The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences has a dedicated team who will work with you to identify the right student to fit your business needs.
Why bring a Flinders student into your business?
Is your enterprise looking for an infusion of new talent? Would you like to support the emergence and development of a new generation of media makers, creative artists and tourism operators?
Hosting a student placement may be the answer. Placements can be run over a period of time, ie
Placement hours for the humanities, arts and social sciences range from 60 hours to 160 hours depending on the discipline area.
Industry placements cover a diverse range of disciplines and options. The Work Integrated Learning (WIL) team will assess each student’s application and match the student to an appropriate placement. However, you can request a general placement or discipline-specific placement depending on your requirements. For example:
Register your interest for a student placement using the enquiry form below, or contact us for further information.
The placement team are flexible in offering placements to students as the need arises. The starting time is also negotiable between the student and the host organisation. There are however, two main placement intake times during the year, for all disciplines, which we recommend you align your placements to:
Placement hours within the humanities, arts and social sciences range from 60-160 hours depending on the discipline. The placement requirements and hours/days can be negotiated between the student and host organisation. During the University holidays for example the student may complete their hours as one four week full-time block or part-time over a longer period.
Generally, students are not paid however occasionally we may have a paid placement. Host organisations offering regional placements may be asked to assist with accommodation and transportation expenses (eg billeting, reduced rates etc).
Placements that are vocational in nature, assessed, supervised and are a learning experience, meet the definition of a “vocational placement” under the Fair Work Act. Therefore, it is a legal unpaid learning experience whereby the student can apply the skills and knowledge from University into a professional workplace. Providing it is a legal and structured framework based on a course, which the students are completing for credit, it is completely acceptable. We ensure that our placement program meets all requirements as outlined under the Fair Work Act.
A letter of agreement sets out the obligations of the University and its Staff, your organisation, and placement students regarding WIL placements.
If you agree to take students on placement, the terms in the agreement letter and appendices will constitute an agreement between the University and your organisation.
From a host organisation’s perspective, a placement works well when a student feels comfortable and safe in their workplace, and able to contribute to the organisation.
Expectations should be made clear at the initial interview including work and learning objectives, dress standards; work attendance; clear project outlines (if a project is to be completed); orientation to the workplace – toilets, coffee and introduction to other staff. It is also helpful that other staff are aware of the student and the role they are to play.
A health and safety induction must be provided to the student upon commencement.
All work (or the majority thereof) must be completed at the provider’s worksite or designated location, if this is not to be the case this must be made clear from the onset and the WIL topic coordinator informed prior to approval. If possible, inclusion of students in all aspects of the work environment including meetings is highly valued. We ask students to act in a professional manner, show initiative and be willing to perform a variety of jobs from the mundane to the exciting. We have very rarely been disappointed.
Students undertaking a placement in a host organisation are bound by the standards of performance conditions in the host workplace. Their workplace performance will have implications from an academic viewpoint, as part of the student assessment is reliant on the report from the host organisation. It is suggested that issues should first be addressed by the supervisor in the workplace, and if the issue(s) cannot be resolved, or if the concerns require discussion, please contact the WIL topic coordinator for support.
We have loved hosting Flinders students on different film and television productions here in SA in recent years. We have had some fantastic students assist with all aspects of our projects, and they have all brought great enthusiasm and passion to their work. We're really pleased to see some of our former placement students now working in the industry, and using their experience in the real world.
Kirsty Stark
Producer, Epic Films
Or contact us for further information:
Phone: (08) 7421 9860
Email: chass.placements@flinders.edu.au
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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