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A focus on both discrete skills and broader human skills
There is an interesting article by Allison Dulin Salisbury in the Forbes magazine this morning. The article says that the Covid 19 pandemic is speeding the digital transformation of business, ... -
Vocational courses not advanced enough
The Centre for London, a 'think tank' for the English capital, has released an interesting new report on further education in London. The report finds that further education in London ... -
SMEs are not the same as large firms
Much of my work at the moment is focused in two different areas - the training and professional development of teachers and trainers for the use of technology for teaching ... -
Is this the right way to use machine learning in education?
An article 'Predicting Employment through Machine Learning' by Linsey S. Hugo on the National Association of Colleges and Employers web site,confirms some of my worries about the use of machine ... -
Circular Economy and Lifelong Learning: Scenarios - Methodologies - In action
The momentum for the circular economy has never been stronger. Global issues, such as climate change and natural resource consumption levels, urgently require a change in our lifestyles and a ... -
Transferable skills and the future of work
There continues to be a flurry of newspaper articles and studies of teh effect of automation and Artificial Intelligence on employment and jobs. There are different predictions about the scale ... -
Developing a skills taxonomy
This morning's mailing from the Marchmont Employment and Skills Observatory reports that NESTA have launched an interesting new Tool - a UK skills taxonomy: “Skill shortages are costly and can ... -
Digital Creative Arts Framework
I am supposed to be adding resources on the Circular Economy for a new webs site for adult educators which we are helping develop. But as happens too often with ... -
Four domains of learning
I came upon this text today when I was seeking to extend on an article I was writing that included the idea of learning in four domains. It was produced, ... -
Coding for the young (and not so young)
It is encouraging to see more courses being developed for young people to learn to code. The latest comes from the Technical University of Graz who are s starting a ...
