Open AccessThe Fourth Industrial Revolution, the changing world of work and imperatives of internationalisation in higher education
Author(s) -
Ylva RodnyGumede
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the thinker
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2075-2458
DOI - 10.36615/thethinker.v82i4.374
Subject(s) - industrial revolution , internationalization , work (physics) , extension (predicate logic) , cultural revolution , higher education , political science , sociology , economic growth , engineering , business , economics , international trade , computer science , law , mechanical engineering , china , programming language
We are seeing major disruptions to higher education, and the education system as a whole, not only at home but globally. One of the major contributors to such disruptions is the paradigmatic shift brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), with massive implications for the world of work, and by extension in higher education through the learner of the future.