Universities should develop critical thinkers who are able to identify and solve real problems rather than steering and controlling students just to get good grades, higher education leaders attending the 2022 International Association of Universities (IAU) General Conference in Dublin, Ireland, were told. Speaking at a plenary session on teaching and learning for tomorrow’s world, Hanne Leth Andersen, rector of Roskilde University in Denmark, urged university leaders to “practise what we preach about student-centred learning” and build skills and competencies for the future.
