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# 🚦 The Future of Skills is Now - Are You Ready? Unpacking Global Skills Week.
- URL: https://newsletters.qs.com/the-future-of-skills-is-now-are-you-ready-unpacking-global-skills-week-2/
- Published: 2025-02-11T03:30:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-11T03:30:10.000Z
- Description: At Global Skills Week in Washington, D.C.), the Future of Skills & Work Forum unites key decision-makers driving education, workforce, and economic mobility. Expect strategic discussions, hands-on workshops, and insights from leaders making real change.
- Author: QS
- Tags: Higher Ed

**Hello** 👋   
  
The skills economy is shifting fast. By 2030, 40% of today’s skills will be obsolete as AI, green jobs, and advanced manufacturing reshape work. Universities, workforce leaders, and industry must move beyond incremental change. Bold strategies are needed now.

At [**Global Skills Week**](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/agenda-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com)(March 24-28, Washington, D.C.), the [**Future of Skills & Work Forum**](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/agenda-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com) unites key decision-makers driving education, workforce, and economic mobility. Expect strategic discussions, hands-on workshops, and insights from leaders making real change.

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**University leaders, policymakers, global foundations, and executives will tackle key topics:**

📊 **AI & Digital Skills.** Defining and building AI competency frameworks, integrating AI into curricula, and ensuring higher education moves beyond the hype to deliver real value for learners and employers.

⚡ **Reskilling at Scale** – Examining talent pipelines, partnerships, stackable credentials, and institutional strategies that support career transitions and lifelong learning.

🏭 **Advanced Manufacturing Workforce** – Addressing critical talent shortages through university-industry partnerships, apprenticeship models, and cutting-edge digital training.

🌱 **The Green Economy’s Workforce Needs** – Preparing students for careers in clean energy, climate resilience, and sustainable infrastructure through cross-sector collaboration and innovative education models.  
  
🔗 **Join Leaders Shaping the Future**  
American Student Assistance | American Council on Education | AWS | OpenAI | BCG | Blackstone Charitable Foundation| 1Mentor | ETS | IFC World Bank | Jobs for the Future | Shorelight | QS | Siemens | University of Virginia | Western Governors University | and more...

Global Skills Week is where education, industry, and policy converge. **Space is limited—secure your spot today** and connect with top leaders driving the skills economy forward.

📅 **March 25-26 | Washington, D.C.**  
🔗 [**Read the agenda & register now**](https://www.holoniq.com/global-skills-week/2025-global-skills-week?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
🎟 **Use code GSWVIP for a 25% discount**

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## 💪 Power Moves  

**💡 Microsoft has** [**introduced**](https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2025/02/03/Microsoft-Introduces-Copilot-Chat-Agents-for-Education.aspx?ref=newsletters.qs.com) **Copilot Chat Agents for education, designed to assist students and educators with** personalized learning, administrative tasks, and curriculum planning.

**🤝 OpenAI is** [**partnering**](https://fortune.com/education/articles/chatgpt-access-for-california-state-university-system/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) **with the California State University system to provide ChatGPT access to** approximately 500K students and faculty across 23 campuses.

**⚙️ Japan’s education ministry will establish** [**seven**](https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250207095207906&ref=newsletters.qs.com#:~:text=The%20education%20ministry%20will%20begin,specialists%2C%20reports%20The%20Yomiuri%20Shimbun.) **education centers in 2025 to train semiconductor specialists** through university-led networks and technical colleges.

## 💰 Funding   

**🤖 MagicSchool AI**, a US-based AI teacher assistant, raised [$45M](https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2025/02/04/ai-education-startup-raises-funding-denver.html?ref=newsletters.qs.com) in funding to develop AI-driven capabilities to support teachers.

🔒 **Riot**, a French compliance training platform for cybersecurity awareness, raised [$30M](https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/02/cybersecurity-startup-riot-raises-e28-9-million-to-expand-globally-and-double-headcount-by-2026/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) in an effort to scale cybersecurity in France and new markets.

📃 **Sparkrock**, a US enterprise software provider, [acquired](https://educationinvestor.co.uk/canada-sparkrock-acquires-school-day/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) School-Day, a payment and activity management platform for schools.

📽️ **Newsela**, a US-based provider of K-12 content, [acquired](https://marketbrief.edweek.org/meeting-district-needs/newsela-expands-presence-into-math-and-science-by-acquiring-generation-genius/2025/02?ref=newsletters.qs.com) Generation Genius, a K-8 STEM streaming platform, to enhance Newsela's offerings across math and science. 

🧑‍💻 **Elsmere Education**, which helps higher education institutions manage online programs, [merged](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/human-capital-education-launches-to-deliver-actionable-insights-to-colleges-and-universities-302366947.html?ref=newsletters.qs.com) with HCRC to offer enrollment and retention solutions.

🧑‍🏫 **BetterLesson**, a K-12 professional learning provider, [acquired](https://www.finsmes.com/2025/02/betterlesson-acquires-abl.html?ref=newsletters.qs.com) Always Be Learning (Abl), enhancing its support for districts with student scheduling and programming.

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