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Wednesday, May 26th 2021

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What’s next for Education in 2021?

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5 Trends in Education that continue in 2021
Technology is driving educational trends. Are you prepared for the changes?

 

As technology changes society, it has also had a dramatic impact on the way to educate and on how people prepare for their professional careers. The institutions that learn how to remain on top of these changes will position themselves for growth and success. Can understanding emerging trends help institutions create more effective learning environments?

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from EHL Insights about how teachers prepare themselves to implement latest education developments.

 @EHL Insights

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Thought Leadership

The Future of Education: Modernizing the Learning Pathways of New Teachers - Huron
Like other industries facing disruption, it’s time for education to rethink how it recruits, trains and supports its workforce of the future.

With the teacher shortage impacting the quality of K-12 education in the U.S., will changes be needed in the way teachers are recruited, trained, and welcomed into the field?

Janet Pilcher, Robin Largue, Pat Greco@Huron

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Fixing the Global Skills Mismatch
Countries must strive to achieve human-capital development that serves the economies of tomorrow.

Continuous technological change and market transformations require flexible thinking, rapid and continuous learning, and mobility. Human capital continues to develop on an old model: standardized education and lifetime employment. Do you think this can still work in today’s world?

J. Puckett, Vladislav Boutenko, Leila Hoteit, Konstantin Polunin, Sergei Perapechka, Anton Stepanenko, Ekaterina Loshkareva, and Gulnara Bikkulova @ BCG

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Pandemic disruption to learning is an opportunity to reimagine, revitalize education
To mark the third International Day of Education on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the resilience of students, teachers and families in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic that, at its peak, forced almost every school, institute and university to close its doors.

This article is a tribute to students’ resilience, teachers, and families in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Is it time to invest in better gearing education systems everywhere to the reality of interdependence as UNESCO suggests?

 @United Nation

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How to transform higher-education institutions for the long term
As financial pressures on institutions compound, a higher education transformation focused on five best practices can help leaders make lasting change.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Higher-education institutions were under tremendous pressure. Declining enrollment, keeping their students, faculty, and staff safe,as many constraints to be eradicated through an in-depth transformation. Is the effort worth it?

Hamilton Boggs, Rachel Boroditsky, Charag Krishnan, and Jimmy Sarakatsannis@McKinsey

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This week’s Consulting News

Siegwerk expands Process Management Consulting teams
By expanding its regional Process Management & Consulting teams with additional local specialists, Siegwerk aims to specifically strengthen its range of customer service solutions to improve productivity and colour management for local customers in Asia.

| @European Coatings

Amey Consulting wins design contract for Clyde bridge approach roads | New Civil Engineer
The work will align associated and new roads to the 184m span road bridge which will be built over the River Clyde as part of the Glasgow City Region City

| Nadine Buddoo@New Civil Engineer

Duff & Phelps appoints Aaron Ghobarah as Director
Duff & Phelps has appointed Aaron Ghobarah as Director in the firm’s Prudential Advisory Services team in London.

| @Consultancy.uk

Ness Digital acquires Risk Focus, deal likely to close in Q2 FY21
The acquisition of Risk Focus strengthens Ness position as a full lifecycle digital engineering firm, CEO Ranjit Tinaikar says.

| @The Economic Times

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Education is an attractive business. But can investors come up with the conviction to sustain the six key drivers of growth? L.E.K.’s Kaushik Mohan shares his perspectives in this video

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