UK universities must do far more to develop skills for an AI-first world

Financial strain shrinks risk appetite, but Kingston is teaching and assessing the skills employers crave as a core part of every subject, says Steven Spier

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#1 Submitted by d.j.... on December 19, 2023 - 2:06pm

I was reminded of following the quote by Lin Yutang: "The ideal educated [person] is not necessarily one who is well-read or learned, but one who likes and dislikes the right things" [The Importance of Living (362)]. Sometimes the hardest part of designing anything is decoding what to leave out. In future rather than asking what is in the curriculum future university applicants would be better advised to ask "what has been left out?"

UK universities must do far more to develop skills for an AI-first world

Financial strain shrinks risk appetite, but Kingston is teaching and assessing the skills employers crave as a core part of every subject, says Steven Spier

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