May 2012
From time to time PICSE fields telephone calls from organisations seeking detailed accounts of the success of PICSE activities and the impact the program has had on students and teachers. Our answers rely heavily on the annual independent QualDATA impact data and our students’ qualitative reports that demonstrate sustained attitudinal change.
The outcomes of these unsolicited contacts range from an invitation to present at a Government inquiry, media items, new PICSE Activity Centres to national reports that address workforce shortages. Two of such reports are Woolworths’ “Future of Food: Food Security and Sustainability Initiative” (Landcare Report, July 2010) and the Business/Higher Education Round Table commissioned “Rebuilding the Agricultural Workforce” (Allen Report, January 2012).
Both reports identified PICSE as a significant program that "encourages senior school children to consider agriculture as an excellent career option" (Future of Food; Woolworths) as well as being "an established program seeking to achieve the precise outcome which is the subject of this study" (Rebuilding the Agricultural Workforce; Allen Report).
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October 2011
The University of Western Australia (UWA) hosted the second PICSE National Advisory Board (NAB) meeting in early September and considered a range of new program and strategic implications stemming from the Think Tank presentations and discussions. One of these new directions considered was the development of a PICSE Alumnus.
At the Think Tank in June, the strongest collective message from the PICSE students was to “maintain engagement”. These young people wished to maintain the PICSE industry linkages and build a vibrant national student network while at university. This can be interpreted in many ways, but on closer examination, it refers to a formal and structured Alumnus. To read more please click here.
The Board consists of members from Industry and University. To view the biographies of the board please click here.
Prof Lyn Beazley, Assoc Prof David Russell, Prof Alan Robson (Chair), Mr Peter Russo, Mr Vic Dobos, Ms Vanessa Goss, Mr Arthur Blewitt and Deborah Worley
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The 2012 Science for Growth Awards are launched!
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