In their 2019 report on ‘Future of Work’, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) and automation would inevitably replace and change many jobs, impacting around one billion people worldwide during the next decade (1). Future university graduates will not only have to compete with their peers for a job, but also with AI. Moreover, having an academic qualification without relevant hands-on working experience reduces the chance of being employed, as companies are now moving towards skills-based hiring …
