Presentations
Fit for Purpose? Developing Students' Experiences, Traits, and Work-based Skills
Date Friday, Dec 3 Time – Room: Charlottenburg I&II
Gain insight into the need for transferable skills, qualifications and collaboration in competitive job markets - and the ways in which curriculums and programmes are adapting based on societal and economic needs.
Lonneke Brands
Educational Advisor, Acceleration plan Educational innovation with ICT, Netherlands
I graduated from the University of Twente in 2015 as an educationalist, since then i have worked at Saxion University of Applied Sciences at different positions (researcher, ICT coach, advisor, educationalist). For 2 years now we are working on a Dutch National project (Accelaration plan Educational Innovation with ICT) to bridge the gap between education and the workplace, to invest in futureproof digital skills and to educate the human capital that is needed tomorrow (zone Human Capital). https://versnellingsplan.nl/english/zones/human-capital/
Dominic Orr
Project manager atingi, GIZ, Germany
Dr. Dominic Orr is adjunct professor for educational management at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia and part of the leadership team at GIZ for the BMZ-funded digital learning platform called atingi, which has over 400 thousand registered users. He follows and shapes educational reform through his work. In 2020 a publication he co-authored on the future of higher education in 2030 was published by Springer. He has worked as an external consultant for the EU, the OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank.