Access Talent

High-achieving early career Bachelor of Commerce and specialist Masters students studying in the business fields of Accounting, Econometrics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Management and Marketing  students studying in the business fields of Accounting, Econometrics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Management and Marketing.

Competitions normally take place in the second half of the year, from July to September. We generally have sponsors confirmed in the first quarter, so we can start promoting the competition to students.

Over the years, we have had a range of cases from different industry sectors. We can provide more details and examples during an in-depth discussion with you as to what will work.

You will be assigned a dedicated account manager who can efficiently manage any day to day queries. Depending on your type of sponsorship and involvement, you may also be involved in designing the case with our academic team with opportunities for mentoring and professional development days. We will provide timelines and detail in advance to ensure that your organisation's involvement can be managed and planned for.

We can tailor sponsorship packages to broadly suit your organisational goals. This activity can help promote your brand both internally at the University to students and staff, and externally through a range of marketing channels.

Past sponsors have been able to connect with and recruit our brightest students who take part in case competitions. Being a judge or mentor can provide a great professional development opportunity and ultimately, your sponsorship will give something back, in helping to shape the minds of students and learn.

Yes, we can promote your organisation's programs through a range of channels, once we have ensured that the programs are suitable for our students. Please contact us to find out more.

Projects should feasibly be completed within a two- or ten-week period depending on the program you undertake. Examples of project topics are:

• How can we gain greater procurement efficiency?
• Analyse perverse tax incentives for sustainable behaviour
• Feasibility assessment: creation of a new maintenance division
• Strategies for becoming an employer of choice
• How to develop an innovation culture in the workplace
• Creating a financial model for headcount, productivity and long-term competitiveness
• Examine implications of social media for enabling customer social investment
• Insight into customers’ use of search and social media
• Reviewing international financial processing
• Assessing the viability of entering a new market with an existing product
• Conducting a feasibility analysis on business expansion
• In-sourcing versus out-sourcing
• Developing plans for attracting specific customer groups
• Development of a financial database management program
• Identification of a geographic growth plan

High-achieving early career Bachelor of Commerce and specialist Masters students studying in the business fields of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Management and Marketing.

They have well-developed problem solving, teamwork, IT and communication skills, with many speaking more than one language and all have a high degree of nous.

The intellectual property remains with the host company with permission for the student to use the work as part of their studies and assessment.

There are opportunities for all sizes of companies to engage with our students. Please contact us and we can discuss further.

Students are supervised remotely by an Academic staff member. If you feel there is a problem, you can be assured of our support to mediate the issue quickly.

There is no catch, you are providing a learning opportunity for students to work on real world challenges for your organisation. Students are receiving credit towards their degree for the completion of your consulting project. Students are not completing day to day work for you (work that would normally be handled by an employee). They are conducting analysis, review and research in order to develop detailed recommendations and solutions, which you as an organisation may wish to operationalise at a later date.

If in Australia (but outside Melbourne), in July 2023 we will be running the Business Practicum in Sydney (2-week intensive), please contact us to learn more.

For other locations outside of Melbourne please contact us to discuss further as there may be hybrid or online opportunities available

If outside of Australia we do support projects via our Global Business Practicum and our Global Management Consulting subjects. Please contact us to learn when our students will next be in your region. Students, similar to our local/Australia-based program travel and take part in consulting projects for an intensive 2-week period.

The project team are there to develop the strategy, conduct relevant analysis, benchmark or make recommendations in relation to your challenge. Many organisations then operationalise the strategy, either using their internal team or by hiring interns.

Yes. This becomes an employment agreement between you and the student. There is no charge from the University.

This isn't an issue. Please provide us with advanced notice so we can organise for students to complete these. Please let us know should you require these checks as soon as possible. Police checks generally require 2.5 weeks and WWCC generally require 4 weeks' notice.

We provide a range of other ways to connect with our students through various marketing and social media channels. We can also provide and promote virtual platforms such as webinars, depending on the context. On-campus visits are not always the most effective and efficient way to promote opportunities.

Some other ways you can engage with students and promote your brand include Case Competitions, Speaker Opportunities and Employability Workshops and Career Mentoring.

If you’re unsure what might be right for you, speak to one of our expert team members via fbe-industryprograms@unimelb.edu.au.

To ensure fairness and equity, engagement opportunities are for all students. We do not exclude any student groups from accessing these programs. We understand that employment opportunities may require certain work rights for students to be eligible. We can identify the target audience in communications, but we will not exclude students. Find out more.

The Fair Work Act requires that students are paid at least the minimum wage for work experience undertaken within organisations, unless the work is undertaken as a vocational placement or is classified as voluntary work.

For a placement to meet the requirements of a 'vocational placement', it must be undertaken as part of a subject or a course. Alternatively, it should be classified as voluntary work. The consequences of an unpaid placement falling outside these exemptions under the Act is that the student is deemed to be an employee and is legally entitled to at least the minimum wage.

We do offer our master's internship subject, each Semester, that meets the requirements of a vocational placement.

The University of Melbourne has Guidelines for Professional Placements which assist in determining the type of professional placements that can be offered or facilitated by the University.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has information on internships, vocational placements and unpaid work.

What internships can be advertised?

• Paid internships that meet the Fair Work Act requirements or the country of employment requirements (see below). These will be reviewed and approved at the discretion of the University and in line with our terms and conditions.
• Unpaid internship opportunities that are a requirement of a student's course or subject or is classified as voluntary work in a registered not-for-profit organisation.
• We will work with you to ensure any unpaid internships meet the appropriate criteria and standards to ensure alignment with the Fair Work Act.

Insurance

The University’s insurance program covers enrolled students undertaking University of Melbourne (unpaid) course accredited and approved work experience, placements and internships.

The University must be connected to the proposed activity by either:

• A compulsory course requirement or;
• in accordance with a specific vocational placement agreement or contract.

Therefore, through our masters internship subject, insurance will be covered by the University.

Yes. As a part of the University’s effort to prepare our students as global citizens, we encourage students to connect and engage with industry both domestically and internationally. We also promote opportunities based overseas.

Every day we partner with employers to help them recruit interns from our talented cohort.

• If the internship qualifies as part of our internship subject we will coordinate the promotion of the opportunity, directly targeting students who are keen to undertake an internship as part of their university studies. At the conclusion of the advertising period, we will provide a list of suitable applications that you can select from to interview.
• If the internship does not qualify as part of the internship subject we will assist you in the promotion of the opportunity via our job boards, newsletters and social media platforms. The students will apply directly to you/your organisation.

Internships can be offered as part of our for-credit subject (paid or unpaid) and students include high-achieving early-career Bachelor of Commerce and specialist Masters students studying in the business fields of Accounting, Econometrics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Management and Marketing.

For our internship subject (paid or unpaid), students from the following courses can apply: