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Trimester 3: Placement / WIL
From 2025:
Trimester 1: Placement / WIL
Trimester 2: Placement / WIL
Students must have passed 8 credit points of study, prior to enrolling in this unit
Additional entry requirements may apply – please refer to the Faculty of Arts and Education Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Team for further information.
Contact hours will vary based on the experience. Experiences are largely program-based. They will generally comprise work integrated learning (WIL)-related contact hours (approximately 100-120 hours), plus approximately 30-50 hours for reflection and assessment. Some experiences may require additional compulsory orientation events or briefings. Students must attend and participate in these activities on the scheduled days. Students will be provided clearer guidelines, based on the program, when applying.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Contact hours will vary based on the experience. Experiences will generally comprise work integrated learning (WIL)-related contact hours (approximately 100-120 hours), plus approximately 30-50 hours for reflection and assessment. Some experiences may require additional compulsory orientation events or briefings. Students must attend and participate in these activities on the scheduled days, as outlined in their experience agreement.
Work integrated learning (WIL)-related contact hours (approximately 100-120 hours)
Entry into this unit is by approved application only and quotas may apply.
Please contact the Faculty of Arts and Education Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Team for further information on the experiences on offer and how to apply
This unit allows you to immerse yourself in a practical learning experience that is authentic to your chosen field of study and complements your personal and professional development goals. Whether you want to build a more empathetic understanding of diverse communities and cultures or have the opportunity to expand your professional and peer networks by being able to connect with other motivated problem-solvers, change-makers and creatives, there are a range of opportunities available. Options include study tours, global experiential learning programs, volunteering opportunities with community organisations, and team-based collaborative projects for clients. You will evaluate your experience through a progressive assessment process, which is designed to help you critically reflect on the ways in which the experience has enhanced your employability and your capacity to contribute responsibly, inclusively and impactfully to the communities in which you live and work.
Evaluate competencies for working effectively and ethically with a diverse range of others in professional and academic contexts and towards agreed outcomes, and set professional development goals.
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship
Interrogate the ways in which situations of difference and diversity can facilitate new pathways of understanding.
Measure and communicate the ways in which the experience has related to or informed their disciplinary expertise and employability.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
Draw on their insights from the experience to plan and construct opportunities to further develop or enhance specific personal and professional competencies.
GLO5: Problem solving
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via: AWL301
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.