Education of the Future: Learnings and Experiences from Offering Education to Industry Professionals

Digitalization is forcing the industry to rethink current practices in all business domains, pushing for a digital transformation of and operations at high rate and, thus, paving way new models making others redundant. For small medium-sized companies (SME), particular, it an enormous challenge keep up with pace technological development. Several initiatives have argued industry’s need continuous digitalization, innovation, ability, future skills competencies However, advancement Swedish this area has been uneven, where larger organizations begun their journey some extent, but SMEs risk falling behind. In addition transformation, challenges regarding industries’ supply be solved, workforce right competencies, knowledge, skill sets are equally, if not more, important remaining competitive. One key elements face these will recruit knowledgeable employees or re-skill existing ones. Efficient access relevant knowledge still major concern that surely affect competitiveness long time come. This paper elaborates on opportunities universities context lifelong learning education professionals. The presents results experiences gained from project professionals University Skövde collaboration ten partners. show pedagogical methods, structures policies within academia further developed effectively serve also concept based experience project.