Education 4.0 White Paper

Following his well-received session at Excellence in Education 2019, Paul Johnson has gone on to explore the evolving demands of Industry 4.0 and the role Higher Education needs to play.

This in-depth report builds upon ‘Award-Winning Students, Unemployed Experts: Why Universities must respond to the shifting employment patterns of Industry 4.0’, delving further into the turbulent context of higher education. Here we acknowledge the collision of technology and education; a phenomenon that Jisc has dubbed as 'Education 4.0'

What is the responsibility of Higher Education in an "ever more Uberised and Amazonified" job market?

Universities can thrive in this new landscape, but only if they have the vision to reimagine their approach to digital. In this white paper, we provide tangible insight into how universities can reinvent the way they meet their students' needs when increased competition and industry change have become the new norm.

Created out of 200+ hrs research, consulting with:

• UK University Chancellors
• Higher Education technical estate owners
• UK and International Students
• UK Higher Education Faculty Members
• Leading Digital Strategists
• Academic sources, including Jisc, PWC, GOV.UK, HESA, and The Guardian

Download our 60-page white paper on "Education 4.0"

Education has been somewhat insulated from the dramatic, technology-driven changes that have transformed many sectors in the last decade. With customer expectations and competition growing ever fiercer, that seems certain to change in this next decade. For organisations that feel daunted or overwhelmed – this is an excellent overview of the issues.

Iain Harper Head of Digital at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford