Embedding AI to enhance employability skills development
01 May 2026
Breakout Room 3
Finance & Sustainability
Digital, Data & AI
AI is reshaping the workforce at pace. McKinsey’s 2025 research demonstrates organisations are redesigning roles as AI moves from pilot to strategy. Yet most remain early in adoption; and workforce impacts are still uncertain. For UK higher education, the more urgent question is not institutional efficiency, but graduate readiness. As AI transforms professions, how must universities evolve curricula to ensure students leave with the digital, data and AI capabilities required for an AI-enabled economy? This session explores how institutions can move beyond isolated modules towards embedding AI and digital fluency across disciplines.