The Challenges Faced by Academia Preparing Students for Industry: What We Teach and What We Do

This workshop re-opens the discussion of the challenges faced by academia when preparing students to take jobs in industry. The workshop’s goal is to develop a framework by which academia and industry can better communicate and resolve their differing needs and goals. The workshop will provide practical guidance for academia and industry to take forward and continue the dialogue.

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Contributors

Lidia Oshlyansky

Paul Cairns

Angela Sasse

Chandra Harrison

Conference

Publication date: September 2008

Publication date (Print): September 2008

Pages: 203-204

Affiliations

[0001]Reading Room

65-66 Frith Street

London W1D 3JR

+44 (0) 20 7173 2800

[0002]Dept of Computer Science

University of York

York, YO10 5DD UK

+44 (0)1904 434751

[0003]Dept of Computer Science

University College London

London WC1E 6BT UK

+44 (0) 20 7679 7214

[0004]Dept of Computer Science

University of York

York, YO10 5DD UK

+44 (0) 1940 432722

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2008.77

SO-VID: d57a78a5-6caa-4af6-89ed-175c23b3fec2

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Conference name: People and Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 22

Conference location: Conference Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Conference date: 1 - 5 September 2008

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction

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The Challenges Faced by Academia Preparing Students for Industry: What We Teach and What We Do

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