--- title: The competency gap between academia and industry description: Oppida talks to Dr Marcus Bowles of The Institute for Working Futures about the competency gap between academia and industry. image: https://blog.oppida.co/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/competency-gap.jpg --- 16/08/2021 # The competency gap between academia and industry [ Bianca Raby ](https://blog.oppida.co/author/bianca-raby) Share: [facebook-f icon ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.oppida.co/competency-gap-between-academia-and-industry) [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.oppida.co/competency-gap-between-academia-and-industry) [Twitter icon ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.oppida.co/competency-gap-between-academia-and-industry) [pinterest-p icon ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://blog.oppida.co/competency-gap-between-academia-and-industry) [envelope icon ](mailto:?body=https://blog.oppida.co/competency-gap-between-academia-and-industry) The competency gap between academia and industry 1:01 *![competency gap](https://blog.oppida.co/hs-fs/hubfs/competency%20gap.webp?width=1921&height=1081&name=competency%20gap.webp)* *Oppida’s Natalia Mishchenko recently talked to Dr Marcus Bowles, a director and the chair of *[*The Institute for Working Futures*](http://www.workingfutures.com.au/)*, about the competency gap between academia and industry and the way for the future. * Dr Bowles’s main focus is on building the people and strategic capability required to achieve desired futures. He consults with regions, large organisations, governments, and industry groups in Australia and internationally. His research effort is primarily driven through the Digital Economy and Regional Futures project located at the University of Tasmania where he holds a professorial level appointment. Dr Bowles is well known for his work not only in vocational education and training reform in Australia and overseas, but also in ways to enhance the adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by communities, businesses, industries, and nations. ![bridging the gap between academia and industry](https://blog.oppida.co/hs-fs/hubfs/bridging%20the%20gap%20between%20academia%20and%20industry.webp?width=600&height=338&name=bridging%20the%20gap%20between%20academia%20and%20industry.webp) Watch the interview below to listen to the conversation about competency gap.   ## Video Transcript [Education trends and insights](https://blog.oppida.co/tag/education-trends-and-insights) ## Related posts [![AI in L&D](https://blog.oppida.co/hs-fs/hubfs/AI%20in%20L%26D.png?height=200&name=AI%20in%20L%26D.png) ](https://blog.oppida.co/ai-in-ld) [Education trends and insights](https://blog.oppida.co/tag/education-trends-and-insights), [Edtech](https://blog.oppida.co/tag/edtech), [AI in education](https://blog.oppida.co/tag/ai-in-education) ## [AI in L&D has crossed the experimentation threshold. 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Oppida\u2019s Natalia Mishchenko recently talked to Dr Marcus Bowles, a director and the chair of The Institute for Working Futures, about the competency gap between academia and industry and the way for the future.

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His research effort is primarily driven through the Digital Economy and Regional Futures project located at the University of Tasmania where he holds a professorial level appointment. Dr Bowles is well known for his work not only in vocational education and training reform in Australia and overseas, but also in ways to enhance the adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by communities, businesses, industries, and nations.

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