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== Facilitating University - Industry Collaboration ==

=== UTS CareerHub and Internships - Showcasing Innovation === <span style="~~text~~font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: ~~justify~~baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UTS ~~has a strong relationship with its~~ CareerHub helps to link graduating students to industry ~~sponsors~~through ongoing recruitment and an annual [https://studentshowcase.uts.edu.au/ <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">student showcase]across facilities and degrees. The ~~freshly introduced Bachelor~~ showcase seeks to highlight creative and innovative skill sets of ~~Technology~~ students at UTS for future industry engagements and often coming from the Design and Transdisciplinary Innovation ~~degree launched in 2017 was~~ disciplines at UTS. Workforce development is a ~~result~~ key priority of ~~high~~ industry ~~demand~~and UTS seeks to develop well-rounded, creative and critical thinkers that are ready for industry. ~~UTS~~ === Industry Research - Connecting Innovation === <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Embedded in UTS’ 2027 vision, the university is ~~constantly coupling up~~ seeking to research “exemplified by excellence, impact, engagement with ~~their~~ global partners , and innovative collaborations that transcend disciplinary and professional boundaries.” The research aims to ~~host innovation~~ have economic, cultural, and social impact through mult- and trans-disciplinary approaches leveraging and sustaining partnerships with business, government and ~~enter centered~~civil society.Connected research can occur in three ways:  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contract research for strategic research expertise Collaborative research partnerships  Consulting services through accessUTS<pstyle="text-align: justify;">Collaborative projects such as [https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/institute-sustainable-futures/news/innovative-future-sydney <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: ~~justify~~baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the Innovative Future of Sydney Trains Customer Servic<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e]are celebrated through the annual UTS Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence through Collaboration or Partnership Award. UTS has ~~its own~~ partnerships with small and medium enterprises, large multinational companies, local, state, federal and international government agencies, non-governmental organizations and charities. === Industry Shaping - University Societies  === <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UTS’s union ‘ACTIVATE’ facilities over 130 [https://activateuts.com.au/clubs <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student Societies]<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from all faculties of the university. Many societies focus onconnecting students to Industry by running events, hackathons, panels, networking evenings and site tours. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These student led events, facilitated and sponsored by the university provide an alternate method to build Industry contacts to further pursue their career. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-~~campus start~~space: pre-~~up incubator~~wrap;">The following societies are highly involved with Industry: Australian Wall Street (AWS) BCII Connect Biomedical Engineering Society Business Society Cyber Security Society Economics Society Enactus Engineering Society FinTech Society HIVE Society Journalism Society KYHO Networking Motorsports Society Professional Aeronautics and Astronautics Society  Programmers Society Society of Communication Student Success Initiative  Tech Society UTS Connect society Women in Business=== Industry Shaping - Design Studios  === <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The university aims to encourage a ~~founding partnership with Sydney School~~ number of students to be exposed to a number of ~~Entrepreneurship~~projects that are generally implemented in an industry setting. In particular, ~~through which individuals~~ the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT) incorporate mandatory subjects in their course that encourages students to participate in team projects. This is where they have the opportunity to ~~get~~ utilise the theoretical skills they have learned in ~~touch~~ their technical subjects and ~~communicate with other like minded individuals as well as kickstart their startup ambitions~~apply it to real-world projects. ~~UTS also effectively collaborates with industry partnership~~  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following subjects below provide some examples of FEIT offers to ~~contribute~~ its students that enables students to ~~the wider growth~~ work collaboratively in a team:  <span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/41093.html Software Engineering Studio 1A] <span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/48600.html <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mechanical Design 1] <span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/48240.html Design and Innovation Fundamentals ] [http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/48230.html <span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engineering Communications ] <span style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I[http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/details/26100.html <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ntegrating Business Perspective ] [http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/41162.html <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fundamentals of of ~~its~~ Biomedical Engineering Studio A]=== Industry Shaping - Hackathons and Case Study Sprints === <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UTS is very proactive in organising design sprints for students. ~~This year UTS has introduced an internship program with its partners EnergyLab~~These design based innovation events are  mentored by industry professionals, ~~Fishburners~~ sponsored by corporate companies and ~~Microsoft to~~ offer 20 cash and investment prizes for students ~~internships~~ to develop their ‘end product or system’ designed during the hackathon.  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These hackathons not only stimulate innovation in the ~~startup sector~~students, ~~to essentially give these proactive individuals an insight into the startup environment~~ it develops and ~~help them form those entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets~~ grows innovation in ~~a more practical setting whilst also incentivise them by contributing their achievements as credit points towards their university degree~~the Industries that the hackathon is partnered with.  ~~Alongside~~ <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following are a list of select Industry based Hackathons run at UTS in the last 2 months that cross university ~~also offers Scholarships sponsored by its partnerships namely~~ disciplines. [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-law/events/breakinglaw-hackathon <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(~~Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia~~ 17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">KWM #breakinglaw Hackathon ] [https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/entrepreneurship/news/startup-kickstarter-wins-govhack <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(~~MTIA~~17, 85, 204) ~~specifically tailored around~~ ; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gov Hack] [https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/entrepreneurship /news/budding-founders-take-uts-womens-startup <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Startup Weekend] [https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/current-students-information-uts-business-school/prizes-awards-and ~~innovation~~ -competitions-7 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(~~John Heine Memorial Foundation Scholarship in Entrepreneurial Engineering~~17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IBISWorld 3P Innovation Competition </pspan>]~~This university also has a reputation~~ === Industry Shaping - Influencing Innovation === A final source of UTS’ culture of innovation for ~~being an extremely practical~~ industry collaboration comes from the 2SER radio and podcasts. The university, 's radio hosts podcasts focusing on futures thinking across sectors, social justice, history and ~~encouraging industry placements~~culture.  [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/think-business-futures Think: Business Futures podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/think-digital-futures Think: Digital Futures podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/think-health Think: Health podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/think-sustainability Think: Sustainability podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/equal-futures-stories-of-women-in-stemm-at-uts Equal Futures podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/after-metoo-stories-of-social-change After #MeToo podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/history-lab History Lab podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/glamcity <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, ~~internships and practical experience throughout courses~~204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GLAMcity podcast] [https://player.whooshkaa. ~~This focus has enabled university students to better understand~~ com/shows/the ~~job market and get real life experience throughout their degree~~-middle-1 The Middle podcast]- Australia China Relations [https://soundcloud.com/acripodcast ACRI podcast</pspan>]- Australia-China Relations Institute

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