Wednesday, February 3rd 2021

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Covid 19 and digital transformation: what future for education?

This week’s must read

The Future Of Higher Education: Insights For Investors And Parents

In this 20-minute podcast, Dan Alfe, Baird Global Investment Banking, interviews Oliver Wyman’s Vanessa Webb on the future of higher education.

The impact of the COVID-19 in the higher education sector will have hard-hitting effects on businesses, families, and futures. In this 20-minute podcast, Dan Alfe, Managing Director with Baird Global Investment Banking, and Vanessa Webb, Co-Head of Oliver Wyman’s, discuss the state of higher education pre- and post-COVID19.

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Oliver Wyman about the Insights for Investors and Parents in Higher Education.

Dan Alfe@Dan Alfe and Vanessa Webb@ Oliver Wyman

Thought Leadership

Here’s what can happen when you change your thinking about digital transformation

See three transformative changes that happen on campus when you start viewing digital transformation as an investment in growth.

With the Covid crisis, US higher ed IT leaders have been forced to make significant budget cuts from travel bans to hiring freezes to control costs. So is investing in technologies that support digital transformation a good cost management tactic?

Apoorva Shah@ EAB

UK-Private-Tuition-1.pdf

Private tutoring in the UK is an evolving market with robust fundamentals.

As education slowly moves away from the traditional classroom model to a more personalized model, this study explores why and how tutoring is becoming increasingly popular.

Giles Johnson and Agnes Pusca @ CIL Management Consultants

COVID-19 and learning loss--disparities grow and students need help

Winter is coming, and COVID-19 cases are spiking again. While the pandemic has set back learning for all students, it has been especially cruel to Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous children.

Last spring’s confinement due to the unexpected arrival of the Covid19 prompted a historic shutdown of US schools. This year again, the pandemic is now likely to keep many students out of the classroom for an indefinite period of time, amplifying students’ disparities. Is it still acceptable?

Emma Dorn, Bryan Hancock, Jimmy Sarakatsannis, and Ellen Viruleg@McKinsey

CASE: Building a learning community online

With the pandemics, we have to imagine new ways to learn, in particular in remote settings. The article presents a case study on the building of a learning community online. What can we learn from that experience?

Saskia Tjepkema, Hanneke Queens and Annemarie Bleeker @Kessels & Smit

This week’s Consulting News

CDC study says Abbott’s rapid COVID-19 antigen test may miss two-thirds of asymptomatic cases

Shortly after Abbott completed its delivery of 150 million rapid antigen tests to the federal government, researchers at the CDC said the card-based diagnostic may fail to catch about two-thirds of asymptomatic cases.

| @Pharmabiz.com

Primary schools: pandemic causing ‘significant’ learning loss in England

Study highlights how poorest pupils are bearing the brunt of lockdowns and school closures

| @The Guardian

RoboKind Announces Robots4Autism: Avatar--Tackling COVID-19 Virtual Learning Hardships

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, RoboKind, an education technology company that builds robotic technology and curriculum for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder...

| @PR newswire

Why Covid-19 is the beginning of the end of the 9 to 5 job

The standard 9 to 5 working day has dominated the labour market for decades, but according to Roger Philby – the founder and chief executive of talent consultancy The Chemistry Group – lessons learne

| @Consultancy.uk

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This week’s media

Education at scale doesn’t have to suck. If you ditch conventional e-learning’s clicky gimmicks, and focus instead on science-backed design principles and powerful human stories, your training can shift from tedious to transformative.

Consulting sourcing tips

Podcast | How to qualify a consulting firm for a project?

by Hélène Laffitte | Oct 14, 2021 | Clients, Defining the Needs and Finding a Consultant, Podcast

There are several markers that define the “Consulting DNA” of a company: the obvious capability & industry experience, but also the footprint, culture, and delivery model. On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, I tell you how to qualify a consulting...

Podcast | How to find the right consultants for your projects?

by Hélène Laffitte | Oct 7, 2021 | Clients, Defining the Needs and Finding a Consultant, Podcast

The first question is not "do I need a consultant?" Instead ask yourself: do I have an urgent problem? If yes, find your best understanding of the issue and why it needs a solution. Then ask yourself: what kind of consultant can solve this issue? Another way to put it...

Podcast | Why you should put consultants in competition?

by Hélène Laffitte | Sep 30, 2021 | Clients, Managing the Consulting Sourcing Process, Podcast

As an executive, you're probably used to making quick decisions. Given the amount of work that you have to do, you can't afford to dither. Is it worth your time to organize a competition when choosing your consultants? On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast,...

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