PHSS2000: Practical Employability Experience

Applications are now OPEN for Summer Semester 2022/2023. Apply below.

The HASS Faculty’s professional practical experience course is an external course designed to assist you to gain credit for a domestic, virtual or international work-related experience that suits you and your goals. This course runs in Summer Semester. During this course, you engage with the work-related experience that you have sourced, and participate in online workshops designed to help you leverage from your learning during your work experience.

PHSS2000 provides you with an opportunity to:

Incorporate internships, work experience, field work, study tours and more into your program
Develop your professional skills
Learn to communicate the value of your HASS studies to future employers
Personalise your learning and choose an experience that best suits you

Should you have any further queries regarding PHSS2000, please contact the course coordinator, Associate Professor Deanne Gannaway.

Eligibility

Finding an experience

Possible experiences include:

Internship with Tallinn University, one out of three leading universities in Estonia, which seeks a group of students to prepare practical study materials for master’s programme in Communication Management. Apply here
Internship program with Sunshine Coast Concil. Two positions available, open now and closes 5 October.
Domestic and Virtual Internships - check out the Internships and Global Experiences Team domestic and virtual internship offerings.
Volunteering opportunities - the Careers and Employability website is a good place to start.
Entrepreneurial adventures - programs through UQ Ventures (e.g. Startup Adventures) may be eligible experiences.
Discipline specific experiences and field trips.
Existing employment - if you are working full or part-time in a role that allows you to meet the course learning objectives, this may be an eligible experience.
Summer Internships Program in partnership with Media Diversity Australia.
Aurora Internship Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students OR non-Indigenous students
Australian Public Service - Citizenship Officer placement (closes 13 September)

Your proposed experience must be undertaken during the Summer Semester between 28 November 2022 and 28 January 2023.

If you're uncertain if your experience meets the course learning objectives, please refer to the list of frequently asked questions.

How to apply

What past students have said

Savaira Ratukula, 2020/2021 PHSS2000 student

Savaira Ratukula, PHSS student — Savaira Ratukula, PHSS2000 student

I have gained a better understanding of how to approach the workplace, navigate those dreaded job applications and interviews, and know how to better leverage my Arts degree so that employers know how valuable an asset I can be.

The experience made me realise that my knowledge and skills can be transferred and applied to industries I had never considered before.

Read more about Sava's experience here

Alice Marian, 2019/2020 PHSS2000 student

I took PHSS2000 in Summer Semester 2019 to gain some real-world experience as I was about to enter my final year of the Bachelor of Communications. I found the course very rewarding and was placed with Opera Queensland as my workplace. Not only did this amount to real-world experience tailored to what I wanted to get out of the experience, but it also resulted in my employment with the company after the internship period was over. I stayed on in the role as a casual doing a few days a week and am now working full-time hours within the company.

Through this placement , I have gained knowledge of the arts industry, marketing, partnerships and philanthropy, strategic engagement and stakeholder management. The best part of the course is that the wonderful team tailor the experience for you and your career aspirations, this really takes the stress out of looking for an internship. I recommend taking this course to any student looking for work experience, because this is something you can never have enough of in any industry!