prof attila brungs - uts
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UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F
RETHINKING TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES PROFESSOR ATTILA BRUNGS
VICE-CHANCELLOR, UTS
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DISCIPLINE TRENDS - RESEARCH
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1600 -1700s 1960s 1970-2000s 2020
Polymath
approach Narrow discipline
based approach
Co-creation
Community shaped
DRIVERS
Expectations
Problems
Jobs
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Technology
RISE OF THE SMART MACHINES
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http://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/images/whatwedo/IFTF_FutureWorkSkillsSummary.gif
Generation Entrepreneurship: 40 per cent of current UTS students and recent alumni have either
started their own business or are considering a startup or entrepreneurial career path
EMPLOYERS
1. Ability to work in a team structure
2. Ability to make decisions and solve problems
3. Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization
4. Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work
5. Ability to obtain and process information
6. Ability to analyze quantitative data
7. Technical knowledge related to the job
8. Proficiency with computer software programs
9. Ability to create and/or edit written reports
10. Ability to sell and influence others
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Forbes review
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TRANSDISCIPLINARITY
Characteristics of transdisciplinarity:
• Learning or research that take places in context of application
• Shared problems identified through joint practices
• External/industry engagement
• Integrating data, tools/techniques, concepts and/or theories from two or more disciplines
• Co-creation of knowledge
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I’ll have a hi res of that across
the whole slide – Tanja has
sent through info but no slide.
So I’ve included the graduate
attributes – next slide, can’t
read them all, but highlight the
top ones
UTS:
CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND
INNOVATION
BCII
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RESKILLING
http://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/analytics-and-data-science
Industry x Insight x Incubation x Ingenuity
• Intensive employer engagement
• Building student agency for complex,
messy data and organisations
• Graduates that can transform practice
Data Science
+
Innovation
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We learn so much from each other, because every student brings a different skill-set to
the table. I think the wide range of disciplines strengthens the course, because we
develop skills and interests in many areas, not just in the area of our core degree. BCII and Communications student
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QUESTIONS?
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