Canadian firms say there’s a dire shortage of skilled workers. But recent studies suggest they’re not investing in training, apparently expecting universities to train their employees for them.
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The effect of gender quotas on an organisation’s performance depends on employee’s attitude towards quotas, which in turn depends on the labour market environment.
The options on the table for the UK when it comes to that most contentious of issues.
We’re living in a time of rapid transformation in terms of what’s required for a country’s workforce. Design thinking is one way to prepare graduates for these changing times.
The murky world of post-16 education choices is overdue a radical simplification.
Suggestions that the government could introduce a two-tier system for post-16 education could still leave some young people behind.
Financial institutions in Africa are worried that universities aren’t producing graduates with relevant skills for the industry.
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Industrial Economics, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Design Thinking Programme Manager, University of Cape Town
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