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Governance & Strategy Webinars

Gender Equitable School to Work Transitions

Discover research-based insights and best practices on how higher education institutions can equitably prepare graduates for the workforce by strategically collaborating with key…

Relevance of Learning Trends

AI Impact on Employment

Following Vitae’s Senegal Roundtable, Momo Bertrand, Education Specialist at the World Bank, shares insights on AI’s impact on…

Governance & Strategy Trends

The Case for Employability

Enrollments in tertiary education are increasing rapidly. From 2000 to 2015, the number of students enrolled worldwide rose from nearly 100 million to more than 214 million….

Relevance of Learning Trends

Digital Skills are Employability Skills

With digital technologies and AI reshaping the job market, proficiency in digital skills has become a crucial prerequisite for employability – regardless of a graduate’s…

Relevance of Learning Trends

The Rise of Student-Centered Learning and Its Global Challenges

Student-centered learning (SCL) empowers students to actively engage, think critically, problem-solve, and collaborate…

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Alumni Management Trends

Alumni Engagement Strategies That Work

Alumni engagement fosters ongoing university-graduate relationships, proven to enhance student job readiness and graduate…

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Governance & Strategy Events

CHE Commencement

The IFC and the Council on Higher Education (CHE) have launched a national collaboration in South Africa, funded by the JICA, to enhance graduate…

Governance & Strategy Events

Senegal Employability Roundtable

A round table by IFC, the World Bank, and Senegal’s Ministry of Higher Education on February 6 aimed to align higher education with job market needs, launching the “Career Tips” page on Vitaeready for career…

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Governance & Strategy Webinars

How Institutions Are Addressing Gender Gaps

Research demonstrates gender gaps in education enrolment, employment outcomes, and salaries, post-graduation. Higher education…

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Governance & Strategy Events

Tunisia Roundtable on Employability

In the face of a rapidly changing job market, the need for higher education institutions to align their curricula with the practical…

Relevance of Learning Webinars

Data for Decision-Making

Higher education institutions have access to a treasure trove of data on their students and graduates throughout the student…

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Relevance of Learning Webinars

How Education is Using AI

Explore Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Employability and learn how education institutions are thinking about AI strategically, what skills employers are looking for, and how AI can…

Governance & Strategy Webinars

How Institutions Can Address Gender Gaps

Research demonstrates that there is a gender gap in education enrollment, employment outcomes, and salaries post-graduation. Considering that…

Governance & Strategy Trends

Enhancing Female Employability

This was the beginning. We cannot unsee gender issues, the challenges, and the needs of female students. We need guidance and to personalize our…

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Governance & Strategy Webinars

Unleashing Digital Transformation

Digital transformation in higher education extends beyond online courses and degrees. It also includes experiences for students, faculty, and staff while generating…

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Alumni Management Webinars

Getting Started with Graduate Tracer Studies

Collecting employment data by program, can provide education institutions with valuable insights into the labor market, help identify skill shortages, and inform…

Employer Engagement Webinars

Tips for Developing Entrepreneurship Centers

Entrepreneurship centers offer more than just business setup skills; they equip graduates with versatile abilities for any job. Gain valuable insights for developing your own…

Employer Engagement Webinars

Industry Advisory Committees in Higher Ed

Discover the benefits of industry advisory committees in higher education. Understand best practices from our experts and the fundementals for successful…

Career Services & Guidance Webinars

Upgrading Career Services

Career Services shape how graduates contribute to society by linking work and study. Today, career services have evolved to address employment equity issues, such as access, pay gaps, and equal…

Governance & Strategy Webinars

Attracting & Retaining International Students

Navigating a culturally diverse workplace is increasingly important. For universities, an international student body is an excellent way to develop culturally aware students and prepare them for a global…

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Relevance of Learning Webinars

Introduction to Micro Credentials

Micro-credentials have the potential to align education more closely to jobs and to build collaboration between industry and educators to ensure programmes are responsive to the needs of both learners and…

Relevance of Learning Webinars

How to Support Digital Literacy Skills

Digital literacy is required not just to be an effective worker, but to be an effective global citizen. In this webinar, we discuss digital literacy and explore practical solutions for taking action within…

Employer Engagement Webinars

Effective Employer Engagement

Best practices for leading jurisdictions, that highlight solutions in higher education, and explore how technical universities are improving employee engagement for student…

Governance & Strategy Webinars

Employability Strategies

Learn about developing employability strategies, in higher education, that will ultimately help students find jobs faster in their area of interest, with the relevant skills they need to…

Governance & Strategy Webinars

Educating Students for Globalization

Explore how universities prepare students for the next era of globalization. Learn the signs that remote work is here to stay. See why environmental and social issues are poised to earn greater…

Employer Engagement Webinars

Professional Advisory for Student Success

This webinar explores how universities are utilizing program advisory committees, applied research, and more to successfully drive their connections with…

Employer Engagement Trends

Remote Internships on the Rise for Refugees

A growing number of organizations are creating internship opportunities for refugees that can be performed virtually. It’s an example of the new and borderless world for…

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Career Services & Guidance Webinars

The Future of Career Services

This webinar explores perspectives from leading higher education institutions on digitizing career services and supporting institutional excellence in an era of online…

Relevance of Learning Trends

Employability Starts with Educators

How a reading of Hans Rosling’s Factfulness prompted this Vitae ambassador to reflect on how educators can shift the guard rails to effectively make or break the next…

Governance & Strategy Trends

Reverse Engineering Employability

A man on a mission convinced his South African university to start with the end game in mind, reconfiguring a curriculum with the belief that his graduates could become the first pick of…

Career Services & Guidance Trends

Converging Worlds: Recruitment and Education

Higher education institutions need to place greater emphasis on employability and equip graduates with degrees and skills to hit the ground running in the world of…

Employer Engagement Trends

Skills and Jobs Often Don’t Match

The relationship between career choice and the time it takes to get a job are among the most important factors affecting graduate unemployment, including in South…

Governance & Strategy Trends

What is the Meaning of Employability?

Employability is a sum of competencies and sofr skills that determine whether an individual is fit to hire. It is this combination that results in whether a candidate is moved forward in a selection…

Governance & Strategy Research

IFC and WACE Form Partnership

This collaboration focuses on strengthening work-integrated-learning and connecting higher education institutions with better career programming for their students and…

Relevance of Learning Trends

Embracing Work-Integrated Learning

Universities must embrace work-integrated-learning, rather than trusting in the continuing power of prestige to open employers’ doors is a dangerous strategy, say Alejandro Caballero and Sean…

Governance & Strategy Webinars

Educators Leading Employability

Educators are taking strategic action to better prepare their graduates for the workforce; implementing multi-faceted plans that involve virtual, physical, and experiential learning structures to help their students…

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Governance & Strategy Events

TVET Skills in South Africa

The Higher Education & Training Department of South Africa, in collaboration with the IFC’s Vitae, hosted a pivotal event titled “Strengthening TVET Systems for Skills and Employability in South…

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Governance & Strategy Events

TVET Reforms & Employability in South Africa

South Africa TVETs gathered to discuss enhancing the sector, improving graduate employability, and strengthened industry…

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Career Services & Guidance Webinars

Career Services in South Africa

Career Services shape how graduates contribute to society by providing a vital link between work and study. In countries like South Africa, funding for…

Governance & Strategy Events

Sector-wide Employability in Nigeria

Discover how the Tertiary Education Trust Fund is are revolutionizing Nigeria’s higher education system to better prepare graduates for the job market through innovative strategies and collaborative…

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Governance & Strategy Webinars

Course Content and Employability

Course content counts when developing work-ready graduates. Especially, when it aligns with job market requirements. Today’s employers demand work-ready graduates that have…

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Career Services & Guidance Webinars

The Future of Career Services

Career services are a vital link between a student’s current life and their future life. In recent years, higher education has rapidly accelerated online. In a short amount of time, institutions have improved their digital resources, reached…

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Relevance of Learning Webinars

Work-Integrated Learning Basics

Employers are attracted to candidates who can demonstrate they’ve successfully completed an internship, apprenticeship, or some other form of work-integrated learning…