University of the People (UoPeople) has announced that it will accept 500 Syrian refugees to study tuition-free toward bachelor degrees in Business Administration or Computer Science at the university’s virtual campus.
The workforce landscape has evolved quite significantly over the last few decades, with women in leadership and milliennials (Generation Y) taking centre stage as the drivers of business performance in the future.
As with many other industries, the logistics industry has traditionally been male-dominated, but this has been changing over time. Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), says that the company has made great strides in evolving their leadership structures in SSA and since 2011, the number of female employees in leadership roles have more than doubled.
On the evening of the first day of Fashion Week Stockholm, Björn Borg amazed international sports and fashion press, fashion influencers and the tributed Mars One representatives alike with a memorable fashion show based on the theme “Training for Mars”. The show featured top Swedish supermodels and its retro space inspired sportswear collection was showcased on set at a Mars like outdoor location in Stockholm.
In 2027, a human settlement on Mars will be initiated with the four first volunteering astronauts. In a tribute to the pioneering space project Mars One and the concept of the ultimate challenge: training for Mars, Björn Borg shows a limited edition capsule collection along with their full SS16 collection at Fashion Week Stockholm on August 24.