Guest Lecture: Dr Andreas Schleicher - Better Skills - Better Jobs - Better Lives
Page updated Jun 26, 2013
Event Details
| Date/Time | Tue 9 Jul 2013, 1:30pm-3:00pm |
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| Location | Level 5, The Treasury, 1 The Terrace |
| RSVP |
Ellen Shields, academic.linkages@treasury.govt.nz, by Wednesday 5 June 2013. |
Documents
Presentation material for Dr Andreas Schleicher's lecture presented at the Treasury on 9 July 2013.
| Date | Created by | Documents | Download |
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| 26 Jun 2013 |
The Treasury | TGLS - Dr Andreas Schleicher |
tgls-schleicher.pdf (45 KB) |
Abstract
How the global talent pool is evolving, how effectively countries use their talent and how they are matching demand and supply for skills.
Bio
Andreas Schleicher is Deputy Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD’s Secretary-General. He also provides strategic oversight over OECD's work on the development and utilisation of skills and their social and economic outcomes. This includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).
Before joining the OECD, he was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the "Theodor Heuss" prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for "exemplary democratic engagement". He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg..
Note: Papers, presentation slides and any other material provided by the Guest Lecturer will be made available some time after the lecture at Publications > Media & Speeches > Guest Lectures by Visiting Academics.
