The AI Skills Gap: Bridging the Divide Between Education and Industry Needs

How universities and businesses can collaborate to equip the workforce for an AI-driven future.

I remember finishing my first university course on engineering mathematics feeling like a wizard of algorithms. I could recite theories and even solve complex equations by heart. But when I landed my first tech job, reality hit me – hard. On day one, my manager asked me to deploy a piece of software to a cloud platform I'd never used. In that moment, it…