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VIRTUALISATION ACS wants more on-the-job learning for ICT grads
VIRTUALISATION ACS wants more on-the-job learning for ICT grads | ACS wants more on-the-job learning for ICT grads |
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| by Peter Dinham | |
| Tuesday, 08 September 2009 | |
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The foundation chairman, John Debrincat, says that more than 700 recent ICT graduates from 21 Australian universities responded to the survey which was funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council and led by a team from the University of Wollongong. According to Debrincat, while there was satisfaction with the quality of technical preparation, there was a resounding call by employers and the graduates themselves for improved work-integrated learning, and when asked how well they thought their university had prepared them for employment in the industry, 70% of students wanted more workplace learning to be included in their courses. Welcoming the report, the President of the Australian Council of Deans of ICT, Peter Cole, said there was no better way of learning the requirements of the workplace than “actually being there and doing it," and, he added, many universities will have to make considerable changes to meet the needs requested by the graduates, and that his council was “taking serious action in this regard.” Debrincat said that the findings support the activities of the ACS Foundation which promotes the concept of mandatory work-integrated learning for all ICT students and, he said that “an important message that needs to be sent to current students is the value that prospective employers attribute to relevant work experience. CONTINUED page 2 |
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