Birmingham wins top gong at QS awards
The University of Birmingham has taken home the top award at QS and Wharton’s joint Reimagine Education awards for its Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues.
The University of Birmingham has taken home the top award at QS and Wharton’s joint Reimagine Education awards for its Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues.
After a “gruelling competition” with over 1,300 applicants and five rounds of “close expert scrutiny", QS announced the winners of its Reimagine Education Awards at a virtual ceremony last month.
The gap between the skills graduates have and what employers are looking for, is making room for new innovations to enter the landscape to help bridge the divide was a point of discussion at the Reimagine Education conference.
A project putting students at the centre of assessments, and a virtual science laboratory both scooped the top prize at QS's Reimagine Education awards this month in Philadelphia.
In order to reflect the globally connected economy, educators need to develop innovative approaches to learning, Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist at Google, has said.
The same collaborative spirit that is seen in the emerging sharing economy should be extended to classrooms around the globe, education thought leaders urged at the Reimagine Education awards and conference held last week in Philadelphia.
Innovation in digital education was celebrated this week at the second annual Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education awards, presented in Philadelphia, including a top prize worth $25,000.