Industry Placement Opportunities
Office of Industry Liaison
Linking graduates and Industry to create pathways to future employment.
Linking education and industry for future prosperity.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/oil/industry/
Industry Placement Opportunities
The University of Adelaide places a high value on establishing and reinforcing its links with industry, and has developed industry linked education programs to bring together organisations, industry, commerce and University departments and students. The programs enable graduate and undergraduate students to undertake paid industry based projects using their knowledge and skills gained through their studies.
In support of this, the Office of Industry Liaison at Thebarton Research Park is responsible for three industry linked education programs that place a high value on establishing and reinforcing the links with industry, and bring together industry, commerce and University departments and students. The programs are:
- The Graduate Industry Linked Entrepreneurial Scheme (GILES)
- Project Plus
- The Summer Industry Vocational Scheme (SIVS)
Students Benefits
- Link with an organisation to gain valuable real-life professional work
experience
- An opportunity to apply academic skills to an industry based project
- 12-month tax-free scholarship
Organisation Benefits
- Access to graduate knowledge and technic al expertise for a 12-month
period to complete a specific project
- Opportunity to assess potential employee(s) with no ongoing commitment
- Financially viable alternative to full-time employment with no additional oncosts
The Graduate Industry Linked Entrepreneurial Scheme (GILES)
(Postgraduate students)
The program places a graduate under a company sponsored scholarship, to carry out a project activity while studying for an appropriate Masters Degree. The agreement covers a period of 12 months and links industry with the University through the activities of the student.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/oil/industry/giles
The Summer Industry Vocational Scheme (SIVS)
(Current students)
The program provides structured workplace experience for a student over a six week period during the summer vacation. Students work for approximately 200 hours on an industry research project, and the program is particularly useful to companies and organisations wanting short term resources to complete a specific project.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/oil/industry/sum_voc
Project Plus
(Current students)
The program places undergraduate students supported by an academic supervisor with a company under a collaborative agreement to carry out a project activity whilst studying in their final year.
The program enhances student skills through relevant real-world projects in research and development and profits industry by collaboration in training, expertise transfer, innovation and development.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/oil/industry/plus
Should you require further information or advice, please do not hesitate to call
Tania Johnson, Manager Business Education programs on 8303 4467.
Tania Johnson
Manager, Business Education Program
Office of Industry Liaison
Adelaide University Research Park, Thebarton Campus
35-37 Stirling Street
Thebarton SA 5031
T: (08) 83034467
F: (08) 83034363
M: 0434075013
E: tania.johnson@adelaide.edu.au
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