| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 278, 2021
The Second Interregional Conference “Sustainable Development of Eurasian Mining Regions (SDEMR-2021)”
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| Article Number | 01003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Development of Geotechnology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127801003 | |
| Published online | 29 June 2021 | |
Mining Engineering Education Pre and Post the COVID Pandemic and Some Ideas for the Future
1 School of Mines, China University of Mining & Technology, 1 Daxue Road, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province 221116, China
2 School of Engineering & Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton North, Bruce Highway, Rockhampton, QLD 4702
The pandemic forced all businesses globally to rethink operations. Higher education institutions experienced similar disruptions, especially those with large cohorts of foreign students. The technology employed in the mining industries, it is evolving rapidly and requires novel and more specialized expertise in the face of an impending skilled labour shortage. This paper strategizes how mining education could improve and align with the needs of the mining industry and students, post-pandemic.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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