platform that powers
employability skills
& future careers
to engage learners with
real world experiences
at larger scale
projects, internships
& experiences for
students
Create inspiring experiences that build skills, careers and opportunity for learners
“This program was extremely beneficial! I was put on a team with amazing peers, gained insightful recommendations from my mentor, and had an amazing experience with our client in Australia… would definitely recommend it to a friend”
Alexa Grill,
International Business student
“I really enjoyed the process cooperating with my team and was excited about the final result since it’s a real-world business case – you communicate with the real customer and receive real feedback. We felt our work had real value”
Qiucen Guo,
UNSW, Master of Commerce
“Job Smart has been my most remarkable experience at Uni. Feedback from industry mentors and additional supplementary resources both inspired and enabled me to reflect and develop my real world skills. I highly recommend Job Smart to future students!”
Cindy Yan,
University of Sydney Masters of Professional Accounting
“I highly recommend the University of Sydney’s Job Smart and Global Scope project programs supported by Practera – I have gained some very valuable and practical experiences which helped secure an internship working for the CFO of a tech startup in Sydney.”
Daisy Zhao,
Master of Professional Accounting, University of Sydney Business School, Graduate 2019,
“Practera is exceptional for experiential learning; it provides multiple opportunities for external stakeholders to provide feedback and guidance to students in a classroom context. The analytics provide insight into understanding learning experience and team performance.”
Associate Professor James Wolfe
Boston University School of Public Health
“Practera was able to deliver gamified apps to help us scale our premier Job Smart employability program to thousands of students, promote learning and increase engagement.”
“Practera was the right platform for this flagship program, which is a highly applied, interdisciplinary and team based unit with strong industry engagement, feedback loops and project based collaboration.”
“Practera has helped us deliver an highly effective digital mentoring program to better develop student Nurse practitioner skills in communication, leadership and critical thinking, while reducing cost of Clinical Placement Support.”
Higher education
- Attract and retain students
- Enhance student employability
- Grow industry engagement
- Reduce costs and increase scale
Employers
- Upskill and reskill workers
- Identify and attract graduate talent
- Build customer and partner ecosystems
- Engage student project teams
Government
- Youth employability
- Employee reskilling
- Facilitate cross sector collaboration
- Promote international education
Platform
Customisable platform to author, launch and manage experiential learning programs. DIY or onboarding services available.
Programs
Connect learners to authentic industry projects, internships & experiences. Programs are sourced by Practera and delivered via the platform.
Remote Internships
Supporting internship ecosystems.
Includes school, community college
and Government NSF research projects.
LIVE Projects
3 week project program delivered to over
1800 students from 15 Victorian Universities
to over 600 industry clients and mentors with
a 92% student satisfaction rate.
GVIP
Two week online project to 700 plus diverse
students completing over 18,000 hours
of international market research for
exporters with 95% industry satisfaction.
Australian Project Networks
Includes 5 State Governments, 32 Universities
5500 students and 1000 employers.
88% of participant were willing to recommend.
92% of students improved employability skills.
Employability Program
Delivered to 9000 international students.
Grew participation by 700%.
Improved graduate employment by 300%.
Transnational Projects
Working together to power
public health projects with
NGO’s in 20 developing countries.
Skills Credentialing
Skills credentialing & ePortfolio.
830 Australia Awards Indonesia Scholars
enrolled with 45% activity rate.
Innovation Accelerator
2500 students in curriculum
across 8 Universities.
Positive impact on 65% of
graduate careers.
Nurse Mentoring
50% supervisor labour saving.
Improved student satisfaction &
communication skills.
Digital Industry Projects
1000 students per annum with
87% student satisfaction and
92% industry satisfaction.
Substantial cost saving.
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