Work-Integrated Learning Internships

Exploring the experience of students with disability, looking for and participating in work-integrated learning internship placements.

 

Lead: Timothy Boye, FEIT

Duration: 2021-2022

People with disabilities face many barriers to study and work, and are underrepresented in these areas. This project looks at the intersection of these experiences where students with disabilities look for and complete internships as part of their degrees. The research will take a participatory approach and have the students themselves go through a design process to identify their own experiences and those that are common among them, develop problem statements from those experiences and ideate ideas for change and innovation.

Find out more about the project or become a participant.  

Who are we working with?

  • Timothy Boye, FEIT, School of Professional Practice and Leadership
  • Dr Tania Machet, FEIT, School of Professional Practice and Leadership
  • Dr Eva Cheng, FEIT, Director Women in Engineering & IT, Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning)

Research Methods 

  • Participatory Research
  • Design Thinking Process

Funding Support

  • Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN)
  • Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE)

Network Research Themes

  • Inclusion and Social Participation
  • Social Justice, Diversity and Equity
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.