Skills upgrade, learnability key to workers' survival

SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer was one of the panel speakers on Channel NewsAsia’s Perspectives panel show titled “Future Jobs”, which was held at SMU Labs. Commenting on the risk of complacency when undergraduates enter the workforce, Professor De Meyer said: “Learning does not stop in university. It is about reskilling and upskilling. Learning how to learn.” He cited medical care as an example: “Who is most important in medical care today? It is obviously the medical doctor. Who is less important? It is the nurse. But who can be automated? Not the nurse.”