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#28, Ed Fidoe, Co-founder & CEO, London Interdisciplinary School: Teaching the Skills Employers Want
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Opening in September 2021, the London Interdisciplinary School radically challenges a lot of assumptions within higher ed. As the first new university (with degree awarding powers) in Britain since the 1960s, their curriculum is designed around solving real-world problems. With faculty from Oxford and Harvard, Co-founder and CEO Ed Fidoe discusses the need to teach skills employers want and their attempt to dismantle the traditional system - or at least offer an alternative to it.
Show notes:
More about LIS: https://www.londoninterdisciplinaryschool.org/
Importance of studying everything: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/london-interdisciplinary-school-omniscience-study-b1800801.html
Teaching the skills employers want: https://qz.com/1781574/the-london-interdisciplinary-school-takes-a-new-real-world-approach/
More about School21: https://www.school21.org.uk/
Favourite book about learning: ‘Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge’ by Edward O. Wilson, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55981.Consilience
Favourite book not about learning: ‘The Years of Lyndon Johnson’ by Robert Caro, https://www.robertcaro.com/the-books/
Binge-watching: 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills', https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720601/
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Show notes:
More about LIS: https://www.londoninterdisciplinaryschool.org/
Importance of studying everything: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/london-interdisciplinary-school-omniscience-study-b1800801.html
Teaching the skills employers want: https://qz.com/1781574/the-london-interdisciplinary-school-takes-a-new-real-world-approach/
More about School21: https://www.school21.org.uk/
Favourite book about learning: ‘Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge’ by Edward O. Wilson, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55981.Consilience
Favourite book not about learning: ‘The Years of Lyndon Johnson’ by Robert Caro, https://www.robertcaro.com/the-books/
Binge-watching: 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills', https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720601/
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