Connect your business with the brightest future business leaders
Since 2010, we've partnered with some of Queensland's biggest industry names; Queensland Tourism Industry Council, Tennis Queensland, KPMG, Gold Coast Suns, Brisbane City Council and Gold Coast University Hospital to name a few, to offer business internships to our bright, up and coming students.
A business student intern could make a significant difference to your organisation and you'll get to nurture and make a meaningfully contribution to a student's future.
Things to consider before registering
Things to consider before registering
What to expect
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How to register
Step-by-step guide to registering
Frequently Asked Questions
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Downloadable Industry Registration Guide
Guide to registering as an industry partner
Interested in offering an internship?
How to register
If you're interested in offering a business internship, please get in touch with our team to get started. For more information about the internship process, download our step-by-step partner guide.
Key dates for Trimester 1
Registrations open
Now
Registrations close
25 January 2024
Trimester 1 commences
4 March to 31 May 2024
Key dates for Trimester 2
Registrations open
Now
Registrations close
7 June 2024
Trimester 2 commences
15 July to 11 October 2024
About the placement
As part of the work-integrated learning model each internship placement needs to meet our students' academic requirements and align with the disciplines we teach at Griffith Business School.
Use the majors offered in our Bachelor of Business to guide your internship job ad.
You can choose how you'd like to deliver your internship placement too, we can facilitate the following delivery modes:
- Face to face internship: your intern will come to your workplace to carryout their internship responsibilities.
- Virtual internship: your intern will be available to you online.
- Blended internship: your intern can do both; you can decide when and where you'd like your intern to be.
During the internship placement, students are required to spend one to two days in the work place for 12 weeks to meet their academic course needs.
- Accounting, finance and economics
- Asian business and engagement
- Behavioural science
- Business analytics
- Business law
- Digital business
- Event management
- Financial planning
- Government and international relations
- Human resource management and employment relations
- Information systems
- International business
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Marketing
- Politics and public policy
- Real estate and property development
- Sustainable business
- International tourism and hotel management
- Sports management
Things to consider
The below steps are key to understanding and getting preparing to offer a business internship placement with us!
Considering your application
When you are deciding to apply to offer an internship placement, we'll need to know the following:
- What area of your business the internship will operate in
- The issue, project or the tasks/activities the student will be working on
- The expected outcomes that the student will deliver (verifiable outcomes)
We'll also consider a number of factors before you're approved to offer an internship placement to students. These factors include but are not limited to:
- Outcomes of a risk assessment (e.g. existence and implementation of emergency and incident reporting procedures)
- Outcomes of a work site evaluation
- Alignment of Griffith University and the host organisations’ values
- The host organisation is of a reasonable size
Types of internships
As an industry partner of the WIL Program, you can choose to offer one of the follow internship placement types:
- Project-based internship: the project could involve a specific area of research or investigation which will contribute to solving a business problem or supporting a business case.
- Activity/task-based internship: is based on activities and tasks relevant to professional practice or day-to-day operations. Students are active-participants and learners in the workplace and apply their skills under the guidance of their ‘supervisor’.
- Virtual internships: students are available remotely, online. Virtual internships open up opportunities beyond SEQ – think capital cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and rural, remote and regional Australia, or the NT!
- Case Study or Scenario-Based: study tour, global internship, or simulated work environment experience.
There are instructions below on what disciplines an internship placement can be offered in.
Selecting a student
We aim to provide the most suitable student for your internship placement; however, this is contingent upon student participation numbers for each trimester and student preferences for internship placement offers. Therefore, we cannot guarantee your role will be filled.
When a potential intern selects your opportunity, and are determined to be suitable for your role, you will receive a copy of their resume and may choose to conduct an interview. You will make the final decision regarding whether you want to accept them as an intern.
Availability
Students are available on a part-time basis (one or two full days per week) up to a maximum 12-week period. While internships are unpaid, some students may be available for paid work or paid vacation employment on either side of their internship commitment.
Unpaid work
Students undertaking an internship are unpaid because the student is completing a placement as a part of their course and there is no employment relationship. Any work offered to the student outside of their internship hours is expected to be paid work.
Terms and conditions
Academic requirements
Griffith Business School’s internship courses are graded and form part of the student’s degree. Students attend face-to-face or online classes throughout the trimester while they complete their placement with you. Students are supported by a Course Convenor and teaching team and complete a number of assessment items during the course. A dedicated Griffith Business School team tracks student progress throughout the internship to ensure industry deliverables and academic outcomes are achieved.
Legal liability
Students are covered by Griffith University for legal liability and personal accident (if they are unpaid). Note that students are NOT covered to drive company vehicles. Projects/internship activities can be confidential.