Learning Stream - University of Wollongong

Enhance your employability and develop transferable skills through Learning Streams.

The UOWx Learning Streams are created with industry insight and trends to help you be as employable as possible when you pitch your skills to a future employer. Each Learning Stream is designed to develop different skillsets, allowing you to specialise in an area of interest for your co-curricular journey.

All UOWx recognised activities are assigned to at least one Learning Stream. Some activities are related to multiple Learning Streams, allowing you to choose the Stream most relevant to you when applying for Learning Stream Awards.

Examples of skills you can develop with each Learning Stream are below.

Planning, implementation, and evaluation (project management)
Motivating and managing a team to achieve an outcome (and delegating activities)
Managing resources and budgets
Making critical decisions, and problem solving
Self-awareness, agility and adaptability
Communicating change and promoting healthy failures and learning
Building knowledge of leadership styles

Building mentoring and coaching skills
Facilitating learning and engaging experiences for others
Perceive, understand and manage emotions
Enhancing knowledge of wellbeing (mental, physical and spiritual)
Building capabilities in questioning, clarifying, understanding and summarising information
Engaging in opportunities to develop empathy, withhold judgement and practice mindfulness

Presentations and public speaking, solo and in groups
Active listening and reflection
Simplifying complex information through storytelling
Nonverbal and visual communication
Contextual communication - adapting to the environment, situation and audience
Effective written communication
Creating and maintaining relations
Understanding group and team dynamics
Measuring progress and success of yourself and teams

Improving the community through research, service and/or advocacy
Developing an understanding of social issues, biases and inequalities
Critical thinking and information literacy: testing information and checking that sources are credible, comprehensive, and objective.
Advocating for others
Community capacity building and organising / mobilising groups on particular issues.
Self-reflection and developing a sense of belonging within UOW or local community.

Ability to articulate the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Expanded understanding of international issues, politics, systems of government, world religions and social issues.
Understanding bias, prejudices, privilege and marginalisation.
Engagement in anti-racism training.
Awareness and ability to plan for multicultural interactions and events.
Ability to adapt when relating and working in multicultural contexts.

Honing ability to think in multiple ways including critically, analytically, conceptually, creatively, and strategically.
Solving complex problems independently and as a team (incorporating diverse perspectives)
Improving ability to be agile and adaptable
Engaging in opportunities that require imagination
Engaging in design thinking, prototyping and agile methodologies
Building understanding of industry trends
Practicing artistic endeavors

What can I achieve with a Learning Stream?

You can get recognised for your achievements towards a specific Learning Stream by applying for a Learning Stream Award, which will appear on your UOWx Record. This allows you to highlight that you have been a part of activities and workshops that have had tasks or learning opportunities focused on that specific stream. Applying for the Learning Stream Award is an opportunity to display your understanding of the skills learnt and good practice on how you can pitch your skills to future employers or answer selection criteria.

How do I apply for a Learning Stream Award?

Once you have met the criteria for a Learning Stream Award, you can apply using the UOWx Portal Learning Stream Awards Planner. We have created a UOWx Portal Guide that can take you through it and help you on this journey.

To apply you need:

2x Activities for that Learning Stream
1x Workshop for that Learning Stream
Complete a 200-word reflection on your experiences in that Learning Stream

Key date for final Learning Stream Award applications in 2024

To ensure your Learning Stream Awards are added to your UOWx Record, you must apply for your Learning Stream Awards by the following date:

Students graduating in Trimester 1 2024 - apply by 22 May
Students graduating in Autumn 2024 - apply by 5 July
Students graduating in Trimester 2 2024 - apply by 13 September
Students graduating in Spring and Trimester 3 2024 - apply by 29 November
Non-graduating students (continuing study in 2025) - ongoing applications until graduation semester

Are you still unsure where to go with your co-curricular journey?

Co-curricular activities help you to expand on the skills and knowledge you develop through your academic coursework. These experiences are vitally important for you to stand out as a graduate and allow you to develop personally and professionally in preparation for your life after university. To help you pick a Learning Stream that is relevant to you, we have supplied a Skills Self- Assessment Tool to find out how you score in each of the Streams.