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The University of the South Pacific 21st Century Partnerships for Skills

13 December 2017
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a unique model for multinational partnership on higher education. USP is owned by 12 Pacific Island countries (PICs) that aim to improve the whole Pacific Tertiary System. It cooperates with national universities in the Pacific to seek effective and…

University Strategic Partnerships ITB Experience

13 December 2017
The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) is one of the leading universities in Indonesia. It has partnered with over 40 countries and 350 foreign universities and research agencies for programs that enhance teacher and student mobility, foster curriculum development, attract a more diverse roster of…

Financial Education for SMEs Case of Japan

13 December 2017
While there is no specific national strategy for financial education of Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan, financial education is embedded at different levels of the curriculum. ADB Institute's Peter Morgan shares details in this presentation.

Project EEO BULT Enhancing Education Based on ICT

13 December 2017
Learn about Project Equal Educational Opportunity by U-Learning Technology (EEO BULT), which aims to enhance education at all levels based on ICT. U Learning has designed a system topology based on a multi-level connection, which works even without internet connection.

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

13 December 2017
Since it was established, Rags2Riches has trained more than 1,000 artisans and partnered with five designers. Learn how this Philippine-based social enterprise is changing the lives of underprivileged women by providing them high-value, sustainable jobs.

Quality Benchmarking and Accrediting TVET Institutions

12 December 2017
The status of accreditation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Asia Pacific region is not standardized and harmonized. In some countries in the region, the situation has resulted in issues related to the quality of workforce. This is the main problem that the Asia…

The Future of Work Is This Time Different

12 December 2017
What skills are most critical for future jobs in light of the rapid changes in technology and development in automation, artificial intelligence, and robots? How can low-skilled workers cope with technological advancement? In this presentation, Carl Benedikt Frey of Oxford Martin School, gives an…

Entrepreneurship in the Education Industry and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

12 December 2017
The US Department of Labor reveals that 65% of children in elementary school today will have jobs that do not exist yet. Learn how the Fourth Industrial Revolution affects the education sector, and consequently the labor force.

Scaling People Not Things Teachers at the Heart of Change

12 December 2017
To scale in education is to build learning communities where teachers, who are at the heart of change, are both the product and process of scaling an innovation. Learn from David Hung of the National Institute of Education (NIE) of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Learning Equality

12 December 2017
Around 617 million children and youth are not achieving minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics. Meanwhile, less than half of the world has access to the internet. Discover how Learning Equality is responding to these challenges by providing local, offline access to Khan Academy content to 4…