🌍 Global Skills Week: Career Navigation, AI, Critical Industry Skills. Join us in D.C. 🇺🇸 25-26 March.
Global Skills Week. Four themes. Two days. Washington D.C., 25–26 March Join the conversations shaping the skills economy.
🍃 Europe leads in GHG reduction targets. Global pre-primary enrolment hits 50%. Transport tops EU sold production.
Chart of the Day #559 looks at Early childhood education enrolment, GHG reduction targets, and EU sold production.
What would it take to make “degrees on the job” a mainstream talent pipeline?
QS Midweek Brief - March 11, 2026. Could the rise of degree apprenticeships offer a solution to higher ed ROI concerns? And how does China and India's education policies differ?
💼 Women’s representation in Parliament. NTD intervention declined by 30%. Context awareness in multimodal AI.
Chart of the Day #558 looks at women's participation in parliament, global NTD intervention, and AI multimodal market share.
🏫 Slovenian K-12 success up 90%. CO2 emissions driven by fossil fuels. Asia led maritime freight volume.
Chart of the Day #557 looks at Slovenian students to upper secondary, CO2 emissions by transport and global maritime freight volume.
👶 Low-income countries lack childcare access. Canada’s hospital pay declined. Tech leads AI ethics transparency.
Chart of the Day #556 looks at statutory childcare systems, hospital employee compensation and AI ethics disclosures.
💼 China’s migrant workforce hits 300M. Tech sector led in green patents. Lithium mining investment rises.
Chart of the Day #555 looks at the Chinese workforce, green patents by sector and critical mineral mining investment.
🍃 KBA’s increasingly protected. International students grew in Ontario. Global internet usage reached 70%.
Chart of the Day #554 looks at International students in Ontario, KBA’s protection coverage and global internet access.
Are skills gaps and student scepticism two sides of the same problem?
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💼 NEET continues to affect youth. Global health ODA funding is declining. China and India led AI integration.
Chart of the Day #553 looks at regions affected by NEET, Official development assistance in the health sector and top countries based on AI integration.
💎 International Education Becomes a Strategic Asset. 🌐 Student mobility in focus at Global Skills Week.
Governments scale partnerships, campuses, and policies to compete for global students. Hear from international education leaders at Global Skills Week (25-26 March).