UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F

RETHINKING TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES PROFESSOR ATTILA BRUNGS

VICE-CHANCELLOR, UTS

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DISCIPLINE TRENDS - RESEARCH

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1600 -1700s 1960s 1970-2000s 2020

Polymath

approach Narrow discipline

based approach

Co-creation

Community shaped

DRIVERS

Expectations

Problems

Jobs

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Technology

RISE OF THE SMART MACHINES

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http://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/images/whatwedo/IFTF_FutureWorkSkillsSummary.gif

Generation Entrepreneurship: 40 per cent of current UTS students and recent alumni have either

started their own business or are considering a startup or entrepreneurial career path

EMPLOYERS

1. Ability to work in a team structure

2. Ability to make decisions and solve problems

3. Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization

4. Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work

5. Ability to obtain and process information

6. Ability to analyze quantitative data

7. Technical knowledge related to the job

8. Proficiency with computer software programs

9. Ability to create and/or edit written reports

10. Ability to sell and influence others

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Forbes review

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TRANSDISCIPLINARITY

Characteristics of transdisciplinarity:

• Learning or research that take places in context of application

• Shared problems identified through joint practices

• External/industry engagement

• Integrating data, tools/techniques, concepts and/or theories from two or more disciplines

• Co-creation of knowledge

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I’ll have a hi res of that across

the whole slide – Tanja has

sent through info but no slide.

So I’ve included the graduate

attributes – next slide, can’t

read them all, but highlight the

top ones

UTS:

CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND

INNOVATION

BCII

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RESKILLING

http://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/analytics-and-data-science

Industry x Insight x Incubation x Ingenuity

• Intensive employer engagement

• Building student agency for complex,

messy data and organisations

• Graduates that can transform practice

Data Science

+

Innovation

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We learn so much from each other, because every student brings a different skill-set to

the table. I think the wide range of disciplines strengthens the course, because we

develop skills and interests in many areas, not just in the area of our core degree. BCII and Communications student

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QUESTIONS?

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