Are you tech savvy, a people person and business minded?

Wanting a degree that gives you a broad range of career options at the end of your degree and incorporates all three skills? Well look no further.

Commencing in 2010, Griffith will offer an exciting new degree, the Bachelor of Business Information Systems, combining elements of a business degree and an IT degree into one.

With the global financial crisis wiping out businesses throughout the world, organisations need to be at the forefront of technology more than ever before, and are on the lookout for IT professionals who possess business skills.

Head of Griffith School of Information and Communication Technology Associate Professor Michael Blumenstein said the degree is growing acknowledgement of the contribution ICT will make to our broader community in coming years as one of few growing blue sky sectors.

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First impressions count. And when Sarwat Maqbool was met at Canberra Airport by the Canberra Institute of Technology Accommodation Manager and her children, she felt like he was “coming home.”

“After a fourteen hour journey (from Pakistan) to a foreign land, I was taken shopping and shown around,” she says. “They even helped me carry my abnormally heavy bags to my room. At that moment, I overcame my anxiety and fear of being a foreigner.”

Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) is the largest provider of vocational training in Australia’s capital. As well as many local students, it provides a practical job skills-focused education to more than 800 international students from over 70 countries.

Sarwat is studying a two-year Advanced Diploma of Public Relations.

“Coming to Australia for education was one of my dearly sought dreams,” she explains. “Most important was to get a qualification which would equip me with real life professional skills. The Advanced Diploma was the perfect combination of courses and very exciting electives – I didn’t find such an appropriate course description anywhere else in Australia.”

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For IT graduates, the ISO/IEC 20000 certificate is an invaluable addition to their skill set. It is the international standard for Information Technology Service Management and certificate holders are highly sought after in the industry. The certification provides students with a strong understanding of the best practice frameworks available, and how an organisation can ensure its successful implementation.

The University of Southern Queensland has become one of the first universities in the world to offer the internationally-recognised ISO/IEC 20000 exam as part of an academic program. Earlier in the year, seven USQ Information Technology students, including three studying via distance education, were the first to gain the certificates. USQ was also recently awarded a special commendation at the Australian Computer Society Queensland ICT Awards Ceremony for its innovative education and research approach to Information Technology Service Management.

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