This page will provide viewpoints from members of IARC about the trends in global education. Today's students have very different education requirements to those of the past. In the past, and unfortunately for most institutions even today, it may take years to go through the process of conceiving and developing courses before delivering them.
Students can take years to complete a certificate and even longer for a diploma or degree.
This can mean that upon graduating, the student enters the workforce with an education more suited to conditions a decade or more earlier. Another factor in today's world is that the barriers that protected a workforce in one country from that of another are rapidly being broken down by globalisation. Colleges and universities are exporting education services at an ever-increasing rate. Those institutions that are flexible and can quickly address the changing conditions will succeed in the world of the future. The colleges, universities and education systems that do not, will shrink, and perhaps even disappear.