Future of Learning

The modern Conundrum of the value of Learning: The path from university to industry

Today’s show with Stephen Armstrong explores the gaps in educational outcomes with evolving industry needs through the life of emergent talent and student-led efforts to bring the two into closer alignment. There is a growing disconnect between the traditional, high financial cost of formal higher education and its actual, measurable return on investment (ROI). This is [...]

What intellectual activity does AI replace—and what intellectual activity does it stimulate?

Katherine Rundell’s recent Guardian article raises an important warning: if students use AI to bypass reading, writing and intellectual struggle, they may produce better-looking work while learning less. Critical thinking, interpretation, communication and understanding of people developed through the humanities and social sciences will become more important in an AI-shaped society. However, framing the choice as [...]

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