The health emergency has also revolutionised the world of education, throwing up challenges that are not easy to deal with, yet at the same time opening up new, unprecedented opportunities. Even the skills expected of teachers today appear to differ to some extent from the past. Here are the essential ones
Education
Being able to navigate across disciplines, knowledge and cultures is a skill that is gaining ground in contrast to the past. This is one of the reasons, explains Giulio Xhaet, why universities and vocational schools have sprung up to teach and practice contamination
Post-pandemic labour market challenges will depend on investments in digital skills to boost Italy’s competitiveness
Minister Patrizio Bianchi outlined the course, designed within the framework to implement the UN’s 2030 Agenda, aiming to guide young people towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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We are not born writers, we are born talkers. We are quite literally ‘made of talk’. “But our talks are not all the same”, explains Chris Anderson, curator of the non-profit that runs the TED universe. Some talks focus on the ‘how’, others on the ‘when’. Yet it is only by focusing on the ‘why’ that they become effective.
The president of Minotauro in Milan and professor of psychology at the Milano-Bicocca University explains that “the new challenge for education is digital education, finally taking its first steps towards a school model”.
The digital revolution has given rise to figures such as e-commerce managers, digital market managers and data analysts. 3D virtual designers have also gained a foothold after the pandemic. Resellers likewise emerge as sustainability concerns take the stage
The design sector has undergone a transformation in hardly more than a year. Training should embrace this change by better preparing tomorrow’s professionals. Which skills should we target? Narrating the present with an eye towards the future at the PHYD and Fuori Salone event.
Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan specifies that some degrees will automatically qualify. This provision will initially apply only to single-cycle postgraduates (EQF Level 7) in Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Psychology. The list, however, is set to grow
A new degree course is set to begin in Pavia and Milan. Goal: educate future AI specialists via a multi-faceted educational and interdisciplinary approach. Discussion with Giampaolo Azzoni, vice rector of Pavia University
For the first time in a dozen years, the European Space Agency has launched a call for applications to recruit the next class of astronauts. For the first time ever, at least one disabled astronaut will be selected this year
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.