The study focused on learners who enrolled in professional programmes in the school years 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15. The variables analysed were learner gender, age, previous education background, and level of school allowances granted according to socio-economic needs. Region and type of education institutions involved were also considered.

The way we work is changing at an unprecedented rate. Digitalization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are eliminating many jobs involving low and middle-skill routine tasks through automation.

Our new research finds the trend toward greater automation will be especially challenging for women.

Migration has been at the centre of political debate across the OECD in recent years. Drawing on data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this report provides new evidence on differences in migrants’ characteristics and contexts and considers how these relate to the skills migrants possess. It also examines the relationship between migrants’ skills and their labour and non-labour market outcomes in host countries. Finally, it sheds new light on how migrants’ skills are developed, used and valued in host country labour markets and societies. Results and lessons gleaned from analysis highlight the way forward for future research on this topic.

In the past, education was about teaching people something. Now it is about making sure that individuals develop a reliable compass and the navigation skills to find their own way through an increasingly uncertain, volatile and ambiguous world.

“Education for freedom does not mean, as it has frequently been thought to mean, a laissez-faire programme of content or of methods of instruction, but the intelligent recognition of responsibility and duty,” wrote the American educator Isaac L. Kandel (1881-1965), in his response to UNESCO’s survey on the philosophical foundations of human rights, sent in 1947, under the title “Education and Human Rights”. Excerpts follow.

Civil society is a key partner in the development of skills and vocational education and training. Close to the communities on the ground, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), including NGOs, associations, youth groups, community-based organisations, etc., help to shape development cooperation strategies. Survey aimed at CSOs in Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia.

Comparing Outcomes: The Relative Job-Market Performance of Former International StudentsAugust 30, 2018 – As Canada moves to increase its reliance on international students, monitoring foreign students’ labour-market performance has critical implications for education and immigration policy.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a framework to establish a new class of apprenticeship programs known as Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs, or IRAPS. The framework, released in July, raises serious questions about the future and quality of apprenticeship under the Trump Administration.

The global development sector’s talent demands continue to evolve, in line with technological advances and new players' engagement.

Familiarity with digital tools and different software is increasingly important across almost all areas of development to be able to deliver effective solutions and stay relevant in a highly competitive job market. Increasing engagement with the private sector is also requiring the sector’s professionals to develop the knowledge and skills to foster these collaborations.

The Government of British Columbia celebrates Apprenticeship Recognition Week (Nov. 4 to Nov. 10, 2018) and the many roles that apprentices play in supporting a strong, innovative economy and building the best B.C.

While short-term training and degree programs are often seen as completely separate, institutions that find ways to blend these kinds of offerings and create pathways from one to the other will better serve their students in the long run.

Consider age a blessing, not a curse. Western culture fears aging; witness anti-aging products, serums and supplements to make us look and feel younger. Eastern and Indigenous cultures greatly respect and value their elders and look forward to achieving status in their familial tribe. Westerners need a drastic wake-up call. Aging is not a disability and it will happen to all of us. We need to appreciate the gifts and talents of each age.

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