Shanghai was conferred the UNESCO Learning City Award 2021 for the first time during the Fifth International Conference on Learning Cities that was held in Yeonsu-gu, the Republic of Korea from Oct 27 to 30.
Ten cities with outstanding achievements in the implementation of the learning city strategy will receive the UNESCO Learning Cities Award 2021 on 27 October 2021, the first day of the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities in Yeonsu (Repu
QF’s WISE launches new initiative
01 Jan 2021 - 10:22
FROM TOP LEFT: Soon Joo Gog, Chief Research Officer and Chief Skills Office at Skills Future Singapore, Alexandra Agudelo, Minister of Education in Medellín, Colombia, David Atchoarena, Director of the Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning, and Rosie Clayton, Co-Founder of Weaving Lab
The Peninsula
The importance of different segments of society coming together to solve key global challenges, especially when it comes to developing innovative ways of doing things, has been underscored in 2020. And Qatar Foundation’s global education think tank WISE has launched a new initiative to further this spirit of collaboration to evolve education models. Learning Ecosystems Living Lab (LELL), the latest push by WISE to disrupt linear models of education worldwide, will regularly bring together practitioners, experts, policymakers, and innovators to create a global community of practice and thought-leadership that is designing