Practical organisational experience for USQ business students

University of Southern Queensland's (USQ) business students will soon be given the opportunity to gain valuable work place experience while completing a degree thanks to a new work integrated learning (WIL) course.    

The Faculty of Business will offer BUS3000 Work Integrated Learning from semester two this year, and will host an all-day workshop for students interested in enrolling in the new program on Monday 19 May.

Dean of the Faculty of Business, Professor Allan Layton said "Now that we have a WIL, you now have a way'. This summarises the philosophy behind the course that will bring academic education closer to real world problem-solving and is another example the of the commitment of USQ Business to being community centred and career focussed"

Co-course Leader Dr Joseph Mula said 'It will allow students to improve their learning by the application of the concepts, theories and graduate qualities developed in their major area of study to their workplace activities. For those students who are already working, it will capture the experience of those students in the form of a specific project that relates their practice to theory.'

'The workshops will provide the work transition skills needed by students so that they are ready to contribute to the host organisation.

'A number of organisations have put up their hand to host WIL students in the first round but we are always on the look out for more organisations with projects that would suit a final year student.

'Some not-for-profit organisations have projects that need doing for which they don't have the expertise nor the fund to pay for the resources required. There is no payment for the work undertaken.'

The course will be available to selected final year USQ Faculty of Business Bachelor program student who has completed at least four courses in the major of their work experience.

Media Contact: Connie-Louise Rego, USQ Media, +61 7 4631 2977