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2024 UNSW CASE STUDY

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Delivery
  • 4099 Learners engaged
  • 472 Partners sourced by Practera
  • 121 Professional Industry mentors recruited
  • 103 Different programs curated and run by Practera
  • Mix of 2 week, 3 week, and 4 week programs
RESULTS
  • 87% Will Reference the experience for future employment opportunities
  • 83% Increase in student social & professional networks
  • 86% Increase in student global employability skills
  • 84% Student Willingness to recommend
    • 85% Client Willingness to recommend
 
Since March 2016, Practera has partnered with the University of New South Wales to deliver student-industry project and in-curriculum experiences for 4099 students from all across disciplines in the institution with >472 industry partners, 121 professional mentors through 103 different programs.
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Objectives

Team UNSW had identified that though they had a large cohort of students with excellent academic achievements they had a low level of industry experience to be successful in the real world. The team at UNSW was keen to bridge this gap with authentic  industry experiences for their students the important thing was they wanted the ability to scale this program at a relatively low cost and for the programs to be multidisciplinary.

Team UNSW had identified that they had a large gap to fill with students excelling in class  academic achievements  but had a low level of industry experience to be successful in the real world . The team at UNSW was keen to bridge this gap with authentic  industry experiences for their students the important thing was they wanted the ability to scale this program at a relatively low cost and for the programs, to be multidisciplinary and flexible to work in various requirements   

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Solution

The UNSW team engaged practera to deliver Authentic industry experiences. Using a highly scalable and virtual project model, teams of multidisciplinary students worked on a real business challenge and received authentic feedback from their industry client. All the cohorts involved in the Practera program since 2016 have had fantastic results so far 

RESULTS (2-WEEK PROGRAM)

85%

Student willingness to recommend

86%

Client's willingness to recommend

87%

Completion Rate

85%

Increase in students global employability skills

88%

Will reference the experience for future employment opportunities

83%

increase in student's social &
professional networks

350

Number of Industry Clients

2114

Total Number of Students

HOW IT WORKS

Two-week virtual work integrated learning program aimed at supporting an Australian business, government or community organisation. Students are formed into teams with a client and work on a business challenge, supported by Practera project learning app, content and program managers. Key program themes included international business, business growth, digital marketing, social media strategy and sustainability.

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RESULTS (3-WEEK PROGRAM)

84%

Student willingness to recommend

87%

Client's willingness to recommend

88%

Completion Rate

91%

Increase in students global employability skills

89%

Will reference the experience for future employment opportunities

84%

increase in student's social &
professional networks

122

Number of Industry Clients

670

Total Number of Students

HOW IT WORKS

Three -week virtual work integrated learning program aimed at supporting an Australian business, government or community organisation. Students are formed into teams with a client and work on a business challenge, supported by Practera project learning app, content and program managers.

UNSW CaseStudy Overview 3WEEK-01

Participant Analysis

ACROSS 2019-20 PROGRAMS, 57% OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WERE DOMESTICAND 65% POSTGRADUATE
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ACROSS 2019-20 PROGRAMS, 57% OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WERE DOMESTICAND 65% POSTGRADUATE
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Student Skills Development

SKILLS DEVELOPED/IMPROVED ON DURING THIS EXPERIENCE

Student Testimonials

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Qiuchen Guo UNSW Master of Commerce

“I really enjoyed the process of cooperating with my team and was excited about the final result since it’s a real business world case - you communicate with the real customer and receive real feedback. We felt our work had real value”.

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Hashim Aslam UNSW Master of Commerce Pakistan

“The program provided me with the learning material, structure and context required to deliver a high-quality project to the client. I
would recommend this program to anyone to get hands-on consultingexperience in a small amount of time.”

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Angela Chelvan Master of Business and Economics

“This helped me to manage time and increase the ability of problem-solving, also meet the real client and can get the feedback”

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Yiteng Yang Bachelor of Business and Economics

“This activity provide us professional material to learn to work in real world and provide us a chance to practice, I highly rank this project.”

Client Testimonials

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Ian Bosler CEO Intertype

“You've pulled together an amazing report. The
Intertype Team looks forward to working with your findings and insights as we create another industry-disrupting product that will take on the US market, positioning us as a truly global player in the self-publishing marketplace.”

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Karen Brittain Exxecutive Officer 100 Women

“Congratulations team on a very professional report. I will definitely be sharing this with the Board and we particularly appreciate the ideas for campaigns which was added into the final report - you listened to my brief and provided your research and suggestions in a very easy to digest format. My only feedback would have been to incorporate a few visual examples when offering social media suggestions (as so much of social media is based on graphic design tools and techniques). Well done!!”

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Mario Bojilov Director MBS Academy

"I want to congratulate the whole team on the excellent report they provided to the company! The report is detailed and provides much information on increasing our social impact… The report provides an overview of the market in Malaysia… The information is easy to understand, and the report is well-organized. Overall, the report is impressive and provides valuable information on increasing our social impact in Malaysia through DigiKids, while achieving our commercial objectives. Well done, everyone!"

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Alison Leader Communications Manager,+ South Eastern Community Connect (SECC)

“This is an outstanding report which gives our team actionable insights which can be immediately incorporated into our organisation. We are delighted by the standard and quality of this report, which offers us brilliant, innovative ideas for recruitment, based on the current
landscape and job market. This report is relevant, timely, thorough and incredibly useful. Thank you team for a superb result. All the best with your future careers. You will do great!”