Students get hands-on IT experience

Students are solving real-world problems through Future Skills Academy’s new Information Technology micro-credentials.

Micro-credentials are short qualifications that can be completed in as little as ten weeks. They are ideal for working professionals looking to upskill or change careers.

Accountant Yue (Rita) Han designed a product to help property buyers make big decisions as part of her Business Intelligence micro-credential.

Her project revealed behaviours, trends, and LVR risks for different borrower groups including first-home buyers and investors. It looked at how changes to interest rates had affected the market.

Rita says these insights can help different types of borrowers analyse the latest market conditions and combine historical housing market movements to make the most beneficial decisions for themselves.

Rita was very pleased with everything she achieved during the hands-on programme.

“The course is very interactive and practical. It reinforced my knowledge of some basics and also upskilled me on the latest trends and technologies in Business Intelligence,” she says.

Visual Designer Felicia Fel created an application to help people spot an online scam, during her Software Development