DOI: 10.5176/2251-3701_2.1.37
Authors: Pujitha Silva and Prasad KDV Yarlagadda
Abstract:
The current shortage of engineers in Australia has been attributed to a gap between engineering education and practice. Despite the demand for engineers, there is a significant percentage of engineering graduates with Australian degrees who do not secure employment as engineers, especially amongst foreign graduates. Given the importance of Australian engineering education in light of the increasing intake of international engineering students by Australian universities especially from Asia, a clear correlation needs to be made between engineering higher education, future job performance, job progression and success in a global context to close this gap. The coaching approach to learning and teaching has been proven to be an effective way to develop people in the workplace. A pilot coaching program is offered to Engineering and Technology students in Queensland University of Technology to enable holistic growth in order to better integrate them to the work force and society at large. It is hoped that the results and findings of this program will shed new insights into the holistic development of graduates in these disciplines.
Keywords: Mentoring, Engineering Leadership, Life Coaching, Higher Degree Research, Success Factors
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