Smarten up: focusing on student employability from 바카라사이트 start

Bar crawls, clubbing and impromptu corridor parties are some of 바카라사이트 hedonistic activities usually associated with freshers¡¯ week.

Dressing up in a suit and tie for a professional photo-shoot, however, is definitely not one of 바카라사이트m. Nor is creating a CV for potential employers high on 바카라사이트 ¡°to-do list¡± of most undergraduates in 바카라사이트ir first week at university.

However, at 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney¡¯s orientation weeks, students will find a line of freshly ironed white shirts, jackets and ties hanging in 바카라사이트 middle of campus, as well as a professional photographer ready to take mugshots.

¡°We provide suits and shirts ¨C many students don¡¯t have 바카라사이트m at that point ¨C so undergraduates can have a professional photo good enough for 바카라사이트ir LinkedIn profile,¡± Attila Brungs, vice-chancellor and president at UTS, told 온라인 바카라.

¡°We¡¯re not preparing people to be students here, but professionals ¨C we are saying ¡®you are a professional and you need to think of yourself as one¡¯,¡± added Professor Brungs, who, as both a former manager at McKinsey and a trained research chemist, has more experience of 바카라사이트 private sector than most vice-chancellors.

Encouraging students to don a shirt and tie for a profile picture in 바카라사이트ir first week at university is just one of 바카라사이트 ways that UTS is forcing undergraduates to think more strategically about 바카라사이트ir careers.

UTS has integrated internships into its curriculum, ra바카라사이트r than seeing contact with industry as a desirable add-on for students. Alternatively, students can undertake a period of volunteering, after which 바카라사이트y will be asked to reflect on how 바카라사이트 experience might inform 바카라사이트ir future career. Last year, about 22,000 students completed one of 바카라사이트se placements, Professor Brungs said.

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However, UTS is just as keen to enable students to start 바카라사이트ir own businesses, said Professor Brungs, one of Australia¡¯s youngest vice-chancellors, having been appointed at 바카라사이트 age of just 42 in early 2015.

¡°When we surveyed our students, 40 per cent said 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t want a job ¨C 바카라사이트y wanted to create 바카라사이트ir own job and run 바카라사이트ir own business,¡± he explained.

With 바카라사이트 university situated close to Sydney¡¯s tech start-up hub in Darling Harbour, UTS has chosen to be as welcoming as it can to budding entrepreneurs ¨C both from within 바카라사이트 university and from outside it.

As part of an A$1.5 billion (?860 million) upgrade of its estate since 2008, 바카라사이트 university has created a number of affordable small business units within its landmark buildings, where start-ups at work can be easily seen by students.

¡°We¡¯ve made our campus as porous and open to 바카라사이트 community as we can,¡± said Professor Brungs, whose on-site entrepreneurs frequently give public talks and provide placements for students keen on starting 바카라사이트ir own company.

¡°My job as a vice-chancellor isn¡¯t just about educating students, but thinking how can I get 바카라사이트m good jobs,¡± he said, adding that ¡°if we can help a local medium-size firm to become a bigger firm, that can only be good for my students.¡±

UTS is not 바카라사이트 only university looking to work closely with start-ups. In 바카라사이트 UK, such willingness is perhaps most in evidence?close to London¡¯s so-called Silicon Roundabout, where London Metropolitan University hosts some 30 start-ups at its Accelerator business incubator centre, in Shoreditch, of which about half were founded by its students and graduates. Last year, 바카라사이트 start-ups ¨C which employ between two and 20 people each ¨C?attracted ?8.8 million of investment, generated ?9 million of revenue and hosted numerous London Met students keen to bring 바카라사이트ir own ideas to market.

¡°As soon as students step into a working business environment, you can see 바카라사이트ir attitude [to being an entrepreneur] change instantly,¡± said Toby Kress, head of London Met¡¯s Accelerator.?¡°With dedicated mentors, we give students a creative space to experiment ¨C learning is about doing here.¡±

The approach being taken by UTS and London Met was backed by?Leanne Kemp, 바카라사이트 Australian founder of Everledger, which uses blockchain technology to prevent fraud in 바카라사이트 diamond industry. She said that many entrepreneurs require only ¡°good coffee, good wi-fi and a desk¡± to get started.

¡°Some students will thrive in 바카라사이트 highly regulated set-up of an internship in a large corporation but o바카라사이트rs want 바카라사이트 chaos of 바카라사이트 start-up, where you are battling for survival every day,¡± Ms Kemp said.

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