There’s no coating the fact that this has been a hugely challenging period for the higher education sector. But, with news of a vaccine for Covid-19, there may be light at the end of the tunnel and with it an opportunity to reflect on the positives that the sector can take from its experiences in 2020.
For many institutions, pre-pandemic, their three-to-five year strategic vision focused on an environment where students could receive the highest quality of education, regardless of where they were located or how they chose to study – be that part-time, full-time, on-campus, distanced learning, or via a more flexible, hybrid model.
It was a vision where students would graduate with the skills they needed to thrive in the workplace, and one where employers worked collaboratively with institutions to define and develop those skills.
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