Diploma in Innovation Open Day 2017

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Diploma in Innovation [what is it?] • Experientially learn innovation & entrepreneurship in the worlds 1st Transdisciplinary Innovation faculty • 6 subjects over three years -

Does NOT add time to your core degree (W&S only)

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Flexible: Early/late enrolment, multiple streams

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Equally CI and Entrepreneurship

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Hyperconnected: [Electives  ] Diploma [  BCII]

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Diploma in Innovation [who teaches it?] • Award-winning educators • Pedagogical thought leadership in books, chapters, articles, news, public talks

• Industry experience and connections

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Diploma in Innovation [who is this for?] • Start-ups & Becoming an entrepreneur • SMEs: Working for entrepreneurs • Large organisations: • Corporate innovation • Hubs, Accelerators, Labs, .. • Anyone with entrepreneurs as clients

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Diploma in Innovation [what will I get?] Education

Aims

• High level conceptual thinking

Innovative, creative and

• Problem solving practices

entrepreneurial outcomes

Through • Industry experiences • Real-world projects • Self-initiated proposals • Collaborating with peers from all disciplines

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Diploma in Innovation [why?] • Simple problems are ancient history -

What got us here, won’t get us there

• Wicked problems -

Smart cities, food security, climate change, …

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‘Wickedly’ difficult because they are an inherent part of the society that seeks to resolve them

• Solving wicked problems goes beyond the reach of isolated disciplines  Transdisciplinary!

Diploma in Innovation [why?] • Uncertain career paths? • Become comfortable with uncertainty!

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Diploma in Innovation [why?] • Uncertain career paths? • Become comfortable with uncertainty!

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Diploma in Innovation [why?] • Uncertain career paths? • Become comfortable with uncertainty!

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Diploma in Innovation [why?] • Uncertain career paths? • Become comfortable with uncertainty!

• Core degree is still critical .. • Diploma opens more options

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http://www.iftf.org/futureworkskills/

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Drivers of change

http://www.iftf.org/futureworkskills/

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Skills needed

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http://www.fya.org.au/report/the-new-basics/

(2016)

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http://reports.weforum.org/future-of-jobs-2016/

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Diploma in Innovation [GAs and CILOs] Graduate Attribute

Example Course Intended Learning Outcome

1. Complex systems thinking

1.1 Identify and represent the components and processes within complex systems and organise them within relational frameworks

2. Creating value in problem solving and inquiry

2.2 Research and analyse problem situations or contexts from multiple disciplinary or personal perspectives to develop a deep understanding of the needs, interests and values of multiple stakeholders

3. Inter- and transdisciplinary practices

3.1 Communicate, explore, network and negotiate in ways that extend representation of disciplinary ideas or perspectives

4. Imaginative and ethical citizenship

4.2 Design and develop ideas, strategies and practices for betterment that engage with and respond respectfully, generatively and analytically to different ways of knowing across community and cultural contexts

5. Entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial skills

5.3 Identify required capabilities for realising an idea and create a venture team to achieve the aspirations of a particular innovation

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Diploma in Innovation [3yrs, flexible, CI+Entrep] Collaborate across cohorts within Diploma in Innovation

Collaborate with: • Students taking 1-2 subjects as free electives • Business students taking 3 subjects towards sub-major Want more CI? • Transfer to BCII after 2 subjects, stretch to 4 years* * Strings attached

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Applying

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How to apply (1) • The Diploma has a DIRECT APPLICATION PROCESS – not through UAC

• You must also apply for your core UTS degree through UAC • Entry to the Diploma is competitive (limited places) • Flexible commitment - Enrol now: If you leave early, leverage Diploma subjects as your electives

- Commit now: Finish simultaneously to Bachelors - Double down on CI: Do well in the Diploma, transfer to BCII *

• Flexible start (Ideally at start of degree, later in first year still possible) • Note: you cannot simultaneously be enrolled in Diploma and: - Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation combined courses (BCII)* - Bachelor of Technology and Innovation (BTi) *Diploma  BCII possible if: • Have completed 2 subjects in the Diploma • Enrolled in one of 25 eligible core degrees for BCII • Scored a weighted average mark of 75 or higher across those two Diploma subjects • Scored a weighted average mark of 65 or higher across any subjects completed in their home discipline

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How to apply (2) • Collect a direct application form today • Return it today to our booth, or in person later at a UTS Student Centre -

Broadway, UTS Building 10

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Haymarket, UTS Building 5

• Diploma offers won’t be made until after UAC Main Round, but apply now • Can also download the application form from the web: https://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/find-a-course/diploma-innovation#howto-apply

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Meet a Diploma student • Joel Meredith • Why did you choose the Diploma of Innovation? • What have you found most interesting in your course so far?

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Other paths Transdiscplinary courses

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UTS Transdisciplinary Courses Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) •

Combined degree – can only be undertaken with a core undergraduate UTS degree. Usually adds one extra year of study

Bachelor of Technology and Innovation (BTI) •

Standalone 3-year degree, with a stronger technology emphasis

Diploma in Innovation • •

Combined accelerated program – In parallel with (almost) any UTS undergraduate degree. Zero years added No double counting – Students enrolled in the BCII, the BTI, or the (UTS:Business) Digital Creative Enterprise major are ineligible for simultaneous admission with the Diploma of Innovation.

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Learn more: www.uts.edu.au/future-students/find-a-course/courses/c20060

Email: [email protected]

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