Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates

Rapid technological advances in digitization and data analytics have reshaped both the business models and the required employment skillsets. This has resulted in many industries facing a digital skills gap leading to unfilled jobs. To bridge the talent gap in data analytics and provide better caree...

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Main Authors: LO, Siaw Ling, GOTTIPATI Swapna, SHANKARARAMAN, Venky
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-76872022-01-13T05:30:03Z Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates LO, Siaw Ling GOTTIPATI Swapna, SHANKARARAMAN, Venky, Rapid technological advances in digitization and data analytics have reshaped both the business models and the required employment skillsets. This has resulted in many industries facing a digital skills gap leading to unfilled jobs. To bridge the talent gap in data analytics and provide better career prospects for undergraduate students, Singapore Management University (SMU) conceived and implemented a data analytics work-study program, SMU-Google WSP, in partnership with Google and its partner companies. This structured program is unique in terms of how it integrates the university curriculum with targeted work experience to equip students with relevant professional and technical skills before they embark on a job related to their coursework. The innovative design of the program provides undergraduate students the opportunity to gain real-world work experience while pursuing a full-time program of study. Moreover, the program allows students to maintain a healthy work-study balance. The positive outcomes from the two past runs of the program in terms of job prospects and attainment of learning objectives and the strong endorsement from both the students and industry partners is a testament to the way the program has been structured and implemented. 2021-08-09T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6684 Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Data analytics work-study program undergraduate higher education industry partnership part-time work Databases and Information Systems Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
institution Singapore Management University
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Data analytics
work-study program
undergraduate
higher education
industry partnership
part-time work
Databases and Information Systems
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
spellingShingle Data analytics
work-study program
undergraduate
higher education
industry partnership
part-time work
Databases and Information Systems
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
LO, Siaw Ling
GOTTIPATI Swapna,
SHANKARARAMAN, Venky,
Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates
description Rapid technological advances in digitization and data analytics have reshaped both the business models and the required employment skillsets. This has resulted in many industries facing a digital skills gap leading to unfilled jobs. To bridge the talent gap in data analytics and provide better career prospects for undergraduate students, Singapore Management University (SMU) conceived and implemented a data analytics work-study program, SMU-Google WSP, in partnership with Google and its partner companies. This structured program is unique in terms of how it integrates the university curriculum with targeted work experience to equip students with relevant professional and technical skills before they embark on a job related to their coursework. The innovative design of the program provides undergraduate students the opportunity to gain real-world work experience while pursuing a full-time program of study. Moreover, the program allows students to maintain a healthy work-study balance. The positive outcomes from the two past runs of the program in terms of job prospects and attainment of learning objectives and the strong endorsement from both the students and industry partners is a testament to the way the program has been structured and implemented.
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author LO, Siaw Ling
GOTTIPATI Swapna,
SHANKARARAMAN, Venky,
author_facet LO, Siaw Ling
GOTTIPATI Swapna,
SHANKARARAMAN, Venky,
author_sort LO, Siaw Ling
title Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates
title_short Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates
title_full Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates
title_fullStr Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking work study programs: A data analytics work study program for undergraduates
title_sort rethinking work study programs: a data analytics work study program for undergraduates
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2021
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6684
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