Placements and WIL

Agricultural Sciences, and Animal and Veterinary Bioscience students undertake placements in a wide variety of settings. La Trobe University students have been offered placements in settings such as:

• Australia Zoo
• Conservation Volunteers Australia
• RSPCA
• Pets Haven Foundation
• Southeast Animal Hospital
• Meredith Dairy
• The Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre - This short video shows the placement experience of some students at MDFRC

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WBL Subject offered

WBL Subjects offered

If you are studying an undergraduate Arts degree, you may be eligible to apply for the following subjects. Check the handbook for more details.

WBL Subjects offered

If you are studying an undergraduate Business degree, you may be eligible to apply for the following subjects. Check the handbook for more details.

Computer Science and IT students at La Trobe are offered a variety of work placement experiences across a number of year levels. Placements are undertaken across a wide variety of industries from government to non-government organisations, small and large companies, and local and international companies.

In the past, La Trobe University students have undertaken work placements with companies such as:

• The Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution
• VickTrack
• Centorrin Technologies
• Bendigo Bank
• The Lifesciences Computation Centre

Click to read more about work placement opportunities available to Computer Science and IT students.

To get information about an individual subject's objectives, requirements and study options, please click on the link below to access the subject specifics in the relevant handbook entry.

WBL Subjects offered

Master of Data Science

This subject has been developed to allow students undertaking the Master of Data Science degrees to enhance their formal learning in a practical setting and to develop their understanding of the Australian workplace culture.

It also provides employers with the opportunity to access talented and motivated students to work on meaningful projects of organisational value. Students will undertake 2 days of placement per week over a 12-week period where they will plan, execute and evaluate an appropriate workplace project.

WBL Subject offered

Subject Details

• Select entry subject requiring Subject Coordinator approval
• Students will need to have completed their first year of Master of Data Science
• Students must submit an Expression of Interest and Resume
• Pre-placement preparation workshop
• Assessment: resume/cover letter, 2 x Project Reports, Reflective Report and Employer Evaluation

Placement Details

• 2 days of placement per week over 12 weeks
• Streams: Big data and cloud computing, Bioinformatics and Analytical Science
• Project based (primarily)
• Timing – as per semester dates for Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer
• Mix of self-sourced and university sourced placements
• Placements are generally unpaid

Master of Data Science students are skilled in:

• Working with Big Data tools like Hadoop, Apache Spark, Hive and cloud computing
• The use of Amazon Web Services
• Java and Scala programming
• Cleaning and transforming data at a large scale
• Data visualisation
• Using statistical software packages to model data arising from complex study designs
• Applying advanced statistical techniques to modern problems

Additionally, students in specialised streams have acquired the following skills:

Data and Cloud Computing

• Web development
• Predictive analytics
• Data mining

Analytical Science

• Reproduce, critique and validate complicated statistical analyses in a variety of contexts
• Combine evidence from several studies to increase power and make new discoveries
• Model longitudinal and other forms of repeated measures data prevalent in modern applications

Bioinformatics

• Differential expression analysis using either next-gen sequencing based or microarray data
• Cluster analysis and dimensional reduction of large omics data
• Pathway analysis of omics data
• Statistical analysis of omics data from public repository
• Basic analysis of single-cell omics data
• Sample size and study power calculations

Placement projects could include:

• Analysis and cleaning of Big Data
• Predictive analytics: to train a model and make various predictions on test data
• Produce reports from aggregated quantities of interest from large data sets
• Dimension reduction and visualisation of high-dimension data
• The effect of model violations on the analysis of repeated measures
• Projects that use omics data to identify transcripts, genes or pathways involved in onset and progression of diseases
• Identification of novel biomarkers for better-targeted early intervention or better drug-response
• Single-cell omics data analysis

To find out more, please contact: STM5IPL@latrobe.edu.au

Student Information Session

Information sessions for this subject cover key steps on how to source internship opportunities within your industry. We encourage all students who are interested in the subject STM5IPL to attend an information session as it will equip you with valuable insider information which can also be applied to your job search strategies.

Engineering at La Trobe University

Engineering students at La Trobe University are given the opportunity to complete a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement in their 4th year of study for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), a professional qualification accredited by Engineers Australia.

Students are expected to carry out engineering work as if employed by the company for six months. The student’s work is expected to be a contribution to productivity or the company’s strategic goals.

La Trobe University students have worked with a number of high-profile organisations including:

• The German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Fraunhofer Society
• BMW
• Thales Group
• Melbourne Water

Read more about La Trobe University's Engineering WIL program here. ^{(PDF 3.27MB, 2018 edition)}

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WBL Subjects Offered

Exercise Science is available to students in the Melbourne campus through the School of Allied Health, and in Bendigo as part of La Trobe Rural Health School.

Click to read more about Exercise Science at La Trobe University.

Students in this discipline aim to become experts in sport and exercise science, with an emphasis on community wellness. La Trobe University students undertake placements in a variety of different settings including:

• Community Health settings
• Corporate health and wellness
• Developing and monitoring exercise programs
• Sport injury prevention

La Trobe University has had a partnership with the ERA (Exercise Research Australia) since 2016. In this period more than 60 La Trobe University (LTU) Exercise Science students have undertaken the ERA program. In 2018, LTU and the ERA hope to extend this to more than 80 students.

Listen to students talk about their placement experience

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WBL Subjects Offered

La Trobe Sport Intern Diaries

La Trobe University students undertake internship opportunities in a variety of settings. Read about their stories here!

Find out more about our health placements.

WBL Subjects offered

Double degree law students may be eligible to apply for WBL subjects available for Criminology, Biomedicine, Business, Arts, Psychological Science, Commerce, Science, Global Studies, Media & Communication, Politics, Philosophy & Economics. Double degree law students may be eligible to apply for WIL subjects available for Arts and Business students. Check the handbook for more details.

Students undertaking this subject complete their work placement with the Department of Health and Human Services. In order to enrol in this subject, students must have been offered a placement by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Documentation: In order to participate in this subject must hold a valid Working With Children Check card, a current Police Check Certificate, and where indicated, a current and valid drivers license.

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WBL Subject offered

Alternative Option: Entry into this subject is limited to a set number of students, however students who are not offered a placement for this subject are encouraged to consider the cross-discipline subject "Future Ready for Work" as a possible alternative.

Find out more about our health placements.

Work placement opportunities are offered to Public Health students as a 3rd year undergraduate elective. Placements take place in a variety of public health settings such as:

• Community centers
• City councils
• Primary health networks
• Non-government organisations
• Hospitals

Public Health courses at La Trobe University.

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WBL Subject offered

Find out more about our health placements.

The Industry Placement Elective Subjects features:

• a combination of activities in a workplace and learning activities and assessment via LMS
• placements can be onsite, remote or hybrid
• aligned to your course or career aspirations
• voluntary/paid (most at unpaid)
• usually completed 2nd or 3rd year

University Sourced placement opportunities

Student Sourced placements

When searching for your own industry placement, it is important that you spend some time creating a targeted approach though identifying industries, companies, projects, and contacts of interest. This will assist you in being clear about what it is that you are looking for and additionally, will help you to build knowledge of possible careers in your discipline area.

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Find out how to apply for the Industry Placement Elective Subjects.