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🎓 OECD Bachelor's completion rate >40%. Chile’s life expectancy reached >80. Manufacturers prioritize AI quality control.

Chart of the Day #606 looks at OECD average for completing bachelor’s programmes, life expectancy in Chile and planned digital upgrades and AI governance in manufacturing.

🔬 Evidence, education, and EdTech: a new era of outcomes accountability.

AI & Digital Innovation

🔬 Evidence, education, and EdTech: a new era of outcomes accountability.

Inside the studies, labs, and partnerships shifting how leading institutions compete. Read the EdTech Ecosystem Hubs Report. Innovation events to note in 2026.

🤖 AI market expands by $90B+. EU employment rate up >5%. Gen Z's concern on tourism impact.

Chart of the Day #605 looks at employment rate in the EU, environmental impact of tourism in the UK and AI market revenue.

👶 US prioritizes pre K-12 funding. Norway's healthcare workforce holds steady. Data storage drives 50%+ revenue.

Chart of the Day #604 looks at pre K-12 funding in the US, the healthcare workforce in Norway and manufacturing data management.

🍃 Oil prices continue to increase. Public school numbers are stable in Kenya. AI music reshapes entertainment.

Chart of the Day #603 looks at public primary schools in Kenya, global oil price increase and AI-generated music.

How do scholarship restrictions reshape access, merit, and competitiveness across US states?

QS Mid Week Brief

How do scholarship restrictions reshape access, merit, and competitiveness across US states?

QS Midweek Brief - May 13, 2026. America’s universities need the world. Some states don’t agree. And meet the new president of Singapore's LASALLE College of the Arts.

🏭 Service robots power China’s workforce growth. US preschool teacher salaries. Norway nears 45% of doctors trained abroad.

Chart of the Day #602 looks at preschool teacher salaries in the US, foreign trained doctors in the OECD and advanced manufacturing growth in China.

🏫 Nordic nations lead education scores. Italy and Austria had the highest organic farming. AI smart speaker growth.

Chart of the Day #601 looks at public education scores, organic farming in the EU and AI in smart speaker market share.

🏭 The US holds 80% of registered aircrafts. Gambia’s tertiary education exceeds 40%. Dubai Healthcare spending hits AED 3B+.

Chart of the Day #600 looks at tertiary education graduates by country, healthcare expenses in Dubai and registered aircrafts.

🎓 The micro credential economy is evolving…at the speed of trust.

AI & Digital Innovation

🎓 The micro credential economy is evolving…at the speed of trust.

Institutions are increasingly designing micro credentials for workforce outcomes, but only 32% report any fiscal benefit. As AWS makes its credentials free and incumbent platforms consolidate, the landscape of solutions is evolving fast. Accountability for outcomes is imminent.

🍃 China’s solar capacity expands sixfold. Employment in Malaysia. Claude tops AI agent benchmarks with nearly 90%.

Chart of the Day #599 looks at employment status in Malaysia, Chinese solar capacity and AI agent performance benchmarks.

When academia laughs at itself, what problems become easier to name out loud?

QS Mid Week Brief

When academia laughs at itself, what problems become easier to name out loud?

QS Midweek Brief - May 6, 2026. What can a game making light of academia tell us about actual challenges? And how do we create digital transformation as well as use data that matters?