Latest education and career news from around the world — 1st September, 2020

Curated by the Knowledge Team of ICS Career GPS

EDUCATION NEWS

UN Secretary-General warns of education catastrophe, pointing to UNESCO estimate of 24 million learners at risk of dropping out

“We already faced a learning crisis before the pandemic,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while launching the Education in the time of COVID-19 and beyond Policy Brief. “Now we face a generational catastrophe that could waste untold human potential, undermine decades of progress, and exacerbate entrenched inequalities.”

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What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?

Design Thinking is not an exclusive property of designers — all great innovators have practiced it. What’s special about Design Thinking is that designers’ work processes can help us systematically extract, teach, learn and apply these human-centered techniques to solve problems in a creative and innovative way.

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CAREER NEWS

7 Secrets to Becoming Wealthy in Your 20s and 30s

There’s no straightforward way to guarantee yourself a rich future, but these 7 strategies can help you do it while you’re still young.

What Is The Negativity Bias and How Can it be Overcome?

This bias can particularly impact us at work through its influence on decision-making and the impressions we form of others. By focusing or over-emphasizing the potential negatives of a decision, research shows that we become more inclined to avoid risk.

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