I wanted to share my recent keynote address to the students at the University of Canberra's Smart Ideas Awards and Accolades event. It contains a lot of my thoughts and what is driving me to build the World Idea Day movement.
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It went like this........
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There are more than one million students enrolled in Australian Universities. The majority of these are undergraduate students chasing the dream of a better life. They have enrolled because they believe that if they graduate from University then meaningful employment will shortly follow.
They believe this because it is an ingrained cultural narrative that if you go to University you will get a better job.
The Problem
Unfortunately, these students are following an outdated playbook, and they face an environment where:
There are fewer ‘zero-experience’ entry level graduate roles than ever; and
Employers increasingly do not care that they have a University degree.
The consequence to the student is painful, and the cost to our economy is profound: these graduates are taking roles that someone without an expensive university education can easily fill. If this trend continues then a University education becomes less of a pathway to meaningful employment and more of a luxur
