Pilot ReportJuly 2021

Study Australia Industry Experience Programs

Study Australia Partners

In July 2021, 219 students from 10 universities in four Australian states were formed into 36 teams and matched with 26 Australian and Indian organisations.

Program willingness to recommend:

● Students: 91%● Clients: 87%

88% of students felt this was an effective program to develop their global employability skills

91% of project final report submissions by student teams were ranked High or Outstanding in quality

82% of clients enhanced their business insights and decision making capability

#SAIEP pilot overview

The data from this report is collected from 93% students and 58% clients who completed the program and filled out the End of Program survey on the Practera platform.

Client feedback: ‘The team are to be commended on this excellent final report. The team have incorporated everything we discussed following review of the interim report. The team asked insightful questions indicating to me they were taking the project seriously and were listening. They worked through to the end without further input from me and I am impressed. The market sizing work was excellent and new information for me. The company will soon launch a new website and I can confirm we will be implementing the recommendations from this report including the pricing recommendations which were well researched.’ - Margaret Faux, Founder & CEO, Synapse Medical

Practera is proud to partner with the Study Australia Partners on the inaugural Study Australia Industry Experience Programs (SAIEP) pilot. This report provides an overview of the key results and outcomes of the July pilot project phase.

Summary

The July pilot phase was a 2-week virtual Study Australia program that brought together students from 10 institutions across 4 states and territories into multi-disciplinary teams to work on real industry projects with Australian and Indian businesses (project clients).

The following institutions participated, in order of greatest level of student involvement:

1. University of Melbourne (40)2. Monash University (37)3. University of Wollongong (32)4. La Trobe University (30)5. University of Western Australia (23)6. University of Adelaide (21)7. Victoria University (12)8. Kaplan Business School (4)9. Edith Cowan University (3)10. Curtin University (1)

Thank you!

Student Outcomes

88% Program completion rate:Program completion rate refers to the percentage of students who completed the program since they attended our orientation session.

● 100% of teams completed the program● 193 students successfully completed the program● 42 withdrew / were absent before Orientation ● 26 withdrew after starting project work

Orientation & client briefing

* Please contact us for further details on who, when and why students dropped out.

Student journey

Facilitators: Hayley Bolding and Zoe de Reus, PracteraTwo virtual orientation sessions were held to provide students with a program overview, key dates, understanding the student consultant/client relationship, self-reflect and ask any final questions. Melissa Banks from Australian Trade and Investment Commission, welcomed students in one of these sessions. Commission. Team meeting and client briefing sessions were facilitate where student teams met their clients to clarify their project briefs and build connections with their clients.

Evaluation and reflection

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Deliverable submission

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91% Willingness to recommendQ1: How likely are you to recommend participation in this program to a peer? (10-point scale)

4.4/5Improved global skillsQ2: Have you improved your employability skills?

4.3/5Increased social and

professional networksQ3: Have you increased your

social and professional

networks?

*The survey questions are based on the Global Skills Framework that is embedded into the program.

Student feedback

93% of students completed feedback survey; Q2-Q6 refer to percentage of students who chose 4 (agree) or 5 (strongly agree) at a 5-point scale

4.3/5Acknowledge the high quality, timely and constructive feedbackQ5: I agree the feedback from the client/ Programs Team was of high quality, timely and constructive.

4.4/5Acknowledge the high quality client brief and support documentsQ4: I agree The client brief and support documents were high quality.

4.7/5

Will reference this experience for future opportunitiesQ6: I am likely to use this experience as evidence of my skills in my applications for future opportunities.

Student feedback

Self and Peer Reflection

Beside asking students on what were the main skills they have developed throughout the program, they also provided 360 degree feedback to their peers’ global skills.

Upon program completion, they all received a Team 360 Report (see screenshot).

Practera Six Global Skills

Service Oriented (Video)

Problem Solver (Video)

Collaborative (Video)

Innovator (Video)

Culturally Conscious (Video)

Leader (Video)

Team 360 Report

Team 360 feedback

Students completed an initial self assessment of their employability skills and also identified which skill will be their main area for growth and development over the course of the program. At the end of the program, students reflected on the development of their chosen skill.

Student skills development

Students’ selection of which Global Skill they would like to focus on during the program:

At the start of the program, students selected a specific Global Skill that they would like to focus on developing during the program (as above). At the end of the program, they rated how successful they were in developing that skill using a scale from 1-5 (1 = not successful; 5 = very successful):

Students’ Global Skills self-reflection at the end of the program:

Students’ Global Skills self-reflection at the beginning of the program:

(refer to scale on previous page)

Student skills development

‘My experience was wonderful, I gained so much, especially the new skills of working on platforms like Canva to develop a market analysis report for what was a real-world client. The insights I have received have greatly benefitted my understanding and further motivation. I am so glad I decided to register for this program, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!’ -Ananya R., University of Western Australia

‘This virtual internship helps students to improve their skills in many ways. On a small scale, it provides an idea of working with a client from the industry.’ - Francis S., Edith Cowan University

‘This program really boosted my self confidence as I have been able to identify my strengths and weaknesses. I now know on which soft skill I need to concentrate more. Also, since I am offshore, this Practera project has been an amazing opportunity for me to create social contacts with students who are already in Australia.’ - Yamini V., Kaplan Business School

“It helps in working in a diversified culture which is an important skill to develop and thrive in a professional environment. It helps in having different perspectives on a single problem, which is helpful in analyzing the best solution and implement it.”

- Anantapuram Spandana, Masters of Business Analytics, La Trobe University

Student testimonials

‘Though our team had setbacks, we were able to gain some valuable insight into different industries that universities may or may not present or use as an example in tests, tutorials, and case studies. It also betters the individual's communication skills and problem-solving skills as well as independence to seek out help or solutions to their problems.’ - Zia Z., Monash University

‘I would recommend participating in this program for two main reasons. Firstly, it is because I learned so much over the two weeks about the Sustainability and Non-Financial Reporting software industry and has provided me with a field I would potentially like to work in.Secondly, I got to develop a number of skills including my research, teamwork, communication, as well as presentation skills.’ - Ishani A., University of Melbourne

‘This participation made me realise the difference between real work and school studies. I met people from other fields through networking. The most important thing is that working online is not as stressful as working on site.’ - Chong R., Curtin University

‘The platform and student engagement, encouragement, and client briefing were extremely well organized.’ - Krushi M., La Trobe University

Student testimonials, conti.

‘It was very nice to work for a start up with other international students. Being offshore, it was great to have this exposure online.’ - Girish S., University of Western Australia

‘This internship provides good opportunity for me to learn, apply knowledge to real-world cases, get hands on experience, and expand professional networks.’ - Huan Z., University of Adelaide

‘I am very much happy to be part of this . It helped me to get a self assessment about my skills. This will help everyone to understand what their skills are and how they work with others.’ - Rony C., University of Wollongong

‘It is a great program that challenges yourself to get out of your comfort zone and group with people from all around the world to create a unique piece of work as a win-win opportunity because it will provide fantastic ideas for companies and also it is a learning and skills development opportunity for students.’ - Ingrid J., Victoria University

‘I feel this experience has helped me really understand and identify what I want to do with my future, it also helped me create a career plan. I now have some experience in regards to teamwork and working with a real company. I understand now that a lot of work goes into making report and working with a company.’ - Mwansa K., Monash University

Student testimonials, conti.

SAIEP students shared their reflections and program

success stories on LinkedIn using #SAIEP.

LinkedIn impressions

Client Outcomes

4.1/5Increased business decision making or capabilityQ2: I agree this project improve your business decision making or capability

4.4/5Empower students’ employability and social connectionsQ3: I agree it was an effective program to develop the global skills of participants.

87% Willingness to recommendQ1: How likely are you to recommend participation in this program to a peer? (10-point scale)

Client Feedback

58% of clients completed feedback survey; Q2-Q3 refer to the average number of a 5-point scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree)

Company: Synapse Medical Industry Sector: MedTech Research focus: India (B2B)

Synapse Medical, an Australian medtech company has a vision to create smart digital administration solutions for the GP sector globally. They requested students to provide a general market overview and product pricing analysis for the Indian market.

Client feedback: ‘The team are to be commended on this excellent final report. The team have incorporated everything we discussed following review of the interim report. The team asked insightful questions indicating to me they were taking the project seriously and were listening. They worked through to the end without further input from me and I am impressed. The market sizing work was excellent and new information for me. The company will soon launch a new website and I can confirm we will be implementing the recommendations from this report including the pricing recommendations which were well researched.’ - Margaret Faux, Founder & CEO, Synapse Medical

Project case studies

Company: The Paw Grocer Industry Sector: FMCG Research focus: KoreaThe Paw Grocer company’s vision is to change the future of pet nutrition using 100% Australian human grade & sustainable produce. They requested their student consulting team to provide a general market scan, identify potential competitors in Korea, outline any legal and regulatory barriers and considerations, identify interesting new technologies, startups and innovations relevant to the industry in the suggested market plus to identify relevant government support for exporters and trade sectors relevant to their business.

Client feedback: ‘[My team] were engaging and professional. The report they have submitted will be referred to as part of our export strategy. I wish all students well with their future endeavours, I have no doubt that they will be highly successful in their chosen fields’ - Jenny Richards, CEO & Founder, The Paw Grocer

Project case studies

Company: InfoSys (India)Industry Sector: Digital services Research focus: Australia

Infosys Limited is one of the world’s leading multinational information technology companies headquartered in Banglaore, India. Infosys provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. Infosys’s Marketing team in India asked the student team to undertake research into Australian Corporate-Academic engagement:

Client feedback: ‘The program seems very well organised and easy to navigate through. The brief was totally understood and the report was beautifully done with all feedback incorporated. We received some unique insights for the task we had given [which meant] we had a very good time with the participants and got very mature work presented by them’ - Toai Chowdhury, Marketing Manager, Infosys

Project case studies

Company: Certified By Pty LtdIndustry Sector: Technical Provider Research focus: USA Professional services firms

This company had a vision to reduce the complexity of digital and regulatory transformation for SMEs, startups and not-for-profits. They requested students to provide a general market scan, help to identify, qualify & leverage government & public interest in digital & regulatory transformation.

Client feedback: ‘I thoroughly enjoyed working with these students. They demonstrated enthusiasm & initiative, and I'm more than satisfied with the result.’ Adam Wood, Founder & CEO, Certified By

Project case studies

Company: Teknomika Pty LtdIndustry Sector: Electricity Services Research focus: MexicoThis client was looking for their team to do international market research on Mexico because the country is likely to embark on a major redevelopment of its electricity infrastructure and market. They requested for students to provide a general overview of market attractiveness such as wholesale & retail electricity market structure : who generates, distributes and sell electricity, identify top competitors in the market related to energy sales and energy efficiency services, legal and regulatory barriers and considerations with a focus on the energy market, electronic payments and electricity metering.

Client feedback: ‘The final report provides exactly what we hoped for, we can use the information to define which product to offer to specific participants in the Mexican market. It also shows where we would not be successful which is just as valuable to know before entering a new market. I am 100% satisfied with the report, the process worked well and the team interactions were excellent, they clearly developed a communication process that accommodated all the challenges of remote working under time constraints.’ Urbain du Plessis, Chief Technology Officer, Teknomika

Project case studies

Client Market research focus

affirmative.ai Pty Ltd UK

Australia Asia Technology Incubator India

Biomonia Pty Ltd Australia

Certified By Pty Ltd Africa and USA

CK Solutions Australia and China

Edmund Barton College India

Emerging Payments Association Asia South East Asia

enteruptors India

FlyFreely India

Formula Advisory Network Pvt Ltd India

Humense India

Infonity Australia

Infosys

SAIEP project clients

Client Market research focus

Innovation Global Pty Ltd Australia and India

ITC Ltd Australia

Jaspa Herington Pty Ltd Korea

Krimson Asia South East Asia

Kurikku Japan USA

Make It Happen Services LLP India and Singapore

Matchbox Exchange Pty Ltd USA

Practera India

Sportandi China

Synapse Medical India

Tekomika Pty Ltd Mexico

The Paw Grocer Korea

Wandering Moon The Label Australia

SAIEP project clients, conti..

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SAIEP cohort.

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