Globalisation brings with it major challenges which have profound implications for the future of our planet. Poverty, climate change, food security and terrorism are some of the huge challenges we all face. Arguably, education has now ‘gone global’- it transcends national boundaries and operates as a global phenomenon. But is it really the panacea which some claim it is? What role can we realistically expect education to play in the search for global solutions? What would that look like? And what are the implications for our education systems and institutions?
Led by keynote addresses from John Sexton, President of New York University and Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, this session brings together a panel of contributors from across the world – the US, Australia, China, Russia, Brazil and the UK – to share their perspectives. It asks whether we have a shared understanding of education’s global role and, if so, could this create a shared agenda for action?
