Workscope
[Issue 16, October 2004]

HEWSO:
The Higher Education Workplace Skills Olympiad

This summer, you have an exciting opportunity to gain valuable workplace skills and experience by participating in the summer HEWSO program. For the fifth year running students will be able to participate in this prestigious event through the support and organisation of the UOW Careers Service.

So how does it work?

From 24 January to 18 February 2005 students will form teams to solve a business issue or problem set by the University’s host employer. In previous years, employers have included Nortel, Centrelink, the Illawarra Credit Union and BlueScope Steel. The host employer then selects the strongest UOW team to go forward to the national finals to compete against the other universities involved. Last year, a UOW team finished second overall in the National Finals!

HEWSO is open to all students, undergraduate, postgraduate, domestic and international, from all faculties however preference is given to final and penultimate year students when selecting the 40 UOW competitors.

To register your interest or find out more,

1. contact Sue Rejske srejske@uow.edu.au
2. checkout our website
3. or come in and see us at Careers Service Building 11