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Bjørn Hanssen. Bachelor with placement -”Industry bachelor” – a co-operation between Accenture, Avanade and NITH. Bachelor with placement. NITH, Norwegian School of Information Technology Accredited university college Spesialized in Information Technology Bachelor and Master programs
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Bjørn Hanssen Bachelor with placement -”Industry bachelor” – a co-operation between Accenture, Avanade and NITH
Bachelor with placement • NITH, Norwegian School of Information Technology • Accredited university college • Spesialized in Information Technology • Bachelor and Master programs • 700 students
Bachelor with placement • Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
Bachelor with placement • Avanade Inc., a subsidiary of Accenture LLP., is a multinational ITconsulting and software company that develops business software from a Microsoft products platform. The company has 9700 employees in 34 countries
Bachelor with placement • Bachelor degree in four years • 18 months work experience
Bachelor with placement • Students apply for the program in the 3rd semester. • The company carries out a normal selection and hireing process • Students that are accepted into the program are working as consultants in normal projects • The students are paid • The students have a ”mentor” in the company
Bachelor with placement • The students maintain all their student rights at NITH while they are part of the placement program • Both student and company may terminate the employment. In this case the student has a right to return to NITH and finish the original program
Bachelor with placement • When the program is finished, neither student nor company have any further obligations
Industribachelor • Studentene får en profesjonell ”coaching” og verdifull arbeidserfaring gjennom studiet • Bedriftene som deltar får mulighet til å rekruttere de dyktigste studentene • NITH får nær kontakt med en interessant industripartner og kan presentere et innovativt studieopplegg for nye studenter • WIN – WIN - WIN
Bachelor with placement • This program was developed together with Accenture in the spring of 2009 • Avande joined the program in 2011 • The program was first introduced to students in the autumn of 2009 • 1 student was accepted into the program in 2009 • 5 students were accepted in 2010 • 4-6 students will start the program in 2011
Bachelor with placement • This program is suitable for companies: • With a long-term recruitment strategy • With well established introduction and training programs for new employees • Who are interested in bulding long-term relations with higher educations institutions
Bachelor with placement • Benefits for NITH • unique opportunities for our students • students get professional coaching and valuable work training • students alternating between industry and college bring extra qualities into the classroom • close cooperation with industry is valuable for curriculum development
Bachelor with placement • Benefit for companies: • Unique opportunity to recruit the best students • May influence curriculum development • Corporate social responsibility • Mutual benefits between academia and industry (research etc)