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University Sourced Industry Placements
Work Based Learning (WBL) serves as a bridge between academic study and professional life. Immerse yourself in an Industry Placement Elective subject and take your next step towards your future career.
Most industry placement opportunities are student sourced however, occasionally, university placement opportunities arise which are provided by our industry partners. These opportunities are secured by our dedicated Industry Engagement team at La Trobe University and are available to students enrolled in a variety of courses.
Placement opportunities
Applications for the summer intakes are open on NOW and close on Wednesday 25th September.
Until that time, we have listed examples of previous opportunities and industry partners that we have worked with.
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Visit the how to apply page to find out about the application process and key dates.Want to know more? Register for an Information Session today: Industry Placement Elective Subjects. Please note:
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| Subjects | Teaching period | Semester dates | Application open date | Application close date |
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| LTU3IND | Term 6, 2024 | 4 November – 15 December | 4 September | 25 September |
| LTU2PP1 LTU2PP2 LTU3PP3 LTU3PP4 | Term 6, 2024 Term 1, 2025 | 4 November – 15 December 6 January - 16 February | 4 September | 25 September |
Undergraduate placement opportunities
Term 6 placement opportunities: LTU3IND
- 100 hours of placement and 15 credit points of space required in your degree
- Find out more about Industry Placement subject LTU3IND
PLEASE NOTE: All placement opportunities for LTU3IND will run during Term 6 2024 only (4 November to 15 December 2024).
| Industry Partner | Placement Brief | Suitable Disciplines | Placement Location | Placement Description |
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| Melbourne Pathology | Pathology Lab Assistant: Students will predominately be working in the specimen reception and handling area – unbagging, batching, coding different specimen types. Assisting and observing scientific staff and registrars performing macro dissection of specimens. The exact nature of the placement will depend on what is being researched at the time. | Histology or Anatomical Pathology. | Collingwood | Find out more |
| Bush Heritage Australia | Environmental Researcher: Assisting the Restoration Field Officer by completing a literature review to develop a deeper understanding of Quandong Trees and how to increase their survivability in revegetation projects. Student will help Bush Heritage Australia fill a knowledge gap and contributing to tangible conservation. | Environmental Science. | Melbourne CBD and remote | Find out more |
| Dunn Street | Assistant Producer: Shadow the producer who will provide students with the rundown of pre and postproduction procedures including liaising with guests, writing run sheets, editing audio and video, sorting out the social media marketing and publishing content. | Media and Communications. | 100% Remote | Find out more |
| Hockey Australia | Digital & Communications intern: Liaise with various stakeholders to create and write engaging and informative articles, social media content and website content. | Communications, Journalism, English, Marketing, or another relevant discipline. | Parkville | Find out more |
| Big Group Hug | Events Officer: Work in collaboration with in-house marketing team to coordinate various invite-only fundraising and networking events including stage management, RSVP management, room design, run sheet and speech note planning and curation of auction and raffle prospective donor list. | Business or Commerce, majors in Marketing, Events or similar. | Thomastown and remote | Find out more |
| La Trobe University: Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry | Educational Research and Resource Development Assistant: As part of continuing improvement, the Bachelor of Biomedicine is undergoing re-development. The existing first-year quantitative skills subject MED1BSF has been identified for substantial redevelopment. In undertaking this placement students will have important input into the process of subject analysis and redevelopment. | Biomedicine, Biomedical Science or Health and Biological Science based degrees. | Bundoora campus and remote | Find out more |
| La Trobe University: Social Media Team | Social Media Coordinator: The purpose of this internship is to support and work with La Trobe’s Social Media team. This team is responsible for creating content for internal and external publication that is relevant and engaging to the audience. | Media and Communications. | Bundoora campus | Find out more |
| LXT AI | AI Data Specialist - Linguistics: 1. Experimental learning on project tasks and building linguistically relevant training material. Learning outcome: to understand LXT’s work and business and how AI data providers can linguistics/language knowledge to enhance their services. 2. Receive on-project training on text data manipulation and post-processing. Learning outcome: learn basic computational linguistic skills. 3. Conduct research on AI trends. Learning outcome: gain industry insights on how LXT uses research to build products and services. | Languages and Linguistics, Arts - majoring in Linguistics. | 100% Remote | Find out more |
| LXT AI | Technical Writer: Are you a keen writer with an interest in translating science and technology developments and breakthroughs for a general readership and/or to support the marketing of new technology products? This internship is an opportunity to apply your skills and knowledge and gain experience in technical writing in an AI industry context. | Computer Science and Information Technology, Marketing and Communications, Linguistics, Social Inquiry, or Anthropology. | 100% Remote | Find out more |
| Australian Vintage Winery | Winery Laboratory Assistant: The student will be responsible for undertaking routine analysis of various wine and grape products at different stages of production, looking at on-bench analysis methods to higher end automated equipment. They will get a full overview of the laboratories on site and a taste for working in a large-scale industry laboratory. | Relevant bachelor’s degree specialising in science. | Mourquong, NSW Only 10 mins from Mildura - student accom may be available if required. | Find out more |
| Reptile Encounters | Animal Keeper: Students will have the opportunity to gain practical industry-based work experience at Reptile Encounters where they will apply their discipline knowledge and problem-solving skills, communicate effectively in a professional context with people from different backgrounds and work as part of a team to facilitate the achievement of projects and organisational outcomes. | Bachelor's degree specialising in Animal Science, Zoology, Ecology or Conservation. | Burwood | Find out more |
| Whittlesea Community Connections | Biodiversity Project Officer: Set-up and maintenance of grassland seed production area, support the set-up of a new native nursery on the farm, support of mini and junior ranger participants during field trips and horticultural work including potting up and germinating seeds. | Relevant bachelor's degree in Ecology, Conservation, Environment, Botany, Plant Biology. | Wollert and onsite | Find out more |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School | Language Assistant: In the classroom, students will assist the language teachers in providing conversational language support. Students can assist with 1-1 assistance or take small groups of students for conversational activities and games. | Arts, Global Studies, Languages and Linguistics or any degree with a major in French, Spanish or Chinese. | Macleod - Uni Campus | Find out more |
| Our Future Cities | Digital Strategies Development Intern: Work with our digital Strategy Team to design and develop our approach to meaningfully building our online audience across social media and web-based platforms. This will include both creative and strategic design of plans and content to engage unique audience across the sustainable cities sector and university, early career sector. | Media, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Compter Science, IT, Planning, Environment, Conservation, Science and Engineering. | Melbourne CBD (various locations) and remote | Find out more |
| Our Future Cities | Podcast Development Intern: Placement participants will work with leading podcast developers and science communicators to organize, deliver, schedule and promote 3 podcast episodes (minimum expectation over the placement period). There is no experience necessary. This will be a great opportunity for those looking to build networks in sustainable cities sectors, sharpen their project planning, science communication and creative story telling skills or build and strengthen skills in media and communications. | Media, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Compter Science, IT, Planning, Environment. | Melbourne CBD (various locations) and remote | Find out more |
| Australia Zoo | Animal Keeper: Students will have the opportunity to gain practical industry-based work experience at Australia Zoo where they will apply their discipline knowledge and problem-solving skills, communicate effectively in a professional context with people from different backgrounds and work as part of a team to facilitate the achievement of projects and organisational outcomes. | Relevant bachelor's degree specialising in Animal Science, Zoology, Ecology or Conservation. | Beerwah QLD | Find out more |
Term 6 & Term 1 placement opportunities:Â Minor subjects - LTU2PP1, LTU2PP2, LTU3PP3 and LTU3PP4
- Longer placements of 200+ hours and at least 30 credit points of space required in your degree
- Find out more about the Industry Placement Minor
PLEASE NOTE: All listed placement opportunities for the minor subjects will run during Term 6 2024 and Term 1 2025 (4 November 2024 to 15 February 2025). Please see individual PDs for
| Industry Partner | Placement Brief | Suitable Disciplines | Placement Location | Placement Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Pathology | Pathology Lab Assistant: Students will predominately be working in the specimen reception and handling area – unbagging, batching, coding different specimen types. Assisting and observing scientific staff and registrars performing macro dissection of specimens. The exact nature of the placement will depend on what is being researched at the time. | Histology or Anatomical Pathology. | Collingwood | Find out more |
| Agriculture Victoria Research | Research Officer – Plant Regulatory Hormones for Rapid Generation: The purpose of this project is to develop a protocol for accelerating flowering time using plant regulatory hormones for rapid generation turn over in chickpeas and lentils. | Bachelor’s degree in Science or Agricultural Science. | Bundoora | Find out more |
| Kids First Australia | People and Culture intern: Coordinate student placements across the organisation and undertake other administrative tasks such as compliance reporting, exit survey set up, licence monitoring and documentation quality controls. | Human Resources. | Thomastown | Find out more |
| Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary | Seedbank Curation and Propagation intern: There will be a focus on tasks related to the production nursery including seed and cutting collection, seed processing, pricking out of plants, priority production nursery work. Students will also work across all areas of the Wildlife Sanctuary to get a broad range of experiences and understanding of what we do, such as land management activities, predator proof fence inspections, water testing, assisting with tours or educational activities and preparation of content for social media. | Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Bachelor Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Science and associated majors such as Biology, Ecology, Zoology. | Bundoora | Find out more |
| OzHarvest | Marketing/Comms assistant: The successful student will work with the Vic Engagement Manager to create and manage content for OzHarvest Melbourne across Instagram and Facebook. Participating in various OzHarvest Melbourne programs (including OzHarvest Food Rescue, FEAST, NEST, Cooking for a Cause, Partnership Engagement and Fundraising Events) and collecting, curating and communicating the impact we make. | Marketing or Communication. | Port Melbourne | Find out more |
| Big Group Hug | Digital/Social Media Assistant: an opportunity to create and moderate social media content, capture photos/videos, create blogs/media releases and capture testimonials and case studies for social media and annual/impact reports. | Business Marketing, Media and Communications | Thomastown and remote | Find out more |
| Australian Baseball League | Digital Media Content Creator and Writer (Australian Youth Championships): Writing team previews and feature stories, storytelling of the tournament, interview key people and coordinate photography. Digital Media Content Creator and Writer (Australian Baseball League): Gameday coverage via social media, feature story writing highlighting players during live coverage of the games. | Journalism or Communication. | 100% Remote | Find out more |
| Darebin City Council | Information Management Officer: As part of the Corporate Information team, perform daily processes and task such as opening, processing and sorted incoming mail, scanning, classifying and registration of all inwards correspondence, emails and facsimiles into Council’s electronic document and records management system, and forwarding on to appropriate Action Officers. Helpdesk support and assisting staff with search and retrieval of electronic documents. | Bachelor of Business, Administration, Information Management. | Preston | Find out more |
| Islamic Museum of Australia | Marketing Assistant: Through this placement, the student will gain experience across a broad range of marketing activities. The student will have the opportunity to contribute to the planning of marketing activities for either a school holiday program or exhibition opening. These activities may include tasks such as developing and drafting social media posts, writing media releases, developing a media kit and video content creation. | Media and Communication or Marketing. | Thornbury | Find out more |
| Leadership Victoria | Marketing and Communications Assistant: Work with the Marketing and Communications Lead to plan, coordinate, and execute Leadership Victoria's communications plan. This includes the design/production of materials and photos/videos of participants and speakers. Development of newsletters, social media and website content. | Media and Communication or Marketing. | Melbourne CBD and remote | Find out more |
| Healesville Living and Learning Centre | IT Officer: Development of interactive website, enrolment forms, newsletter template and other IT administrative processes such as installation of Microsoft office, outlook and document storage system and training on various systems and software. | Relevant bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Digital Marketing, Computer Science, possibly Media & Communications. | Healsville and remote | Find out more |
| Football Victoria | Policy Officer: The student will be assisting the Football Victoria (FV) Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team to develop their new DEI Framework and toolkit. This project will include assistance in development of training materials and resources to educate FV employees on the new DEI policies and practices. In addition, development of up-to-date rule books for the DEI Programs. | Sports Management, Public Policy, Diversity and Inclusion, Gender Studies, Psychological Science, Human Resources, Sociology, Ethics, Social Justice or other relevant sports or social science majors. | Bundoora | Find out more |
| Hockey Australia | Events intern: Support the Events team with operational and administrative tasks to execute the planning and delivery of HA events. This includes preparation of events via the competition management system, maintenance of a database, packing and preparation for events, post event surveys and updating event regulations, handbooks, policies and event plane. | Undergraduate Degree in Sport Management, Event Management, or other relevant degree. | Parkville | Find out more |
| BizWisdom | Digital Marketing Intern: A fantastic opportunity to obtain hands-on experience with current marketing methodologies within a leading digital marketing agency with opportunities to receive accredited training in Google Analytics, Hubspot Inbound Marketing and training in SEO techniques and web technology. | Business, Marketing, Communications, Media or a related discipline. | Abbotsford | Find out more |
| BlueFit | Marketing and Communications Intern: This role provides support to the marketing department team members to plan, develop and deliver marketing & communication strategies, projects, briefs, campaigns and recurring tasks. | Marketing, Media and Communication. | Essendon | Find out more |
| Diversity Council Australia | Events and PM Coordinator: The RISE Events Coordinator will be responsible for the planning, organisation, and execution of an in-person networking and education event to be held in April/May 2025 for the 25 organisations across the RISE Project. This individual will work closely with the RISE team, RISE consortium and relevant stakeholders to ensure that all event logistics are handled efficiently and that the event provides a valuable and memorable experience for all attendees. PAID OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS | Relevant bachelor’s degree specialising in Project Management or Business, or suitable qualification for the project. | Sydney and remote | Find out more |
| La Trobe University: Capability and Culture | Capability and Culture Intern: Students on placement with the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Team will be able to work on and support a range of enterprise-wide, strategically focused projects. The projects available may be of interest to students who wish to learn more about EDI strategies and frameworks, stakeholder engagement, data collection and analysis and communicating for a broad audience. | Business, Social Science, Health Science. | Bundoora | Find out more |
| Hearth Australia | Project Officer: The primary objective of this project is to develop engaging and informative online e-learning modules, aimed at improving the skills and knowledge of our employees. The modules will focus on business essential topics such as cultural awareness, bullying, working from home etc. There may also be modules specific to working with people with a disability. | Disability, Community Services, Health, Business, IT/Computer Software, Human Resources. | Glen Iris | Find out more |
Other placement options
Student Sourced placements
A student sourced placement is an opportunity sourced by you to fulfil the requirements of your course and career goals. Sourcing your own opportunity allows you to target specific organisations that you'd like to work with, undertaking a range of tasks negotiated by you with a potential host organisation.
Find out more about Student Sourced Industry Placements.
The Industry Venture Challenge
The Industry Venture Challenge is a placement option, undertaken as part of the 100-hour industry placement elective subject, LTU3IND. Eligible students will have completed 120 credit points and have space in their degree for a 15 credit point elective subject. Participating in the Industry Venture Challenge will enable you to boost your confidence, professional connections and your in-demand industry skills - preparing you to become work ready.
Find out more about the Industry Venture Challenge and how to apply.
Gain credit for 'Internship' or 'Vacation' programs
"Vacation" or "internship" programs are a great way to apply skills and gain valuable experience which may lead to a graduate program entry or direct employment opportunities. These programs are offered across a broad range of organisations and study disciplines, including Accounting, Finance, Cyber security, Marketing, Communications and Environmental Sustainability. Many websites advertise these opportunities, such as Grad Connection, Grad Australia, and Career Hub.
Did you know that these programs may be used to gain credit towards your degree?
When undertaking an internship program, it may be possible for students to concurrently enrol into one or more of La Trobe’s Industry Placement Elective Subjects and use the internship experience to fulfill the industry placement requirements of the elective subject/s (subject to approval from the Subject Coordinator).
How do I apply?
Students must submit a student self-sourced online application (including a Placement Description) prior to the closing date for the selected Industry Placement subject/s. The application and Placement Description will then be assessed and must be approved by La Trobe prior to enrolment into the Industry Placement elective subject. Refer to Step 2a or 2b to find out how to apply.
For more information about your eligibility, speak with your Course Coordinator. For find out more about the application process and the Industry Placement elective subjects, visit our website or contact the Industry Placements team: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au
Contact us
For further information about the industry placement subjects, the application process and placement opportunities, please email: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au