Funds are reduced, there are fewer lecturers and students: here is Professor Gianfranco Viesti’s suggestion to change higher education in Italy and place guarantees on the right to study
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There are 45,513 Italian beekeepers in a sector worth over 2 million. Honey consumption is increasing, yet production is falling as a result of climate change and disease. Technology, however, could be a source of support for the future of this profession
Technological advancement is a multifaceted matter, explains physicist Massimo Caccia. That is why it is important to compare the stakeholders and subjects involved in the main processes involved, especially now that the advance of technology is about to change lives
This is the conviction of Scott Westfahl, guru of legal training and director of executive education at Harvard Law School, the most esteemed law faculty in the world
A pilot project has arisen from the agreement between Its Lombardia and Schneider Electrics focusing on training the human resources necessary for the challenges of digitalisation and Industry 4.0
Qualified teachers, technology, teaching methods: here are the people we can learn from to improve our schools
It is a slow process, but even the most sceptical teachers are beginning to understand that teaching needs to be updated . These are the words of Chiara Burberi, CEO of Redooc, a digital teaching platform dedicated to scientific subjects
Martin Laba is an expert in communication. He teaches young people the skills they need to fully prepare themselves for the working world of the future
Millennials are the generation with the highest level of education and training to date. They have the soft skills the market asks for and yet companies see them as aliens. As children they were mollycoddled, as a generation they’re over criticised; yet as we emerge from the economic crisis, millennials want to show their worth. These are the words of Alessandro Rosina.
Women graduates in STEM disciplines are still few in number. Only 30% of girls are inclined toward a technological or scientific degree course. And of this 30% the overwhelming majority s more interested in medicine and chemistry.
In 2004 Turin saw the establishment of the foundation presided over by Dario Odifreddi, who said: There is an enormous demand for traditional trades. The difference today is that they have to be rehashed, modernised and upgraded technologically. Doing the job of a maitre or chef cannot be the same as it was ten years ago.
The European Training Foundation has listed this organisation established in Como as one of the ten best in Europe. The secret to ensuring employment rates above the average? Put the students literally to work
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.