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Friday, 16 July 2021, 12:07 pm The Ara Business Technology Department held the first of its bi-annual ‘Emerge’ exhibitions on Wednesday July 7, at the Kahukura building on the Madras Street campus. The evening event is designed to celebrate the completion of the recent group of Bachelor of ICT and Business Information Systems students’ industry projects, and is also the ideal way for new graduates to mingle with top industry figures and showcase their skills to a range of future employers...

Press Release – Ara Institute The Ara Business Technology Department held the first of its bi-annual Emerge exhibitions on Wednesday July 7, at the Kahukura building on the Madras Street campus. The evening event is designed to celebrate the completion of the recent group of … The Ara Business Technology Department held the first of its bi-annual ‘Emerge’ exhibitions on Wednesday July 7, at the Kahukura building on the Madras Street campus. The evening event is designed to celebrate th...

Two of Australia's preeminent university leaders will lead a review into building closer ties between Australian universities and industry. Currently,...

King’s University College is offering students cash to go to class. Author of the article: Norman De Bono Publishing date: May 24, 2021  •  1 week ago  •  2 minute read  •  Pamela Cushing, a professor at Kings University College, is teaching a course this summer in disabilities studies that will use federal funding to pay students for research work they do. The students research may be used to build course material in disability studies. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) ...

Abstract One of the key challenges in work-integrated learning (WIL) courses is how to account for learning that takes place away from campus, where the work space, daily routines and emergent actions within an organisation shape the possibilities for student learning. What do students do on placement to open the possibilities of working and learning in temporary sites of work? Using a practice-based approach, this paper outlines an ethnographic study of learning on placement. The paper draws o...

Abstract Examining learning in work-integrated learning (WIL) courses is complex. WIL traverses work and university spaces, which can be challenging for the way student learning is conceived, planned, supported, assessed and reported. This study strengthens our understanding of how students learn on placement by going directly to the source and observing learning unfold, in situ. Using an ethnographic methodology, this study adopts Schatzki’s (1996, 2010) practice-based lens to illuminate how...

Abstract Work-integrated Learning (WIL) can be a vehicle for the development of students’ work-ready skills. This paper presents the views of undergraduate business students and academics about the role and perceived importance of work-ready skills in the business curriculum and the perceived role of WIL activities in enabling the development of work-ready skills. A total of 50 business students and 24 academics from a number of faculties across the university participated. While students and...

March 1, 2021 "[T]he pandemic has revealed the need to develop resilient and sustainable systems and economies that leverage digital technologies as a tool for youth empowerment" On the African continent, where almost 60% of people are under the age of 25, the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated preexisting inequalities, deepening young peoples intersecting vulnerabilities. Despite the fact that many of them live in hard-to-reach areas with no access to electricity, you...

The world of work is changing so rapidly that many young people entering tertiary studies can not be sure if their chosen career will exist once their studies are completed.  The question is no longer about whether a machine can do the job better on an assembly line; but whether Artificial Intelligence, processing massive, disparate data in a moment, will predict, diagnose, and highlight solutions faster and more accurately than humans. Technology is radically shaping our near future, and we a...

Abstract This article considers the intersection between two major themes in university policy: the improvement of participation by rural and regional communities and the dimension of graduate employability. It argues that work-integrated learning has the potential to address both themes, but that the development of an apprenticeship model for prestige degrees such as law may deliver additional benefits to rural and regional student engagement. It considers a radical approach to employability b...