Workscope
[Issue 16, October 2004]

The Graduate Attributes Challenge:
And the Winners are……

Congratulations to all the winners of the Graduate Attributes Challenge which culminated on Friday 10th September with great presentations from all the participating teams.

The Graduate Attributes Challenge (GAC) was a program designed, to enable students to discover the connection between the UOW graduate attributes and their employability skills through direct communication with employers.

And the awards went to:

• Best Poster Display: Commerce - Marketing team
• Best Presentation: Informatics - Electrical Engineering team
• Best Written Report: Informatics - Electrical Engineering team

All students who participated in the challenge said they had gained:

• valuable information about employer expectations of graduates;
• knowledge on how to increase their own employability skills;
• confidence in knowing what skills and knowledge they have to offer employers;
• confidence in dealing with employers; and
• awareness of the importance and relevance of the UOW Graduate Attributes.

More details and the presentations and reports are available from here.