2025 Winter Forum: Skill-building for the future

This winter, explore cutting-edge insights on the skills shaping our shared future. Our latest issue of Forum brings together global perspectives on skill-building, placing students at the centre of the discussion and drawing inspiration from the European Commission’s Union of Skills agenda. The result is a truly international collection aimed at strengthening competences and supporting Europe’s competitiveness—while recognising that the challenges we face are far from uniquely European. Higher education systems around the world are grappling with similar questions, and this issue captures that global resonance.

Opening with a strong student voice and concluding with valuable reflections from policy-makers, the Winter Forum 2025 invites readers to consider both where we stand and where we must go next. Expect to discover insights ranging from Gen Z's job readiness to how Armenian institutions have transformed their diaspora into a powerful educational asset. 

Together, these contributions reaffirm a vital truth: skills development in higher education is not only about employability. It is about humanity, democracy and our collective capacity to shape a sustainable future.