How to approach it?

Want to get the most out of your IIP experience? So do we!

We encourage you to approach your IIP experience with a curious and open mind, ready to embark on a journey of mutual learning with students and UTS staff! 

The route the Industry Innovation Project takes may not be the most obvious, or the one you have in mind. The best partner approach is to have a clear and defined understanding of your problem space, yet be open to embracing the different avenues and processes your team may take you on. This is what will allow for new opportunities to be explored that may not have been considered in day-to-day operations and expectations of your organisation.

To get the most out of your IIP experience, we encourage you to step outside of your day-to-day operations, and take the opportunity to think innovatively and progress in ways you may not have imagined.

 

Value of the IIP project to Industry Partners

Delve into a problem-space. IIP is an opportunity to work with a team of students as they explore a complex challenge your organisation is facing. You will build close relationships with the

Challenge yourself. The IIP is a project of innovation, creativity and complexity, so get ready to be taken on a journey that will challenge you to think and act in new ways.

Learn! Create a genuine partnership of mutual learning between your organisation, student team and UTS academics. The IIP transcends a typical client-consultant relationship, as well as a typical expert-novice relationship. We ask you to embrace this opportunity and throw yourself into the experience expecting to come away from it with some great learning outcomes.

“IIP offers a fantastic mutual learning opportunity for both students and partners”

Dr Alex Baumber, IIP Subject Coordinator

Work with the next wave of talented graduates. Build unique relationships with students who have received a transdisciplinary education like no other. 42% of BCII students are offered employment with industry partners.

Be a part of something new. The BCII degree is the only degree of its kind in the only transdisciplinary field of its kind in Australia. 

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.