Delivering Tomorrow’s Workforce How can we ensure that we keep abreast with the needs of an ever-changing labour market? Professor Richard Miles, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, The University of Sydney

Delivering Tomorrow’s Workforce How can we ensure that we keep abreast with the needs of an ever-changing labour market? Professor Richard Miles Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education, Enterprise & Engagement) University of Sydney

Fourth Industrial Revolution Page 2

AI, Automation and Jobs Page 3

Globalisation and Automation Longitudinal data indicates that globalisation and automation are significantly changing the employment landscape Cross-sectional data indicates non-routine cognitive work is least at risk of automation. Page 4

Declining Job Security There has been a decline in job security since 2004; There is a significant impact from trade exposure and from automation on overall perceptions of job security; Note the blue bars which represent ‘within-characteristic effects’ Characteristics include: trade exposure, industry sector, automation risk, occupancy type (routine/non-routine etc). Page 5

Skills and Employment Growth is in non- routine, cognitive work (e.g. creativity, non- routine problem solving) associated with increased productivity and output: Trends in overall jobs indicates a change to the composition of work: Page 6

Skills and Remuneration There is a wage premium for jobs needing above average analytical and cognitive skills Growth in routine, manual work has been from construction and mining sectors (manufacturing and agriculture has fallen) Page 7

Top Ten Job Skills Page 8

Intelligence Sets Page 9

So how should Higher Education meet these Challenges? What’s important then? Technical depth Transferable (broader) skills Offer opportunities for students to further develop: Social intelligence Creativity Problem solving Inventiveness Influence Critical thinking Agility Resilience Page 10

Design Thinking Page 11

Preparing for the Future of Work at the University of Sydney Purpose: The University of Sydney is transforming the student experience as part of our 2016-2020 strategic plan. Our focus is on global experiences, inter-disciplinary learning, and real-world projects. We are working with community and industry partners to address complex problems in a real-world context. Aim: To develop partnerships which: Provide experiential learning opportunities, Develop students’ graduate attributes such as inventiveness and critical thinking; Support work-readiness, agility and a passion for life-long learning; Expose students to workplace transformations such as automation. Page 12

Industry and Community Project Units (ICPUs) Key Features: A single interdisciplinary project unit (6cp); A single unit of study outline with standard outcomes and assessment design; and Common architecture which is scalable and supports co-design.. Students will: Satisfy both interdisciplinary and project-work components of the new undergraduate curriculum; Engage with leading industry and community organisations in domestic and global environments; Challenge conventional ways of thinking by working at disciplinary intersections; Develop their broader skills set out in the graduate qualities; and Collaborate to address unfamiliar problems and navigate context complexity. Page 13

2019 Project Partners Page 14

Semester Length Projects Partner organisations provide real-world opportunities and/or problems which are relevant to their business for students to address. Projects are usually broad in scope but should be sufficiently specific for interdisciplinary student groups to be able to address over a four-week intensive period. Examples: Page 15

Intensive Global ICPU A project established in collaboration with a community or industry partner is developed into an academically rigorous senior level unit of study (3000 level and 4000 level). Interdisciplinary groups of five students work on the opportunity or problem under the supervision of the academic lead and with support and guidance from the industry and community partner. During these sessions, the Project Supervisor (academic) provide guidance, feedback and advice in an interactive seminar setting. The unit run intensively during the winter and summer vacations over a 4 week period. Page 16

Pilot ICPU Global Projects Hong Kong – PwC (Dec 2018) Based in the PwC Global Experience Centre which is an innovation-focused section of the business. Students will examine: How can PwC engage with the start-up and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Hong Kong and China?; and What is the impact of emerging technologies for PwC? United Kingdom– Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Feb 2019) Co-taught by the University of Sydney and the University of Cambridge. Four week academic intensive unit for high-achieving students. Students will undertake a project with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s new Innovation Centre in Cambridge, UK. India – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (Feb 2020) Students will be working on developing novel approaches to improve infrastructure and services to local communities. Page 17

Four Themes for Inventiveness The Innovation Hub will be collaborating with faculties and multi-disciplinary research centres from across the University to deliver a unique range of innovative learning experiences in 2019, based on the following four themes: Democratising Healthcare through Technology Smart Policy for Smart Cities Sustainable Approaches to Planetary Health Connecting Human and Machine Learning Innovation & Entrepreneurship Page 18

Unit Structure Academic staff Industry Partner Students Sydney Inventiveness ICPU Theme 1 Academic Lead Academic Staff Multi-disciplinary Research Centre Industry Partner Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 Academic staff One academic lead per theme Radically multi-disciplinary academic staff Skills workshops and seminars Project feedback to student groups Industry Partner Seminars Access to project related information Access to multidisciplinary staff Project feedback to student groups Students 60 -100 per theme (30 for pilot) 3000 and 4000 level Multidisciplinary groups of 5 students Page 19

What Does This All This Mean? Most of you will have a number of ‘careers’ rather than one career during your working life Personal/human skills are as important as technical skills These are core not soft skills Narrow specialisms will become increasingly redundant unless allied with a broad based foundational liberal studies education However, you will still need a deep knowledge of discipline Agility and the ability to continue learning new skills will be essential Do subjects that really interest you- you will always do better Page 20

Professor Richard Miles Presented by Professor Richard Miles Pro Vice Chancellor (Education – Enterprise & Engagement) Page 21