Workscope
[Issue 18, May 2005]

Taking The Initiative To Join Univative Illawarra (UI)

If you’re still kicking yourself for missing out on the HEWSO (Higher Education Workplace Skills Olympiad) that was held early this year, don’t worry because the Univative Illawarra (UI) is here. UI is a workplace skills competition organised by the Careers Service in conjunction with Illawarra organisations. It is modelled on the highly successful HEWSO and its main aim is to promote innovation in the region.

UI takes students from different disciplines and forms teams that work on a problem/issue set out by the host organisation. These teams will work together for a 3 weeks and present their recommendation for the solution to the host organisation. Each organisation will judge and choose the best solution to their problem and each winning team will then compete for the "Best Presentation", "Best Business Report" and "Most Creative Idea". UI is held every year during the mid-year recess and this year it is taking place between 20th June and 15th July.

Now “why would I give up my mid-year recess to take part in this?” you may ask. Though it means less time to sit around doing nothing, the benefits of participating are priceless. Here are some of the benefits you may miss out on if you do not participate:

• Increased employment prospects via the development of employability skills
• Networking opportunities with employers
• Networking opportunities with students from other disciplines
• New skills outside your academic discipline

This activity is open to any discipline, undergraduate, postgraduate, domestic or international students because we know that the more, the merrier. Every one is welcome to step up and sign up, though if necessary preference will be given to penultimate and final year students. All students are welcome to be involved. To sign up, email your resume and academic transcript to srejske@uow.edu.au by the 20th of May 2005. So don't forget to step up and sign up, it could be the missing piece of the puzzle in you resume.

Check out last year’s UI and the participants, http://www.uow.edu.au/careers/discover/UI/UI-Awards2004.html