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to thrive in a job today will be different five
years from now.
DOING IT BETTER
Innovation is at the heart of doing things
differently to do things better. Knowledge
integration derived from industry and
university partnerships will help businesses
prosper, resulting in more jobs in our
communities. While ensuring that we meet
industry needs, UOW is committed to
helping traditional industries embrace new
technologies in order to remain competitive.
Interaction with industry will help
ensure our graduates are gaining the right
skills to be work-ready for the jobs of the
future. The recently released Productivity
Commission report Shifting the Dial
identified the need for higher education to
increase skills relevance and job matching.
We need to do more than that as our
graduates need the skills to be career ready
rather than merely job ready. Universities
benefit from being able to educate students
in research-led settings and expose our
students to ideas and technologies relevant
to the future.
UOW’s research contributes to the needs
of local industries – particularly creating new
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