LATIN AMERICA - New study reveals COVID’s impact on region’s universities [University World News, May 2022]

Title:

New study reveals COVID’s impact on region’s universities 

 

Author:

Rebecca Warden  

 

Published:

University World News, 25 May 2022 

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220525103931781

 

From the article:

Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education has been a major theme at the third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022) in Barcelona, Spain. A report unveiled at the event describes how the universities of Latin America have weathered the storm.

 

Click here to read the report.

University of Cambridge - Cambridge researchers create a touchscreen you don’t have to touch

Title:
Cambridge researchers create a touchscreen you don’t have to touch

Author:
Shane McGlaum

Published:
Slash Gear, 24 July 2020
https://www.slashgear.com/cambridge-researchers-create-a-touchscreen-you-dont-have-to-touch-24630475/

From the article:
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have been working on a new type of touchscreen that doesn’t have to be touched. It’s called the “no-touch touchscreen” and was developed specifically for use in cars. Researchers believe that it could have widespread applications in the post-COVID-19 world thanks to its ability to reduce the risk pathogen transmission from the surface of devices. The patent behind the technology is known as “predictive touch” and was developed as part of research collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover.

What will higher education in Africa look like after COVID-19? [The European Sting, 8 June 2020]

Title:
What will higher education in Africa look like after COVID-19?

By:
World Economic Forum

Published:
The European Sting, 8 June 2020
https://europeansting.com/2020/06/08/what-will-higher-education-in-africa-look-like-after-covid-19/

From the article:
The closures of schools and universities is said to have impacted over 70% of the world’s population. Nevertheless, recent developments indicate a recognition that education has experienced a significant shift. The leadership and managers of higher education institutions across Africa have become fully aware that empowering students to prepare for a future where pandemics such as COVID-19 and other disruptions might become a part of our daily lives also means embracing change in learning and teaching. What does this mean, and is this the right time to start?

We need to reimagine higher education, not just repair it - Crises can make innovations that seemed previously impossible suddenly inevitable (by F Marmolejo)

Title:
We need to reimagine higher education, not just repair it

Author:
Francisco Marmolejo

Published:
University World News, 13 June 2020
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200612100902318

From the article:
Crises can make innovations that seemed previously impossible suddenly inevitable. There will be years of ‘a reckoning’ that higher education institutions will go through. But the ‘new normal’ we must shape needs to begin with the recognition that putting classes on Zoom isn’t change.

Asia ‘may compete with UK’ on international students post-Covid [Times Higher Education, 12 June 2020]

Title:
Asia ‘may compete with UK’ on international students post-Covid

Author:
Ellie Bothwell

Published:
Times Higher Education, 12 June 2020
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/asia-may-compete-uk-international-students-post-covid

From the artricle:
UK could face different competition for overseas students in future, but expert questions assumption that TNE will benefit.

World Economic Forum, 1 June 2020 - What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches us about cybersecurity – and how to prepare for the inevitable global cyberattack

Title:
What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches us about cybersecurity – and how to prepare for the inevitable global cyberattack

Authors:
Nicholas Davis & Algirde Pipikaite

Published:
World Economic Forum, 1 June 2020
Click here to access article

From the article:
COVID-19 is not the only risk with the ability to quickly and exponentially disrupt the way we live. The crisis shows that the world is far more prone to disturbance by pandemics, cyberattacks or environmental tipping points than history indicates.

Our "new normal" isn’t COVID-19 itself – it's COVID-like incidents.

And a cyber pandemic is probably as inevitable as a future disease pandemic.

Top network skills to succeed in a post-coronavirus world - Network pros can be learning new skills during the pandemic to support shifting IT priorities

Title:
Top network skills to succeed in a post-coronavirus world

Author:
Bob Violino

Published:
Networkworld, 2 June 2020
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3546438/top-network-skills-to-succeed-in-a-post-coronavirus-world.html

From the article:
"Work environments may look dramatically different when the COVID-19 pandemic abates, and IT teams will have to continue to adjust technology services to meet the shifting needs of organizations. While much is still unknown, network pros can be learning new skills even during the pandemic, so they'll be better prepared for what comes next."

Once in a lifetime? What will change after the coronavirus - new ebook by Reuters Breakingviews (pdf format), 2 June 2020

Title:
Once in a lifetime? What will change after the coronavirus

By:
Reuters Breakingviews

Access (pdf):
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/breakingviews/oakveqezbvr/Once%20in%20a%20Lifetime%20E-book.pdf

From the Preface by Rob Cox:
"The 44 commentaries in “Once in a Lifetime” explore how trends like reduced travel, less socialising and working from home will affect companies, workers, asset prices and investors even after economies reopen. The views identify some winners and losers in the healthcare, entertainment, energy and automotive spaces. And they look at the longer-term effects of the pandemic on globalisation, emerging markets and the drive for greater sustainability to fight climate change."

We need to rethink (just about) everything by Mcebisi Jonas [Daily Maverick, 3 June 2020]

Title:
We need to rethink (just about) everything

Author:
Mcebisi Jonas

Published:
Daily Maverick, 3 June 2020
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-03-we-need-to-rethink-just-about-everything/

From the article:
"As the coronavirus rampages through humanity, our challenge is how to emerge from the pandemic, and the accompanying economic near-apocalypse, as a much wiser society dedicated to all of our people. As it is not an easy task, we need to be clear-eyed about what we want, and how to achieve it."

News24 releases South Africa beyond Covid-19 e-book [arts24, 2 June 2020]

Titles:
News24 releases South Africa beyond Covid-19 e-book

Published:
arts24, 2 June 2020
https://www.news24.com/arts/literature/news24-releases-south-africa-beyond-covid-19-e-book-20200602

From the article:
"News24 has released an e-book of 30 essays from some of the country's foremost analysts and experts titled South Africa Beyond Covid-19: Trends, change and recovery."

How Online Learning will Change the Education System post Covid-19 (by David Michigan, CEO of Michigan Academy in Entrepreneur, 27 May 2020)

Title:
How Online Learning will Change the Education System post Covid-19

Author:
David Michigan, CEO of Michigan Academy

Published:
Entrepreneur, 27 May 2020
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/351137

From the article:
"Since the pandemic, going to schools and colleges has never been the same. The COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom, in their home right now. But this crisis shall not stop the learning and studies. Schools, colleges, and institutes have started finding their way out of this."

Inside HigherED, 26 May 2020 - 10 Predictions for Higher Education’s Future

Title:
10 Predictions for Higher Education’s Future

Author:
John Kroger

Published:
Inside HigherED, 26 May 2020
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/leadership-higher-education/10-predictions-higher-education%E2%80%99s-future

From the article:
"Most experts predict we will not have a vaccine for COVID-19 until mid-2021, more than a year from now. In the meantime, the American higher education community is going to be turned upside down, and the educational effects will last long after the virus has been brought under control. What will the impact be? Here are 10 predictions. Summary: disruption will finally arrive."

University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa - How a post-COVID-19 revival could kickstart Africa’s free trade area

Title:
How a post-COVID-19 revival could kickstart Africa’s free trade area

Author:
Faizel Ismail

Published:
University of Cape Town (UCT), 27 May 2020 (republished)
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-05-27-how-a-post-covid-19-revival-could-kickstart-africas-free-trade-area

From the article:
"The COVID-19 pandemic, notwithstanding its devastating impact on the health and economies of Africa, could be an opportunity to advance the free trade area in a more developmental, inclusive and mutually beneficial way for African countries, says Faizel Ismail, director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town (UCT)."

The Conversation, 24 May 2020 - Education post-COVID-19: customised blended learning is urgently needed

Title:
Education post-COVID-19: customised blended learning is urgently needed

Author:
Werner Olivier, Nelson Mandela University

Published:
The Conversation, 24 May 2020
https://theconversation.com/education-post-covid-19-customised-blended-learning-is-urgently-needed-138647

From the article:
"Many well meaning education benefactors and commentators in South Africa have expressed that in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic online self-guided learning could solve some of the current teaching problems and address the educational backlog. What learners need, the reasoning goes, is to get free internet access to educational support materials on offer online.  

Nothing could be further from the truth."

Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2020 - The Coming Post-COVID Anarchy

Title:
The Coming Post-COVID Anarchy

Author:
Kevin Rudd

Published:
Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2020
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-05-06/coming-post-covid-anarchy

From the article:
"In January and February of this year, there was audible popping of champagne corks in certain quarters of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. What some observers had long seen as this era’s giant geopolitical bubble had finally begun to deflate. China’s Communist Party leadership, the thinking went, was at last coming apart, a result of its obsession with official secrecy, its initial missteps in responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and the unfolding economic carnage across the country.  

Then, as China began to recover and the virus migrated to the West in March and April, irrational jubilation turned to irrational despair. The commentariat greeted with outrage any possibility that the pandemic might in fact help China emerge triumphant in the ongoing geopolitical contest with the United States."