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Employer Engagement/Student Work Experience: the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre Approach

Event: 6th International Skills Forum: Innovative Practices in Skills Development

Employer Engagement/Student Work Experience: the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre Approach

20 September 2016
Author / Speaker: 
Kate Kent Evans, Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre, Swinburne University of Technology - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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A technology trades training and experience center is engaging young people in productive future pathways of learning and career development.

Located in Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre (KIOSC)’s focuses on science and sustainability, engineering and innovation, and digital technologies. KIOSC helps students prepare for the workplace of the future and links them with industry groups, government agencies, and the local community.

Geographical Focus: 
Australia
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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