The latest WISE book ‘Learning a Living: Radical Innovation in Education for Work’ offers tangible solutions to rebuilding the relationship between education and the world of employment. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) launched ‘Learning a Living: Radical Innovation in Education for Work’ on November 15. The book explores ways to improve links between education and today’s rapidly changing job markets in Doha, Qatar. The book focuses on a critical issue, that is the failure of education systems to equip students adequately for today’s labour market. With the number of college graduates rising, unemployment rates among under-25-year-olds had reached virtually unprecedented levels.
The book argues that change is necessary in both education systems and the
Workplace. Making it easier to acquire skills is no longer enough, today students must also acquire entrepreneurial values in order to create opportunities.
The first WISE Book, ‘Innovation in Education: Lessons from Pioneers Around the World’, was launched in 2011.
‘Learning a Living: Radical Innovation in Education for Work’ was launched at the WISE 2012 Summit in Doha, Qatar.
