Student experience

Bachelor of Business + Diploma in Innovation

The Diploma is a natural fit with Business, by taking a very human-centred approach to exploring problems. Business brings in the economic viability, while the Diploma emphasises the human-level and societal implications of the proposed solutions. These students are quick to adopt the entrepreneurial methods from the Diploma and have their horizons expanded by the creative intelligence methods.

Meet Cooper McLean, one of our graduates. Here’s what he has to say about the Diploma.

The Diploma in Innovation was a fantastic addition to my business degree. When completing both a finance and management major, the majority of the focus was on larger corporations and traditional structures of business.

The Diploma challenged me to think differently about how businesses are operated and to take an agile approach to testing ideas that create change within a larger system. I continue to use the learnings from my course daily, working with my team in delivering value for our customers in new and innovative ways.

Meet Alexandra Broad, one of our graduates who joined an innovation and co-design consultancy upon graduation.

Speaking from personal experience, consultancy is a great way to get exposure to a wide range of organisations and their challenges before deciding the next career move. And, what better way to do that than via well-known innovation and co-design consultancy like TwoCollaborate.

Bachelor of Communication + Diploma in Innovation

Communication, listening and expression of ideas are highly complementary of how to coordinate key stakeholders in an environment to generate value.

Meet Olivia Baldini, who not only added the Diploma in Innovation to her BComm, but also followed up with the UTS Bachelors of Entrepreneurship (Honours), a one-year immersive and mentor-driven program that really brings out the longer-term implementation of innovative ideas.

Bachelor of Construction Project Management + Diploma in Innovation

So many sectors are going through transition and becoming more networked and complex. Construction included.

Meet Maddie King, who used her experience in creative problem-solving to influence and lead change straight out of university:

The construction industry is currently undergoing a revolutionary restructure to place innovation and sustainability at the forefront of project’s goals and targets. Naturally, I realised transdisciplinary thinking and creative problem solving were critical skills I had to develop in order to give me an edge in this competitive industry.

By studying the Diploma in Innovation alongside my Bachelor of Construction Project Management degree, I have developed a unique perspective that has enabled me to make immediate impacts in my current position at Webuild, while also influencing my colleagues to have a more creative approach to complex problems.

Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) + Diploma in Innovation

Meet Peter Binns. Peter has already taken up a series of professional roles relating to organisational innovation and collaboration, digital transform, and UX/UI. Along the way, he’s also becoming a serial entrepreneur.

He is a graduate from Visual Communication who now works at Faethm AI. He was one of the first students to take 94663 Navigating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and wrote up his experience in the subject. At the time, half the live classes were located right at the Sydney Startup Hub to immerse the cohort in the heart of Sydney’s startup ecosystem. For his project, Peter explored, mapped and proposed changes to the NSW educational ecosystem, including more support for transdisciplinary learning.

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Mechatronic) + Diploma in Innovation

Connor is one of those students who loves intense challenges. He completed all the Diploma in Innovation subjects within the first two years of his engineering degree, by taking two diploma subjects during the same three-week period. He’s off to a great start, with his work from 94663 Navigating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems being featured in the community news from Georges River Council (one of our industry partners that year), including this quote: ‘l liked most the opportunity to communicate directly with councils acting as the clients for the research being completed, a life lesson that will unquestionably assist with engineering work in the future.’

Connor has also had the pleasure of co-presenting the methods and results at the national Spark Festival. We can’t wait to see what he’ll get to when he graduates from his core degree!

Bachelor of Science + Diploma in Innovation

What a great pair: statistics and innovation! The former often focuses on patterns and repeatability, while the latter is more qualitative, experimental and creative.

Beth Williams is one of those students looking to graduate with a significant point of difference.