UNESCO sends mixed messages about higher education

Erin Millar

Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO, signalled that her organisation’s focus on primary education was expanding to include more work supporting higher education, at the World Innovation Summit for Education held in Doha last week. But insiders suggested otherwise.

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Universities need private sector to help prepare students for work

Erin Millar

Education institutions are so focused on getting students in the door, that they lose sight of how to prepare young people to succeed in today’s tough labour market, says Mona Mourshed, partner and director of education at McKinsey and Company.

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