Aligning STEM Education with Employer Needs

Improving graduate skills & employability Closer engagement with industry benefits universities, businesses and students by providing them with vital job skills necessary for employment. However, a paper by ACER found only 1 in 7 undergraduate students in the natural and physical sciences participates in industry programs. This conference will provide workable methods to increase STEM course participation and build relationships with STEM employers to improve graduates workplace skills. This conference will focus on: Increasing participation in STEM courses & career pathways Identifying and improving graduate skills & capabilities for employment How to harness insight from business in curriculum design Establishing beneficial & meaningful WIL Learning from STEM Education & Industry Leaders “We need industry and universities working better together to prepare our future workers to innovate, collaborate and adapt.” – Professor Ian Chubb, Chief Scientist for Australi... Read more

Improving graduate skills & employability Closer engagement with industry benefits universities, businesses and students by providing them with vital job skills necessary for employment. However, a paper by ACER found only 1 in 7 undergraduate students in the natural and physical sciences participates in industry programs. This conference will provide workable methods to increase STEM course participation and build relationships with STEM employers to improve graduates workplace skills. This conference will focus on: Increasing participation in STEM courses & career pathways Identifying and improving graduate skills & capabilities for employment How to harness insight from business in curriculum design Establishing beneficial & meaningful WIL Learning from STEM Education & Industry Leaders “We need industry and universities working better together to prepare our future workers to innovate, collaborate and adapt.” – Professor Ian Chubb, Chief Scientist for Australia Venue details: Citadines on Bourke, 131 – 135 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC, 3000, Australia