The challenges of establishing an internship program: policy, expectations and workloads

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Government and employers alike are expecting universities to provide work ready graduates who have the professional skills necessary to seamlessly transition into the workplace. Providing students with the authentic learning experiences required to acquire these skills is an ongoing challenge for universities both in Australia and across the globe. Swinburne University who already has a long and proud tradition of offering work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for its undergraduate students has recently expanded its range of WIL programs in an attempt to meet the changing expectations of Government and students. This has led to the Faculty of Business and Enterprise at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne to reassess the programs it offers and investigate new options. Evaluating and developing a WIL program from the ground up is a challenging and difficult task. New programs not only need to be sensitive to student learning needs but also meet a plethora of complex go

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