Recent trends of increasing global youth unemployment have sparked debate on the return on investment for higher education.
Mona Mourshed founded WISE Awards 2018 winner – Generation: You Employed, with an aim of connecting education to employability and providing the necessary skills required for a competitive job market.
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What are the key skills we need to craft AI-resilient minds? In this episode of WISE On Air, Kian Katanforoosh and Mary Burns navigate the nexus of higher education and burgeoning AI-driven job markets. As a leading Computer Science Lecturer at Stanford as well as Founder & CEO of Workera, Kian holds a birds eye […]
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This episode of WISE On Air features a discussion with Abdallah Abu Sheikh, a young entrepreneur from the Middle East and founder of Astratech and CEO of Botim. The conversation, hosted by WISE Director Elyas Felfoul delves into Abdallah’s unconventional journey through education, his critique of traditional education systems, and his views on failure as […]
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Rukmini Banerji is the CEO of the Pratham Education Foundation, India’s and the world’s largest education NGO. Rukmini has been with Pratham since 1996 and has extensive field experience in program design implementation in both rural and urban settings. She also led Pratham’s research and assessment activities, including the groundbreaking ASER report from 2005 to […]
