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07 Dec Investment in human capital a ‘no regrets’ policy

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Industry, Digital, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Skills, Technology, Work by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON Whatever the future holds, investment in human capital is “a no-regrets policy” that prepares people for the challenges ahead, says the World Bank in its latest examination of the changing nature of work. Three types of skills, it says, are increasingly important in today’s labour...

18 Oct The philosophy of success

Business, Business and Industry, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Startups, Technology, Universities, Work by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON At first glance there may seem to be not much in common between the agora of Ancient Greece and the sparkling modern premises of a business accelerator and incubator in Wollongong. Look a little harder though and you might see where Omar Khalifa is coming from when he...

12 Oct Graduate researchers, business to benefit from new guidelines

Business, Business and Industry, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, PhD Research, Research, Technology, Universities, University Graduates, Work by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON Across the world governments and universities have been working to develop a new model of the PhD that aligns more with national industrial, economic and social goals. Australia is now taking steps on the same path, its latest move being the release of new guidelines...

04 Oct Managing the move to AI

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Industry, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Skills, Universities, Work by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON In the face of predictions that Artificial Intelligence and automation could see between 400 and 800 million jobs vanish by 2030, a new study contends society is “still in the driving seat” when it comes to AI’s impact on the future of work. Arguing that...

28 Sep Human capital key in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Business, Business and Industry, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Skills, Technology, Universities, Work by David Myton 1 Comment

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By DAVID MYTON Businesses will need to recognise investment in human capital is “an asset rather than a liability” if they are to succeed in the unfolding Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. Ensuring positive outcomes and a future of good...

22 Sep Employers face critical skills shortage

Business, Business and Industry, HECG, Higher Education, Skills, Universities, Work by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON Australia’s employers are facing critical skills shortages and almost all are reporting low levels of literacy and numeracy among employees. They are also encountering difficulties in recruiting employees with STEM skills and in areas such as business automation, Big Data and artificial intelligence...

22 Sep Recruiters reveal top graduate learning outcomes

Business, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation, Skills, Technology, Universities, University Graduates by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON A graduate with proficiency and skills garnered from across disciplines is more likely to find favour with company job recruiters, according to a new survey for the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The survey sought the views of 500 private sector business executives and...

10 Aug Graduates lacking in ‘soft skills’

Business, HECG, Higher Education, Universities, University Students by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON Many recent university graduates lack the “soft skills” they need to perform at a high level in business and industry, according to a recent study. The Bloomberg Next-Workday report – Building Tomorrow’s Talent: Collaboration Can Close Emerging Skills Gap – found that new recruits in the...

31 Oct Universities – butchers or turkeys?: HECG Highered Trendwatch

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By DAVID MYTON According to QUT’s corporate engagement maestro Professor Michael Rosemann, in this rapidly shape-shifting digital era businesses and other enterprises face a choice: either of being disrupted, or being the disruptors. In an analogy he made in a CMM In Conversation With interview, there are turkeys and...

31 Oct The curious case of Australia’s missing industries: HECG Trendwatch

Academics, Business, HECG, Higher Education, Innovation by David Myton 0 Comments

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By DAVID MYTON In its recent report Securing Australia’s Future, the Australian Council of Learned Academies said a key priority for Australia was to build better links between business and industry and researchers. Among other things, this would require economic, social and cultural changes “driven by visionary leadership and targeted investments...

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07 Dec Investment in human capital a ‘no regrets’ policy

18 Oct The philosophy of success

12 Oct Graduate researchers, business to benefit from new guidelines

04 Oct Managing the move to AI

28 Sep Human capital key in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

22 Sep Employers face critical skills shortage

22 Sep Recruiters reveal top graduate learning outcomes

10 Aug Graduates lacking in ‘soft skills’

31 Oct Universities – butchers or turkeys?: HECG Highered Trendwatch

31 Oct The curious case of Australia’s missing industries: HECG Trendwatch

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