Solve real business challenges. Create real business solutions. Develop employability skills and knowledge.
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Solve real business challenges. Create real business solutions. Develop employability skills and knowledge.
UOW is looking for bright and enthusiastic students (A.K.A. Univators) to come together and combine brain power, to solve real business challenges, for real organisations.
Applications for Univative Summer 2021/22 have now closed. Stay tuned for Univative Winter 2022.
Univative is a unique inter-disciplinary, inter-cultural student consultancy program designed for you to exercise your skills to devise innovative solutions to genuine business and community challenges.
The program provides a unique opportunity for you to compete with other UOW students to gain employability skills in a range of different environments. You will experience what it's like to engage with real organisations and actual business problems!
While working in a team with other UOW students, you will solve a business problem or issue and compete with other UOW student teams to generate the best solution. Each team is made up of students from mixed disciplines and backgrounds, allowing you to demonstrate your unique skill set, and build on your employability skills. Team members have the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge and experience about an organisation or business.
The program's main focus is on your professional learning and development, so that you can develop 2022 employability skills and knowledge such as:
Over the course of four weeks during Summer 2021/21 (24 January - 25 February), you will:
Eligible students will meet the following selection criteria:
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Each team will be partnered with a project host (employer) and will compete against at least two other student teams from UOW.
Previous project hosts include:
Each project host will select a winning team to be announced at the Awards Ceremony. All Univators will receive a Certificate of Participation and can opt in to receive UOWx recognition.
Ultimately, your Univative experience will enhance the quality of your future job applications and will give you the opportunity to connect with prospective employers, thus building upon your career network.
Univative Summer 2021/22 will be conducted remotely.
Below are the key activity and dates for the program.
Activity | Date |
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Applications open | 15 November 2021 |
Applications close | 8 December 2021 |
Program start: orientation and team training | 24 January 2022 |
Leadership training | 26-29 January 2022 |
Project launch and networking with organisations | 31 January 2022 |
Team/project briefing by host organisation | 1 February 2022 |
Mid-point training | 14 February 2022 |
Student check-in with host organisation | 17-18 February 2022 |
Presentation rehearsals | 21-22 February 2022 |
Final business reports due | 23 February 2022 |
Program ends: final presentation/awards ceremony/networking reception | 25 February 2022 |
Learn more about the Univative program, what’s involved, how to apply and the experiences of previous participants by attending an online information session.
The Univative information session has now passed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via email.
"I enjoyed the program and its challenges; it was good to be involved in a multidisciplinary team with people from different backgrounds. I also enjoyed having to learn about a new industry and present a report in a compressed time frame."
"It made me realise that I can do a lot more than I thought and my skills are quite broad...the experience clarified and helped me put into words some of my skills."
"As a research student, my future career plan was to get a research position at university or institute. And now I am confident to work in an industry or company, or even start my business."
If you have any questions about Univative, please contact the Univative team.