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Internship programs offer you ways to gain academic credit whilst gaining valuable work experience in your chosen field. We know it is an important stepping stone in your transition from education to employment.

PSYC360 - Research internship in Psychology

This internship will not be running in 2024

Wollongong - Flexible 

  • Credit Points: 6
  • Pre-requisites: PSYC231 and PSYC234 and PSYC236 and PSYC241 and PSYC250
  • Co-requisites: None
  • Restrictions: Selected students will be enrolled manually by the Coordinator
  • Contact Hours: N/A
  • Coordinator: Professor Robert Barry (robert_barry@uow.edu.au)

This internship subject will provide outstanding students who have an interest in research with the opportunity to learn how research is done by working alongside researchers in an active research group.  Emphasis will be on learning practical skills in the selected area, working as part of a team, achieving research objectives in laboratory or field work, accurately recording methods and results, and critically evaluating the research methods of others.  Students will participate in ongoing research activities under the supervision of a staff member of the School of Psychology. This may occur on campus in a laboratory context or off-site at an appropriate research location. 150 hours participation in lab work or other approved activities is required.
This subject is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory based on scheduled student journal submissions and an end-of-project report.

This year there are 18 places available across 11 projects, as indicated in the table below.  For more information contact the academics running the projects.

Student applicants who currently satisfy all the prerequisites (PSYC231, PSYC234, PSYC236, PSYC241 and PSYC250) are invited to apply.  Indicate your project preferences by ranking them in the table below from 1 (top) to 11 (lowest).

The top 18 applicants (defined by marks in the above prerequisites) will be allocated to projects in rank order.  Each student will be allocated to their most preferred available project.  Allocations are non-negotiable, and if not accepted, will be allocated to the next in line.

If you wish to apply, indicate your preferences in order below and return this table to the coordinator, Professor Robert Barry (robert_barry@uow.edu.au), by 5.00 pm on 26 May.

Academic's project by title  

Academic

Project

Places

Your rank

Barry, Robert

Cardiac and EEG entrainment to music tempo

2

  

Byron, Tim

Measuring hooks in popular music using continuous self-report

2

  

Caputi, Peter

Exploring student presenteeism (the behaviour of working while ill)

2

  

Chan, Amy

What makes us feel lucky?

2

  

Hill, Harold

Experiments on monocular stereopsis, the subjective impression of three-dimensional shape characteristic when viewing with one eye

2

  

Leeson, Peter

Emotional intelligence and need for closure

1

  

Marceau, Ely

Using language analysis as a window into the brain: Clinical applications to substance dependence and personality dysfunction in youth

1

  

Palmisano, Stephen

Virtual reality motion sickness

1

  

Pickard, Judy

Parent child attachment (N.B. data collection on some Saturday and Sunday mornings)

1

  

Shira, Mark

Functional organisation and connectivity in early visual cortex

2

  

Woolrych, Tracey

The role of self-compassion and rejection sensitivity in feelings of loneliness

2

  

Geog292/352 Social Sciences Research Internship

This Spring semester 2024, one research internship is offered in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Communities, School of Health and Society. Please email Associate Professor Jennifer Atchison (subject coordinator) for an expression of interest form for this process on jenny_atchison@uow.edu.au. Forms are to be submitted to Jenny by email on or before COB Wednesday, 12 July. Please do not email project supervisors.

Supervisors

Senior Professor Pauline McGuirk

Australia’s housing crisis is deepening.  Rental affordability and availability is reaching historic lows. One response from the market, strongly backed by governments, is the development of a Build-to-Rent sector: large scale apartment developments intended for long-term rental. These are owned by large institutions and/or development corporations and offer new models of landlord/tenant relationships. They also offer new visions and narratives for urban living for ‘generation rent’, separated from the prospect of home ownership. Federal, state and local governments have been delivering changes in taxation, planning and regulatory settings to encourage and facilitate the growth of this sector, as a component of responding to the housing crisis.

This project will delve into how this new sector in Australia’s housing market is emerging. How is it being fashioned and what new visions of urbanism does it propose? What role might it play in addressing the housing crisis.

I am seeking an intern who will play a key role in a collaborative, comparative project with researchers in Dublin (Trinity College, Dublin) and Auckland (University of Auckland) on the emergence of the BTR sector.  As an intern, you will be involved in gathering and analysing data to track the growth and marketing of the sector, shifts in the regulatory settings, and debates about its contribution to addressing the housing crisis.

You will contribute to new research and gain invaluable experience on housing and urban governance, with a specific emphasis on the built-to-rent sector.

Content for 80-hour placement agreement

  • Conduct literature review on research on the build-to-rent sector internationally
  • Collate data on key regulatory shifts, sector growth, key developments  (scope, scale and character)
  • Conduct preliminary analysis and write brief report.

Planned timetable for 80 hours

  • Initial meeting and project discussion (2 hours)
  • Progress meetings (fortnightly) (8 hours)
  • Literature review identifying and describing key research issues on the BTR section internationally (20 hours)
  • Collating data on key developments and regulatory shifts (20 hours)
  • Analysing real estate industry reports and marketing material on key BTR developments (20)
  • Report preparation (20 hours)

The internship can be completed in a flexible format (face-to-face on campus or via zoom).

The intern is encouraged to meet the researchers on campus at the start of the project. This subject would suit a 2nd or 3rd year student with an eye for detail, and a keen and demonstrated interest in housing and urban research.

This subject provides academic credit to accompany the work placement (internship) which is on occasion organised by students with the permission of the Discipline Leader PAIS, in conjunction with the Head of Students for the School. 

For full subject information, see the subject database.

This subject will enable Politics students to undertake internships in relevant political offices in the Illawarra or Sydney. Students undertaking this subject will be attached to the office of an elected politician, or work within a part of government bureaucracy. They will undertake duties as directed by their supervisor in that institution. Enrolment is conditional of approval being granted by Discipline Leader, PAIS.

For full subject information, see the subject database.

Admission to the Australian National Internship Program (ANIP) is highly competitive and by application to the ANU. If selected students will undertake two months or more full-time work in as a parliamentary intern based in the offices of Members of Parliament and Senators and engaging with a range of activities that shape national policy-making. Placements in the Public Service or other agencies are also possible. UOW will credit the completed ANIP with 12 credit points. Enrolment in POL346 is conditional on being selected for the ANIP.

For full subject information, see the subject database.

If you are a hard-working, high performing student committed to progressing to a career in the field of creative arts there may be an opportunity for you in the Creative Arts Internship Program.

Successful students will spend a minimum of 60 hours in an organisation, working on an agreed project with exposure to a fully operational professional environment.

Applicants must be mature, engaging, articulate and willing to serve as ambassadors for the University. You should aspire to benefit from the experience professionally, culturally and personally.

Students are eligible to undertake a placement with an organisation provided they meet the following criteria:

  • current and enrolled student at the University;
  • approval is obtained from the Faculty/Department; and
  • the Faculty/Department confirms that the Placement is related to the student’s studies.

Expression of Interest

Expressions of interest should be made to Grant Ellmers in the first instance.

Students who wish to apply for this subject are required to organise their own internship. This will involve contacting local businesses and liaising with them regarding your start date, hours of availability and what you hope to achieve from the internship. Once the internship has been organised students will need to complete the documentation listed below and send it to TAEM administration.

Resources

To complete your enrolment, successful applicants are required to:

Enquiries

Please contact Grant Ellmers for further information or advice

Students enrolled in this subject should contact the Subject Coordinator to discuss internship options. View the subject description for detailed information and session availability.

Documentation

Applications must be submitted a minimum of five (5) workings days prior to the commencement of your placement. Failure to do so may delay and/or invalidate your placement plans.

Prior to commencing placement, students must complete and submit the following:

The Internship Evaluation Form is to be completed by your supervisor at the placement organisation.