Avenue to jobs for TAFE students

Data61’s Ribit gives NSW TAFE Digital students a shortcut to new economy jobs.

NSW Assistant Minister for Skills Adam Marshall said employers need to address emerging skill needs.

In today’s Higher Ed Daily Brief: new economy jobs,

TAFE students’ route to jobs

The CSIRO’s Data61 has signed up TAFE Digital, the large online education arm of TAFE NSW, to a partnership which will help its students find internships and jobs. TAFE Online students will be able to sign up to the Ribit.net job matching platform run by Data61 to be data matched to available positions in emerging areas such as big data analytics, cyber security, fintech, medtech and artificial intelligence.

Ribit.net, which uses data algorithms to find work experience and jobs which are offered by employers, is particularly equipped to find positions for student talent in cyber security, AI and machine learning, information networking, website development, database design, business and data analytics.

The initiative was officially launched on Thursday by NSW Assistant Skills Minister Adam Marshall. “This exciting partnership will see TAFE NSW leading the charge in skilling future generations for the jobs of tomorrow and giving our students the very best chance of gaining employment after they complete their training,” Mr Marshall said.

New deputy vice-chancellor for ACU

Zlatko Skrbis, Monash University’s senior pro vice chancellor (academic), will be the new deputy vice-chancellor, students learning and teaching, at the Australian Catholic University.

Professor Skrbis, a sociologist, is a researcher in migration, cosmopolitanism, social theory and youth studies, and principal chief investigator on the ARC Discovery Project, “Social Futures and Life Pathways of Young People in Queensland”. He starts his new role in November and takes over from Anne Cummins who is retiring after more than two decades of close association with ACU.

Gillard scholarship at Curtin

Curtin University has launched the Julia Gillard Women in Leadership Scholarship to support academically gifted women in their university education. The scholarship offers a cash stipend of $8000 per annum during a scholar’s period of study, and a one-off $6000 grant for international travel. Curtin vice-chancellor Deborah Terry said the scholarship was named after the former prime minister “in recognition of her ongoing commitment to education and her support of women to develop the skills required to become leaders in their field.”