Auckland joins global alliance for automation skills

The University of Auckland is the first higher education institution in Australasia to join a global robotic process automation company that aims to equip more than a million students with what it calls “critical automation skills”.

Auckland will be part of an ‘academic alliance’ programme being extended by the company UiPath to Australia and New Zealand.

The goal is to train a million or more students around the world in automation skills over the next three years, helping prepare them for ‘the workplace of the future’.

As well as equipping students with critical skills, they would also learn how to “leverage robotic process automation” or RPA in workplaces, as well as being prepared to work alongside software-controlled robots.

Professor Nic Smith, dean of Auckland’s faculty of engineering, said the potential for robotics and automation to reshape the future workforce was enormous.

“Our partnership with UiPath offers engineering students the exciting opportunity to engage with these changes by studying RPA with the experts themselves,” Smith said.

“This direct involvement gives students unique insights that are beyond textbooks, allowing them to see how an impact can be made in the real world.”

Smith said his faculty was committed to “addressing some of tomorrow’s biggest challenges”.

“We are looking forward to seeing how our first cohort of students will thrive in this world-first experience, and subsequently contribute to a field that is increasingly vital to our future.”

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