• Spring 2011
  • Welcome
  • Boot Camp for Accounting Vacationers!
  • From Deakin to Deloitte
  • Educating for Career Readiness Symposium 2011
  • Successful Students: Results of employer focus group
  • The Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement
• Summer 2011
  • Welcome
  • TAC Graduate Program
  • Low SES work placement program
  • Social media and employment issues
  • Employers visit Deakin in record numbers
  • Beyond graduate survey findings
  • Online interview simulation
  • Employers assess graduate competencies
• Winter 2010
  • Welcome
  • International work experience
  • Deakin at Your Doorstep
  • Enhancing student employability
  • The Fair Work Act 2009
  • Graduate Attributes: the employer's perspective
  • Valuing the skills of PhDs
• Summer 2010
  • Welcome
  • Transitioning
  • Supporting IBL
  • International traineeships
  • Career week
  • Career fairs
  • First point of contact
• Autumn 2009
  • Welcome
  • Careers in the curriculum
  • Work integrated learning
  • International students
  • Internship interview
  • Duke of Edinburgh award
  • New look Jobshop
  • Recruiting students with disability
  • Alumni in profile

International traineeships for students studying technical degrees

Deakin University has become and institutional member of IAESTE (the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience). This worldwide organisation offers international traineeships for students studying degrees in science, engineering and related disciplines. Besides offering great opportunities for students, IAESTE aims to promote international understanding and goodwill among students, academic institutions, employers and the wider community.

Locally IAESTE run information sessions for students and will respond to requests from faculty staff to undertake presentations on campus. Benefits include:

• Preference for students at Deakin University for IAESTE traineeships
• Opportunities for work integrated learning in an international context
• Distribution of IAESTE promotional materials - contact David Essex (details below)
• Report data for international mobility
• Deakin University being associated with an international network of students and employers in over 80 countries

David Essex
Manager, Careers and Employment