Laying the foundations for the next generation of CIOs

10.02.2006
Crippled by falling IT enrolments and the need to develop course material relevant to the CIO job title, a number of universities have joined together to launch an initiative that will lay the academic foundations for Australia's next generation of IT professionals.

Teachers from Swinburne University (Victoria), Queensland University of Technology and Wollongong University (New South Wales) met with the CIO Executive Council in Sydney last week to develop a new set of courses for IT professionals.

There are three courses - a graduate certificate comprising four units, a graduate diploma of eight and a Masters degree of 12 units.

The degree, developed with input from CIOs for CIOs, will be available from July this year.

South Australia's Curtin University and Adelaide University are also expected to join the initiative in coming months.

While some of the participants will come from an information technology background, the course, which has yet to be named, will feature a mix of 80 percent business skills and 20 percent technical aptitude.