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…
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…
‘Internships’ too vague to be requirement for graduation, study finds
A recent study found that more research should be done on internships before making it a graduation requirement. For many, job experience in the form of an internship can seem…
New co-op programs blur the lines between academics and industry
Before introducing a landmark experiential education program for his undergraduates, the director of Carleton’s computer science department had to convince his professors that the initiative did not threaten their curriculum….
Engagement may be a matter of survival
Community engagement is not just a good strategy. It’s an urgent responsibility, says Andrew Petter Why should institutions of higher learning immerse themselves in the broader community? The question has…
Canada’s universities need to care whether grads get jobs: McGugan
Canada’s education system cons students into spending thousands on degrees that don’t lead to jobs. Academics say that’s fine, but there is a better way. What if we held schools…