What employers and relocating parents need to know
Here are some of the latest developments in the UK education sphere that may impact employers bringing families to the UK or sending employees outbound on assignments around the world. Come to the Festival of Global People on 14 & 15 May to explore the impact.
arts and science degree will span science, technology, arts & design and humanities. The first 120 students will enrol in September 2020, will live in the same accommodation for the first year and will get 10 weeks of paid work experience per year. “At LIS, we’re building a university that will give students the skills to go and tackle some of the most complex problems that we face in the world. Real-world problems don’t respect the boundaries of subject or industry,” said the university. “Our interdisciplinary approach teaches you the most fundamental theories and models from across the arts and sciences, and then empowers you to make new connections and find new solutions.”
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SUPPORT FROM LEADING BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTION Consultants McKinsey, Innocent Drinks, Virgin, Funding Circle and the Metropolitan Police are the first organisations to back LIS, with
ext year, Britain’s first new university for 40 years – the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) – will open, offering a single degree that pioneers a polymath approach. Backed by a variety of businesses, the LIS’s bachelor of
ACS Cobham International School
others expected to follow in the coming months. The university is being headed by Ed Fidoe, a former McKinsey executive and co-founder of a free school in East London. Carl Gombrich, who established the interdisciplinary arts and science programme at UCL, has been appointed as head of curriculum design. Mr Fidoe said the LIS would produce a different type of graduate,
“The education system is maddeningly narrow from the point students choose their A-levels. We have lots of great universities in the UK, but they are all very similar, offering single-discipline courses. “That is why top organisations want to back us, because we want
to do things differently. Among employers, there is a genuine demand for students who have a polymathic way of thinking. “Companies have to think about a vast range of materials, the
impact on the environment, where it should be manufactured, the supply chain. They need people who are not afraid of science and comfortable with the arts and humanities.”
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION STRATEGY Meanwhile, the departments for Education and International Trade
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