#185 – University and Industry, What is next?
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Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth episode of our “The Edge” series, supported by Salesforce.Org. This series is all about new ways of doing things in Higher Education leadership.
This week we’re talking about University and Industry. The relationship between University and Industry is complicated; on the one-hand Student loan debt in 2020 is now about $1.56 trillion in the US alone, with graduates described by employers as being overqualified but underskilled. On the other, Universities are responsible for some of the most cutting-edge research and innovation deployed by industry, and a broad liberal arts education is seen to underpin our best creative and networked problem solvers.
Yet, too many are outside of this network. Industry calls for diverse thinkers and agile approaches to our biggest societal problems. So, in this episode we pick apart University and Industry, exploring learning economics in an age of perpetual upskilling, the unique strengths of University and Industry respectively, and to what extent established Universities are limited by how they can evolve through regulation and red tape.
You can follow the conversation using #EdtechEdge and #edtechpodcast
People
- Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech
- Graham Brown-Martin, Founder, Learning Without Frontiers (LWF) | Twitter: @GrahamBM
- Marielle van der Meer, Executive Director of Partnerships and Global Networks at LIS: The London Interdisciplinary School | Twitter: @MYvdM
- Rachel Romer Carlson, CEO, Guild Education | Twitter: @RachelRCarlson
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Anthony Tattersall, Senior Director of Enterprise, EMEA at Coursera | Twitter: @AnthonyNT
- Henrik Friman, CEO of IHM Business School in Sweden
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References from this week’s episode
- Graham Brown Martin – website, homepage
- Graham Brown Martin – linkedin
- Graham Brown Martin – twitter
- Learning Reimagined – twitter
- Learning Reimagined – amazon book link
- Lifelong learning – explanation
- Marielle Van Der Meer – LinkedIn
- Marielle Van Der Meer – Twitter
- Marielle Van Der Meer – LIS profile, LIS website
- The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) – website, homepage
- The London Interdisciplinary School – Twitter
- African Leadership University – website, homepage
- Ed Fidoe – LIS Founder – LIS website, meet the team
- Times Higher Education Live – website, homepage
- Kevin Fong – LinkedIn
- UCL, University College London – website, homepage
- Office for Students – website, homepage
- Degree awarding power – further information via Office for Students
- UCAS – website, homepage
- The Most Serious Skill Gap Of All – Forbes article Aug 2016
- Worsening UK skills gap will hold the country back – Financial Times article Oct 2019
- Adults Skills Gap – UK Gov report Jan 2019
- Staff retention – further details
- Polymath – explanation
- Amazon retraining it’s workforce – Guardian article, July 2019
- Mid-career worker – article Sept 2018 via The Conversation
- Lifelong learning / Continuous learning – further reading via Valamis
- Guild Education – website, homepage
- Unicorn Status – explanation
- Understanding Moonshot Thinking – medium article Dec 2018
- We are not doing it because it is easy, but precisely because it is hard – Smithosian article, June 2019.
- Anthony Tattersall – Twitter
- Anthony Tattersall – LinkedIn
- Coursera – website, homepage
- Coursera – Twitter
- Fortune 500 – website, homepage
- Artificial Intelligence – explanation
- Creative Writing – explanation
- What Is Digital Transformation? – article by Sales Force
- Mind over machine: Building the ultimate future-proof workforce by Anthony Tattersall – article Nov 2019 via ITProPortal
- How Online Degrees Work – further information via How Stuff Works
- MOOC – explanation
- The Evolving Role of the Chief Learning Officer – article in Association of Talent Development
- Navitas – website, homepage
- Transformation learning – explanation
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- Vocational Learning – explanation
- CSR initiative – article via The Giving Machine
- Finland is making its online AI crash course free to the world – article The Verge Dec 2019
- Webinars – explanation
- Roadshow – explanarion
- Scaling the impact of the social enterprise sector – article via Mckinsey Oct 2016
- Computer science – explanation
- Design thinking – explanation via Ideo U
- Learning how to Learn, Coursera – course details via website
- Finance for Non Professionals, Coursera – course details via website
- AI for everyone, Coursera – course details via website
- Python – further details via python website
- Gap year – explanation
- Global Skills Index – further information
- Founders and Leadership team at Coursera – further information
- Rachel Romer Carlson – LinkedIn
- Rachel Romer Carlson – Twitter
- Guild Education – Twitter
- Guild Education – website, homepage
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- Class Act: This 31-Year-Old’s Company Rocketed To A $1 Billion Valuation Helping Workers Get Degrees – article in Forbes, Dec 2019
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- 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Rachel Carlson – article Money Inc Dec 2019
- Ken Chenault, Chair of General Catalyst – General Catalyst website
- Defining social impact indicators, setting targets and refining your social model – further information via UnLtd website
- Impact Investing: The Power Of Two Bottom Lines – further information via article in Forbes
- Tuition reimbursement model – further information
- Fortune 1000 companies – explanation
- Series A, B, C Funding: How It Works – article Investopia June 2019
- Brene Brown – website, homepage
- To the End of June by Cris Beam – link to book details via amazon
- Josh Scott, President of Guild – LinkedIn
- Michael Dering – profile via 3Pillar Global website
- Henrik Friman – LinkedIn
- IHM Business School – website, homepage
- University of Gothenburg – website, homepage
- The Business Professor, University of Gothenburg – IHM website, About Us
- MedTech – further information
- FinTech – further information
- Digital analytics – further information
- IHM Business School course options – IHM website, training
- Blended learning – further information
- E-Learning – further information
- Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering and Science – website, homepage
- Mark Payne – How to Kill a Unicorn – link to book on amazon
- SEQF Principle, Support Employment Quality Framework – further information
- The Swedish model for inclusion of qualifications into the National Qualifications Framework (SeQF) – Presentation Oct 2018
- 3M Chairman, Inge Thulin – further reading
Thank you to Salesforce.org for supporting this episode.
The Edge: Innovation and Intelligence Imperative, is a new series from the makers of The Edtech Podcast, supported by Salesforce, exploring the intersection of higher education and digital transformation. You can follow the conversation using #EdTechEdge and #edtechpodcast.
Salesforce.org is the dedicated team at Salesforce that delivers technology to nonprofits, educational institutions, and philanthropic organisations so they can connect with others and do more good. Salesforce.org empowers higher education with its Education Cloud: a set of integrated solutions built on the world’s #1 CRM, developed for the specific needs of the industry and in close collaboration with the community it represents.
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