future of work

People want to be trained at work, and universities should take the lead

A survey shows that most people don’t fear losing their jobs to Artificial Intelligence, but they want to be retrained, preferably at their workplace.

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Amar Kumar talks about the future of education in an interview for the Observatory

Amar Kumar talks about the future of education in an interview for the Observatory. Read the full transcript. 

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Keep Calm and reskill – World Economic Forum report presents strategies to increase employment in the face of automation

Universities will play a key role in the continuous training of the workforce and the need for new educational models and new credentials will be ...

Eight edX and Pearson courses to develop skills for the jobs of the future

Seven out of ten people would change jobs in the future because of automation. New occupations will require specific skills.

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The need to think disruptively in the face of an uncertain future

Michelle Weise invites us to break our linear thinking, to embrace challenges of the future and understand technological transformations.

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AI and the future of work and learning

A new paper discusses the implications of artificial intelligence in the way we live, learn and work and the skills that are going to be ...

Will robots steal our jobs? Study shows how automation can transform employments worldwide and in Mexico

Automation will replace jobs, millions of people worldwide will need to adapt to new occupations or may upgrade skills, but new opportunities will arise.

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Education, skills and employability in 2030

Nowadays it is almost impossible to talk about college education without also addressing the issue of employability. In this context and to tackle the threat of ...

Sung-Chul Shin: Integrated disciplines and humanities are “key in the wake of the fourth industrial revolution”

Innovations in education, research, and technology commercialization of universities are critical for responding to the transformations that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring about. 

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