This report was prepared by the Higher Education Policy team in the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills as part of the Programme of Work of the OECD’s Education Policy Committee. It was developed under the guidance of Simon Roy (Team Lead, Higher Education Policy Team) and authored by Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer (Analyst, Higher Education Policy Team), with contributions from Kristiana Egle and João Reis (Analysts, Higher Education Policy Team). Editorial and publication support were provided by Christie Morley and Jennifer Cannon. Overall guidance was provided by Paulo Santiago (Head of Policy Advice and Implementation Division, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills) and Andreas Schleicher (Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills).
The report benefited from the expertise and review of the members of the Mutual Learning Group on Advanced STEM Skills in Higher Education organised by the OECD Secretariat (See Annex A). The OECD Secretariat is grateful to the members for sharing their policy, institutional and analytical experience, discussing the examples examined in the report and commenting on its findings. Gratitude is also extended to Duša Marjetič, Acting Director General for Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Slovenia and currently Chair of the OECD’s Group of National Experts on Higher Education, Yongsuk Jang, former Chair of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy, and Manuel Sánchez-Masferrer from the Global University Network for Innovation at UNESCO for their review of the manuscript. The authors are grateful to Elaine Seymour and Anne‑Barrie Hunter for feedback on the eight areas for policy action presented in the report.
This publication was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed in this publication can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. The authors thank Kinga Szuly and Hugo Pinto de Abreu of Unit B.3 in the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture for their guidance, contributions and review throughout the project.