Work Experience Program - Europe (Italy) /Japan
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Work experience abroad is an exciting and effective path for students to gain immediate experience in an international setting. Learning to live, work and understand a different international reality is a major lifelong enrichment experience, which will remain for years to come. Work experience abroad not only provides a concrete international experience, but also assists the process of bridging the academic "textbook" explanations with the "street" reality in an unfolding world of major complexity. Undertaking this work experience abroad puts the global world and economy at your fingertips and under the watchful eye and guidance of the Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University.
Students should see this work experience as a capstone to their studies. The experience should come towards the end of their studies to better understand and exploit the opportunity. In many cases you will be required to have first and second stage prerequisites. In other cases there might be language prerequisites and a maturity to be able to confront these worldly experiences. The Faculty of Business and Enterprise offers a rare opportunity to take this experience and be academically accredited for it.
What to be aware of!
Some Work Experience Abroad, depending on the country, can be unpaid or poorly renumerated. Students should understand that this work experience may be highly sought after and therefore the competitive nature of work places for experience places the financial living allowance burden on the student. In many circumstances students are encouraged to seek out employment opportunities. SUT does not always have the employment contacts in each and every market. Students are considered Ambassadors of Swinburne University and therefore are expected to respect to abide by the laws and customs of the country within which they are undertaking this experience.
Faculty of Business & Enterprise Overseas Programs Loan Fund
The Faculty of Business & Enterprise offers an Overseas Programs Loan Fund to assist students participating in its international programs. More information.
Assessment Details
Work Experience students are required to undergo assessment in order for the accreditation to have some worth. Students will be required to complete and maintain a diary to record the type of work encountered during the work experience period. This report must be graded satisfactory by the Convenor of the Work Experience subject in order to gain a result in the respective subject.
In addition, some Work Experience subjects will require projects/essay/assignments on themes of relevance to that Work Experience. This will be agreed upon between the student and the course convenor.
Work Diary
A Work Diary is to be completed during the period of employment and should describe aspects of work experiences shortly after they take place. It should be reflective and descriptive, highlighting issues relating to management, reporting problems confronted etc. The Work Diary is to be completed no later than 3 weeks after the Work Experience has been completed.
Report Guidelines
1. Identification
The report should clearly state the student's:
- Name and private address
- Place of employment and phone number
- Supervisor's name
- Period of employment
2. Presentation
- The report should be a succinct and reflective essay, written in an easy to read style. Students will be asked to resubmit their report if it does not satisfy basic report writing skills.
3. Length and format of the report
- The length should be between 4,000-5,000 words. The student should supply a copy of the report to the convenor and the employer.
4. Completion date
- The report must be submitted to the subject convenor within 1 month of completion of the Work Experience Program.
5. A result of satisfactory/unsatisfactory will be awarded for the report.
For further details
regarding Work Experience in EUROPE contact:
Dr Bruno Mascitelli
ph: +61 3 9214 5363
email: bmascitelli@swin.edu.au
For further details regarding Work Experience in
JAPAN contact:
Ms Lee Chen
Ph: +61 3 9214 8872
email: lchen@swin.edu.au