Swinburne University of Technology brings Web3 companies into the classroom

Swinburne University of Technology in Australia has partnered with two fintech companies to provide its students with the opportunity to learn about and gain exposure to the fintech and cryptocurrency business world.

The partnership includes Swinburne University of Technology, Judo Bank, a small business loan provider, and Banxa, a payment service provider with a fiat-to-crypto currency trading platform, whose customers include Binance, KuCoin, and Trezor.

Students in the school’s Masters in Financial Technology (FinTech) program will be “exposed to real examples and cases of various financial services,” Dr. Dimitrios Salampasis, director of the Masters in FinTech, told Cointelegraph.

Dr Salampasis said Judo Bank was "one of the most innovative fintech unicorns, and one of the few in Australia", while Banxa was a "very interesting organization" and "they have a strong presence in the region". Work in the blockchain and crypto space is very serious."

“This field is very new. I mean, when I built this course a few years ago, we really didn’t know what that meant. There are different FinTech courses in other universities around the world, but I believe, especially In FinTech, you need some proper work experience.”

"Maybe they want to show our students some of their simulations, do some kind of demonstration of their products and services, or have a debate," he said, "maybe even give our students a real project to work on." Do."

In this partnership, Banxa and Judo Bank co-create content, host lectures and provide case studies. As part of the partnership, students will have access to each company's network. Dr Salampasis said this would allow the industry to "tap the talent of the future".

“The overall vision behind this degree is to bring industry in to ensure that what we teach is relevant and able to bring these real-life insights into leadership into the classroom. We can ensure that students are exposed to any latest developments in the fintech space , because the general FinTech space is moving very quickly.”

Dr Salampasis was awarded the 2021 Blockchain Educator of the Year award by Australia's leading industry body, Blockchain Australia.

Last week, Cointelegraph reported that in Finder’s regular predictive survey, Salampasis was one of the few who warned of the inherent risks of the Terra ecosystem, shortly after Terra’s collapse.

He said the incident created serious negative publicity in the crypto space, but he hopes more education will prevent this from happening in the future.

"Blockchain and cryptocurrencies in general have received a lot of negative attention and publicity. Part of our role as a university is to 'de-risk' the space, provide real information, real awareness, and educate us of students become the next leaders in the field, working with people who really know what they're doing."