Micro-credential
Artificial Intelligence and Women
Be prepared for the future of work by exploring how technology could impact your profession.
Start date
To be announced
Duration
6 weeks / 42 hours
Study mode
Online
Fees
$1190.00 AUD (inc GST)
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What you will learn
Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.
Automation is rapidly transforming the way we work. Research shows women could be disproportionately impacted by these shifts.
This course will give you a better understanding of technological change and how to future-proof your own career.
Explore big data, AI and automation
Gain accessible insights into concepts such as big data, algorithms, AI and automation. Explore how they are changing work and the consequences for gender equity.
Understand the impact of AI on your own job
Consider key questions about the future workplace. Critically examine how technology is transforming your own industry and how this could impact your current job or career path.
Gain strategies to future-proof your skillset
Analyse the connection between professional skills and technologies in the workplace. Explore which skills will be sought after in future workplaces – and develop strategies to attain them.
Who you will learn from
Learn from skilled academics and professional experts who will share invaluable knowledge you can use in your job.
Professor Leah Ruppanner
Professor of Sociology, and director of The Future of Work Lab
Leah is a quantitative methodologist whose research focuses on the impact of gender equality and family policy on individuals’ lives through analysis of large cross-national data. Her research has been published in top-tier sociology journals and featured in Slate, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Conversation, and The Age. She is also a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre for Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.
Lía Acosta Rueda
Research coordinator, The Future of Work Lab
Lía is an economist with expertise in public policy, gender, and monitoring and evaluation. Prior to joining the Future of Work Lab, Lía provided technical assistance for the design of impact evaluations of social policies in Mexico.
Sophie Squires
Research coordinator, The Future of Work Lab
Sophie is an anthropologist with an interest in gender, politics and the media. She works across various social and gender equality projects, including currently working on evaluating equal opportunity policies of local government and researching barriers to women’s representation.
More from this series
Take multiple courses to deepen your knowledge or stack towards a full degree.
The Future of Women at Work series
The Future of Women at Work series examines the policy, digital skills and interpersonal approaches necessary to establish gender equity in our future workplaces.
The series also provides a pathway into the Master of Social Policy. See course details for more information.
Explore more from the Future of Women at Work series:
Fees
For individuals
To take Artificial Intelligence and Women as a stand-alone micro-credential, you'll pay the normal course price.
$1190.00 AUD (inc GST)
Please contact Student Support to discuss discounts and payment options for University of Melbourne staff or alumni, or to pay by invoice.
Upcoming dates for this course are yet to be announced.
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