Future of work
Australian universities race to produce AI-native graduates
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- OpenAI Blog
Summary
UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney, La Trobe University, and Adelaide University are expanding collaborations with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT Edu and Codex to students and staff. UNSW is extending access to more than 80,000 people, the University of Sydney plans campus-wide access by semester one of 2027, and La Trobe aims to cover 45,000 students and staff while launching Australia's first Bachelor of AI Engineering (Honours) and an AI MBA. In an August survey of 1,018 students commissioned by OpenAI, 81% said they use AI several times a week and 28% had already built an AI agent or assistant.
Why it matters for our work
Graduates fluent in AI are about to become the default workforce intake, so what universities teach now previews coming team skills. The student figures come from an OpenAI-commissioned survey and should be read with that in mind.
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