The electric vehicles industry is sparking off a demand for new professions and skills sets. At stake: environmental sustainability and the future success of carmakers
university
In the experts’ opinion, four things need to de done: digitalise the country, update education, support the more innovative SMEs and reform the justice system These will be crucial steps in the post-Covid recovery.
Covid-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of universities. But how can cheating during written exams be prevented? The proctoring systems used in the USA are not commonly used in Italian universities. Here are some possible solutions
In Italy, it is possible to convert’ the years spent studying at university into pension contributions and a potentially early retirement. However, it can be quite costly here’s how it works
Because of the coronavirus they have become more famous and more in-demand than star chefs and influencers: virologists, infective disease specialists and epidemiologists. Everything you need to know about how to become one of them
There is a generation, as Francesco Vecchi, a journalist from the Italian TV channel Canale 5 explains in his book I figli del debito. Come i nostri padri ci hanno rubato il futuro (Children of debt. How our forebears stole our future) Piemme, that is kept hostage by the consequences of the big black hole in the State budget
A hub and seven research centres for the fight against cancer and neurodegenerative diseases: in the former Expo area, a scientific center among the most advanced in Europe is being created. It will be open to everyone and will work with universities and hospitals
The University of Padua, in North Eastern Italy, and the journalists’ union are launching a course to explain and teach how to recognize fake news. Aimed at information workers, students and citizens
Ersilia Vaudo Scarpetta, Chief Diversity Officer at the European Space Agency, explains why it is a value for society that young women devote themselves to the study of science, mathematics and physics, subjects that are often chosen by males.
University courses and masters are increasing. The objective: to train transversal specialists able to bring added value to private and public companies
The first Yunus Social Business Center throughout the Middle East has found a home at the University of Bethlehem: it aims to act as an incubator and accelerator of startups in the context of social business
Federico Ruffo, a Rai Tre journalist, supported by the Ministry of Labor and Anpal, says: “Work has changed. Training courses should start taking awareness of the needs of the productive fabric
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.