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IFSI Seminar # 4 Recap: Skills Intelligence Innovators and Impact Makers
Our latest IFSI webinar began with a clear premise: what Skills Intelligence innovations with impact can be scaled and transferred to other contexts? Carme Pagès set out with the mission of UPAL by describing the[…]
IFSI Seminar # 3 Recap: Skills and the future of work
A brief recap of July´s Seminar 3 on the Future of Work and AI. The highly diverse backgrounds and experiences of the presenters contributed to a very rich, transdisciplinary and complementary discussion, examining the problem[…]
IFSI Seminar 2 Recap: When the Map no longer matches the terrain
The second webinar in the IFSI series — organized by UOC with collaboration from the OECD (and their Skills and Work unit) is now available for viewing below. In this seminar, we asked some existential[…]
New OECD Report on Skills Intelligence
New OECD Report on Skills Intelligence: What It Means for Higher Education How well are higher education systems keeping pace with a rapidly changing labour market? This question sits at the heart of a major[…]
UPAL 2026 publications | Soft skills as durable-adaptive capital: industry insights for career construction across the lifespan
Purpose This study analyses the increasing demand for soft skills from an integrated perspective, aiming to explain their function as durable-adaptive capital and enhance evidence-based career guidance and lifelong learning strategies, thereby supporting work adjustment[…]
UPAL 2026 publications | Tailoring micro-credentials for diverse learners: a qualitative study of motivations and course-design preferences in European higher education
Micro-credentials have emerged as a bridge between formal education and the labour market, yet they are often framed narrowly as tools for acquiring specific, job-related skills. This instrumental view risks overlooking the diverse motivations of[…]