Changes to my study programme

"Always keep your eyes open; keep watching, because whatever you see can inspire you" 

Grace Coddington

My good old days at the university were also demanding. Both the academic staff and the students claimed for changes to improve education and,  like today, there was a feeling of insatisfaction: libraries did not have enough books; the laboratories lacked enough supplies and/or technicians; the classrooms were not as clean as they should be; the materials to work with were expensive; the study programme missed significant subjects; ...  Yet, on graduation, we were all proud of the formation received and satisfied for all the accomplishments reached in those good old days.

Time seems to stand still and, although progress has solved many of the problems of the past decades, new demands arise that require major solutions. One issue that usually comes up is the study programme that seems to be always behind the times. Technology provides the tools that make things easier today ...

A few decades ago, the internet was an interesting tool with plausible applications in the future; today, we cannot afford living without the internet with all its benefits and risks...; robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly becoming common issues in everyday life.

Education has also benefited from technology, mainly the internet, which has turned into an important source of information, training, entertaining...Thus, new areas of knowledge and new subjects have been created to fulfill the needs of current times and your career has also been touched by this era of changes: clinical pharmacy, gene therapy, biotechnology, genetically modified foods, nanotechnology, ... are just a few of the many new fields created in the last decades that have been included, to a certain degree, in your study programme.

As we speak, robotics is widely used in industrial processes and projects, smart buildings and smart homes are still the privileges of some, yet the time will come when they will be commonplace. Some domestic robots, such as robot vacuum cleaners, are slowly gaining space in household activities, and they will in time be cheaper. Robotics, AI, and androids will surely be essential in our lives in the coming years…

Smarter and smarter homes...

Imagine your life in about ten years’ time. In this scenario, education will definitely play a significant role in human well-being, adapting itself faster to new situations and challenges; AI will probably be leading the way to improve the standards in various areas…

In my good old days at the university, my classmates and I also thought that the study programme should have had significant changes to improve our education... What about you?

------------

Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career)

Among others, think about:

- The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)

- Workload and length of studies

- Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)

- Use of technology

- Teaching methods

- Word Count: 250

- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ and the teacher's posts.