Strengthening SA's ICT industry
By Adrian Dezen
UniSA’s
School of Computer and Information Science has launched an Industry
Affiliate Program that will strengthen relationships with the state’s
Information and Communications Technology industry.
SA’s ICT industry movers and shakers backed the collaborative venture wholeheartedly, including the chair of the ICT Council for South Australia, David Raffen, who said the program would help industry, government and the University to work closely together.
Among proposed initiatives is an IT House for students. The house would give students valuable exposure to a real-world IT environment. It would be a commercial shopfront where students could learn from industry professionals and gain valuable experience about business operations while developing networking and other relevant skills.
IT House would also give industry partners a chance to benefit from a try-before-you employ scheme where they could see students at work and assess their potential.
“The ICT Council has real-world projects which would give students experience in planning, developing and implementing projects and benefit the greater ICT industry,” Raffen said.
CIS Head of School Professor Andy Koronios, who was instrumental in establishing the program, is delighted with the industry response.
“There has been a constant stream of positive feedback on the program and lots of requests for more information on how individual organisations may participate,” Prof Koronios said.
The IAP is open to any organisation that uses or has an interest in ICT.
For further details, please visit www.cis.unisa.edu.au/iap