A new job classification system released last month aims to capture the diversity of careers that Ph.D. recipients go into after graduating. Abby Stayart, director of a professional development program for biomedical…
Why we need to be transparent about career outcomes
The more open universities are about where their PhDs are getting jobs, the better equipped current students are to forge their own career paths. For the past 20 years, expert panels of scientists have…
MIA in School: Instilling a Sense of Purpose in Students
This is a great article that touches on the junction between student personal passions, education, skill acquisition and success in academy and professional life. At Acadiate we recognize that effective…
Unleash Student Creativity Through the Power of Video
Kids are born with fantastic imaginations. They’re natural storytellers, creative and quirky and, more often than not, quietly brilliant. If given the right tools, kids can create masterpieces. Contemporary storytelling…
The problem of youth unemployment: Predicting the changing future of work
Craig Alexander and Matthew McKean are the senior vice-president and chief economist, and associate director of education, respectively, at the Conference Board of Canada. Demographics, globalization and technological change are…
Five Ways Multimedia Can Help Teens Tell Their S.T.O.R.Y.
I think this is a brilliant article on how there is a direct link between mastery of multimedia and the important skill sets of reading and writing. I have been…
OUSA’s Victoria Lewarne and Marc Gurrisi — PSE’s ‘Skills Awareness Gap’
Despite the fact that we are a student and a recent graduate of a postsecondary program, we admittedly have difficulty articulating our skills and competencies. And we’re not the…
Students need the ‘sustain’ ability
Iain Patton, CEO at the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), talks to representatives from the education, business and sustainability sectors about megatrends in education. Sustainability is fast becoming…
The expectation gap: Students’ and universities’ roles in preparing for life after grad
When Clair Parker graduated from high school, her parents urged her to go to college and learn a trade. However, being a strong student and ambitious, college seemed like selling…
Soft skills: half-baked recipe leaves graduates underdone
Belinda Robinson, chief executive of Universities Australia, wrote a things-are-hunky-dory piece in last week’s HES (“Most graduates find the right jobs and perform well”, 11/10). Robinson depends heavily for her…