Talent & Education

Driving the skills agenda

May 27, 2015

Global

May 27, 2015

Global
Victoria Tuomisto

Editor, EMEA

Victoria is an editor for The Economist Intelligence Unit's thought leadership division in EMEA. She joined The Economist Group in 2013 and manages research projects across a range of topics including technology and education. She has previously worked within the company at The Economist Corporate Network in EMEA. Her responsibilities included researching, writing and editing business outlook reports and white papers on a range of business themes in emerging markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining The Economist Group, Victoria worked in consulting in France. She holds a Master of Science in Political Economy and a BSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics.

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How can education best prepare young people to navigate their way through an increasingly interconnected and complex world? This report, sponsored by Google, investigates the extent to which the skills taught in education systems around the world are changing, and whether they meet the needs of employers and society more widely.

As technology becomes more pervasive, traditional trades disappear and the world of work becomes more globalised and collaborative, the skills demanded by employers are shifting. So how can education best prepare young people to navigate their way through an increasingly interconnected and complex world?

To shed light on these issues, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) embarked on a research programme, sponsored by Google, to examine to what extent the skills taught in education systems around the world are changing. For example, are so-called 21st-century skills, such as leadership, digital literacy, problem solving and communication, complementing traditional skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic? And do they meet the needs of employers and society more widely?

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