The role of the university in a changing world | Ágnes Tóth | TEDxBudapestMetropolitanUniversity

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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There’ll be no need for universities in the future, they’ll cease to exist. 
The knowledge has become accessible to everyone. With the help of Google anyone can access almost anything on the Internet. The labour market structure is changing. Robotics is developing very fast: according to Gartner’s predictions 3 million people will have a robot boss by 2018.
65 % of today’s students will be doing jobs that don’t even exist yet: they will become biohackers or space tour guides. How can universities prepare students for this?
 Customer Service Director of the Budapest Metropolitan University This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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