Wednesday, 19 February, 2014 - 14:59
Nurturing local IT talent
Perth is a hotbed of IT and business talent, and there’s no shortage of courses and events to connect ideas with outcomes.
Ms Lainey Weiser is the founder of Just Start IT, a high school program designed to get teams of students working on their own Tech Start Up. She began her career as a TV host for a sports show in South Africa before immigrating to Australia. Ms Weiser initially worked as a business development manager for a recruitment firm but decided to undertake a full time masters degree in Communication in Screen Studies at Edith Cowan University.
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Perth is a hotbed of IT and business talent, and there’s no shortage of courses and events to connect ideas with outcomes.
Educators have opened classroom doors to new learning possibilities via a program that connects industry with students in a competition to create their own technology startup.
A growing breed of educators wants to equip students with business-like skills.
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Driver & MD
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