Venue: Heaney Theatre, DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
As the shelf life of particular skills shortens and the pace of technological, economic and societal change accelerates, what should remain at the heart of a university education?
Sir Anton Muscatelli, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, will deliver a keynote exploring this topic, followed by a panel discussion with Lynne Embleton, CEO of Aer Lingus, Professor Stephen Kinsella, Professor of Economics at University of Limerick, and Professor Blánaid White, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health at Dublin City University. The panellists will discuss:
The purpose of university education in a world of changes, complexity, polarisation, misinformation and disinformation.
The attributes graduates will need to navigate work, life and citizenship and which transversal skills are becoming increasingly important.
The good practice already underway across our universities, including in the area of lifelong learning, that will equip people with the knowledge and capabilities for a rapidly changing world.
The event is being presented in association with the British Irish Chamber of Commerce and will be MC’d by IUA Director General, Paul Johnston, with an opening address from Professor Dáire Keogh, President of DCU and Chair of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.
