be reimagined for COVID-19.
United States
History will look back on 2020 as a turning point for US universities
COVID-19 has forced thousands of businesses to digitize - and now colleges are following suit. These colleges are now looking to offer both hybrid and online courses.
SDG 04: Quality Education
World leaders: We need to save COVID-19's 'lost generation' of children
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and dozens of world leaders urge for 4 immediate actions to ensure every child receives an education.
Brazil
This new Indigenous storytelling platform is bringing community stories to the world
Tribal Stories features films created by Indigenous filmmakers from Ecuador and Brazil.