The Invitation
Are you an innovative organisation looking for ways to shape education and direct future talent? Is your industry encouraging young open mind sets? Are you looking for powerful authentic ways to give back?
Collaborate with UpRising to help grow the innovation ecosystem by connecting with Design & Technology students and their ideas. Align your business or industry with future talent.
Government Partners
IP Australia
IP Australia is keen supporter of UpRising. The Australian Government agency that administers intellectual property (IP) rights and legislation for patents, trade marks, design rights and plant breeder's rights (PBR).
IP Australia collaborates with business and the Australian government to register and administer IP rights and legislation for patents, trade marks, designs and PBR.
Their core vision is to have a world-leading Australian IP system that builds prosperity through innovation. To achieve this, they aim to give their customers efficient access to products and services so they can continue to innovate.
The NSW Government is a proud Partner of UpRising. The NSW Government facilitates the jobs of the future by supporting innovative ecosystems in industries of differentiation.
Regional Industry Education Partnerships (REIP) is a NSW Government initiative that strengthens connections between local industry and secondary school communities and supports students in planning for their future career pathways.
The RIEP initiative is:
• Building partnerships between employers and local schools
• Supporting employers to engage with schools and share their expectations for their future workforce
• Helping students develop the skills they need to get a job
• Strengthening links between what is learned at school and what is needed in the workplace.
RIEP takes advantage of local knowledge and networks to boost student engagement with local industry
Major Supporters
Good Design Australia is an international design promotion organisation responsible for managing the annual Australian Good Design Awards and other signature design events and initiatives.
With a proud history that dates back to 1958, we remain committed to promoting the importance of design to business, industry, government and the general public and the critical role it plays in creating a better, safer and more prosperous future.
We are passionately committed to recognising, rewarding and promoting the value of design at a local, national and international level.
airlines and ICT.
Through the Australian Design Council, we advocate to government and industry leaders about the role and value of design to help diversify Australia’s future economy and to help embed design-led innovation into Australia’s nation-building agenda and policy settings.
The Australian Design Council was originally established as the Industrial Design Council of Australia (IDCA) in 1958 and funded by the Commonwealth Government. The Council was based on the UK Design Council model, established by Winston Churchill’s wartime government in 1944 to support Britain’s economic recovery.
Institute of Technology Education (iTE)
iTE NSW is the professional association for all Technologies teachers. This includes the full range of NESA subjects across Stages 1-6: Science & Technology K-6; Agriculture/Agricultural Technology; Design & Technology; Engineering Studies; Food Technology; Graphics Technology; Industrial Technology; Information & Software Technology; Information Processes & Technology; Marine & Aquaculture Technology; Software Design & Development; Technology Mandatory; Textiles Technology/& Design; and all associated Life Skills courses in New South Wales.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group®) is a peak national employer organisation representing traditional, innovative and emerging industry sectors. We have been acting on behalf of businesses across Australia for nearly 150 years.
Ai Group is genuinely representative of Australian industry. Together with partner organisations we represent the interests of more than 60,000 businesses employing more than 1 million staff. Our members are small and large businesses in sectors including manufacturing, construction, engineering, transport & logistics, labour hire, mining services, the defence industry, civil airlines and ICT.
Our vision is for thriving industries and a prosperous community. We offer our membership strong advocacy and an effective voice at all levels of government underpinned by our respected position of policy leadership and political non-partisanship.
We listen and we support our members in facing their challenges by remaining at the cutting edge of policy debate and legislative change. We provide solution-driven advice to address business opportunities and risks.
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)
leads a dynamic and respected profession: creating great places to support healthy communities and a sustainable planet.
We provide our members – in urban and rural Australia, and overseas – with training, recognition and a community of practice to share knowledge, ideas and action.
With our members, we anticipate and develop a leading position on issues of concern in landscape architecture. Alongside government and allied professions, we work to improve the design, planning and management of the natural and built environment.
AILA represents over 3,500 (and growing) members throughout Australia and overseas. As a not-for-profit professional association, our role is to serve the mutual interests of our members and the wider profession
IdeaSpies
IdeaSpies aims to bring more positivity into the world by sharing ideas that do good. Lynn Wood, the Founder and Chief Idea Spy, cooperated in testing UpRising on the IdeaSpies platform over its first five years. This enabled the great design works that high school students are doing to become visible and gain more support. Lynn now offers her time as an Advisor to UpRising.
Tag @IdeaSpies on LinkedIn if you would like your positive ideas to be seen more and shared. You are also welcome to join the IdeaSpies LinkedIn Group of positive people with positive ideas, https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6969692
Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia
PIEFA is a not-for-profit teaching resources foundation formed through a collaboration between the Australian Government, primary industries organisations and the education sector producing teacher resources, lesson plans and online curriculum based courses.
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