Views: 194Three main “ingredients” in a national growth pattern are regarded, generally, as quite vital: existing natural resources (e.g. including those in sub-soils), state’s geographic position and available workforce (i.e. quality educated population) to actively participate in socio-economic development. It is not only that the WEF’s recent report on workforce and talent strategies – amid […]
Category: Education and training
aimed at reviewing modern trends in online education, with specifics in professional and general education and teaching at various education levels (graduate and post-graduate), as well as “teaching sustainability” direction
Quality education and SDG-4: global trends in research
Views: 382Quality education is among the sustainable development goals (SDG-17) adopted by the global community already about a decade ago. The “educational SDG-4” has set some vital parameters for national and global governance to assist political economies’ patterns towards progressive growth. The SDG-4 for long is being an integral part of the EU’s member states’ […]
“Digital changes” in law and the legal practice: book review
Views: 186The digital technologies and AI models are rapidly changing not only national political economy’s patterns and governance’s methods, but the legal systems and practices, as well. The reviewed book is interesting at least in two aspects: a) in combining researchers from different scientific spheres (legal, political science and digitalisation), and b) in providing insights […]
Education and research systems to advance sustainability
Views: 165The University World News has explored recently the growing roles of universities and researchers in advancing global sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recent review attracts attention to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF2025), which took place in New York, US this July: the forum, among other issues, also […]
Cross-sectoral approach to global sustainability issues: research and innovation
Views: 190Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress, SRI2025 this June in the US, spotlighted vital pathways to sustainable solutions by sharing implementation strategies and successful approaches to critical sustainability issues. The SRI-event celebrated its fifth anniversary, provided opportunities to overcome existing hurdles in engagement, resourcing and numerous “disconnections” that still slowing perspective transition to the Sustainable […]
AI in education and skills: towards global digital literacy
Views: 97About 450 million young people globally lack the skills necessary for an AI-driven labor market; many are feeling unprepared for the modern workplace’s structures. In order to close the digital skills gap, the AI models and digital literacy process must be integrated into education policies as early as possible, alongside fostering other human-centered skills […]
EU-wide budget’s draft for 2028-34: main winners and losers
Views: 436European Commission has officially proposed recently a draft of the 7-year multi-annual financial framework, MFF as the EU-27 common budget for 2028-34. It is structured along main categories of expenditures (‘headings’) and providing maximum amounts for each of them (“ceilings”). The Commission draft also includes a ‘flexibility instrument’ providing additional funds over some urgent […]
Responsible AI in education: European approach
Views: 46The Council of Europe approved last September the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, which is regarded as a valuable addition to the already partially-functioning EU-wide AI legislation. Taking into consideration recent Commission’s “Future of Jobs Report-2025”, the combination of structural digital transformations in national political economies and the digital transition in education seems quite […]
Skills for the future: global and European transformations
Views: 131Technological changes, global politico-economic fragmentation, as well as world-wide social uncertainties in sustainability, climate mitigation and demographic shifts, coped with the energy and green transitions (in separate and in combination form) are presently among the major drivers that are going to shape and transform global and regional labor markets in the coming decades. Thus, […]
G7 reveals growth trends for Europe and the world
Views: 80At the present G7 annual summit this June, the European Commission President has underlined world-wide growth perspectives and that of the EU. We present our readers some of these growth aspects revealed by the “shadow” global governance and the Commission President…