Entrepreneurship centers offer more than just business setup skills; they equip graduates with versatile abilities for any job. This webinar explores successful center setups, practical management approaches, KPIs for measuring success, and soft skills integration. Gain valuable insights and regional examples to build and manage your entrepreneurship center successfully.
Amid a dynamic technological landscape, industry requirements constantly evolve. Higher education institutions collaborate with employers through industry-led advisory bodies for program relevance. Delve into essential aspects: Industry approach and involvement, committee establishment, beneficial mandates, and potential challenges.
Career Services provide a vital link between students’ present life of study with their future life of work. In recent years, career services have evolved into an integral part of a student’s entire university journey, while also playing a part in addressing issues of employment equity and access, such as the gender gap.
Navigating a culturally diverse workplace is increasingly important. For universities, an international student body is an excellent way to develop culturally aware students and prepare them for the global labor market. This webinar explores how to attract international students and build an international culture. Panelists will discuss and share practical steps for taking action at your institution.
Higher education institutions have an unprecedented opportunity to become more competitive by embracing the employability agenda. Micro-credentials have the potential to align education more closely to jobs and to build collaboration between industry and educators to ensure programmes are responsive to the needs of both learners and employers.
We are living in a digital world. Digital skills are required not just to be an effective worker but to be an effective global citizen. The pandemic has increased this need even further, challenging higher education institutions. In this webinar, we will explore these topics and discuss practical solutions from around the globe for taking action within your institution.
Join us to learn best practices from leading jurisdictions, using case examples to highlight how higher-ed institutions can improve employer engagement for student success. Drawing from his years of experience in the field, Dr Peter Constantinou, IFC Expert on Employer Engagement will share insights into how Program Advisory Committees support program and curriculum design to support student success.
There are significant benefits for HEIs that develop a holistic employability strategy. This ranges from updating curriculum in line with market demands, to partnering with employers that offer work-integrated learning opportunities (such as internships, participation in applied scientific research, community service, etc.), or even engaging with alumni.
As we enter the next era of globalization, remote work is now the norm, and environmental and social concerns are in the spotlight. How is academia equipping students for this global market? How are they collaborating with employers to ensure students stay competitive? Discover tools and programs to support educators in this webinar. Explore these topics and find practical solutions to drive change within your institution.
Higher education institutions that engage their alumni effectively have access to a treasure trove of data and industry connections that can be leveraged to improve the employability of current students and new graduates. How do educators incentivize their alumni to engage for the long term? What kind of services do institutions offer? In this webinar, we will explore how education institutions are communicating with and leveraging their alumni effectively.
As the direct link to the market, employers understand best what knowledge and skills are needed from their hires for their businesses to succeed. How can educators create a win-win scenario to build and maintain relationships with companies for the long-term? This webinar explores how universities are utilizing program advisory committees, applied research, and more to successfully drive their connections with industry.
Educators have accelerated their growth in online education and are transforming the services that they provide to their students. This includes career services, where the opportunity exists to expand and improve upon resources, reach more students, and track metrics for success, all through greater digital efficiencies. This webinar offers perspectives on how leading educators are digitizing their career services in support of institutional excellence.
Higher education institutions hold valuable student and graduate data, including demographics, retention, and employment statistics. Analyzing this data enhances career outcomes for students. Gain insights on prioritizing data and making valuable decisions as educators. Unleash the potential of data-driven strategies for student success.
The public and private sector can work together in support of education systems that can adapt to teaching the skillsets needed for students and workers to be relevant in today’s job market. This webinar discusses the importance of enabling access to good jobs with fair pay and decent working conditions for a larger share of the global workforce.
A recent study by IFC and the World Bank Group found that demand for digital skills training will surge in the coming decade, and that significant opportunities exist to increase the role of the private sector in meeting the digital skills gap. Education providers, policy makers, and the private sector will need to work together to address the challenge.
Higher education institutions are taking strategic action to better prepare their graduates for the workforce. They're implementing multi-faceted plans that involve virtual, physical, and experiential learning structures to help their students build relevant skills. This webinar offers perspectives on how leading educators are assessing and honing their employability strategies for the benefit of their institutions, employers, and their graduates.
Employers are attracted to candidates who can demonstrate they’ve successfully completed an internship, apprenticeship, or some other form of work-integrated learning (WIL). This webinar offers perspectives on how leading educators are developing industry-academia partnerships to ensure their students are job-ready and competitive.
Today’s employers demand work-ready graduates. They look for candidates who have knowledge and expertise that align directly with job responsibilities. This webinar offers perspectives on how leading educators in emerging markets are designing course content more relevant to employers’ needs for students to excel in the workplace.
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