Continuous retraining as a solution to job losses from automation and AI

People who are comfortable in a learning environment – i.e. those who already have a first degree – are more likely to be inspired to maintain learning practices.

But what about people who were never inspired to learn in school?

There is a ‘missing’ demographic of potential learners who would benefit from an alternative approach; some of the 50,000 students who won’t get good GCSE passes for instance.

In her recent THE article Anna McKie asks “When will lifelong learning come of age?“, but Joe Crossley, CEO at Qube Learning, believes that as an industry we might be missing the point when it comes to considering lifelong learning:

People are asking what part higher education is going to play in supporting lifelong learning, and how it can compete with organisations such as Amazon, which announced plans last month to spend $700 million (£569 million) over six years to retrain a third of its US workforce.

Vice-Chancellor of the OU Mary Kellet voices concerns that even people who have completed degrees might need retraining:

“By the time a student starting now finishes their degree, some of the knowledge they learned at the beginning could be redundant.”

To find out how lifelong learning may be the solution to job losses read the full article here