The Australian National Internships Program provides students from any discipline with the opportunity to undertake a significant research project within a work place. Academic credit will be awarded towards the students' degrees.  All placements are at national institutions (eg Parliament House, government departments and agencies), peak industry bodies, public policy-focussed NGOs, or international organisations (eg foreign embassies). 

Admission to this course is selective due to the high academic standards required to successfully complete the course.

Internship placements are for 11 weeks.  The research topic is agreed between the  Intern and the placement and topics usually have a public policy focus.   During the Internship students attend workshops on campus to enhance their professional skills.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate and apply a range of new applied research and professional skills; 
2. Source, analyse, synthesise, and interpret information from diverse sources;
3. Think, write, and argue about complex public policy issues and questions;
4. Engage professionally with stakeholders on policy-relevant topics.

Assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes in this course will be undertaken through submission and grading of:

 • a 500-word research project proposal (10% of the final grade); (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3)

 • a research report of up to 16,000 words (70%) (LO 1, 2, 3 and 4);

 •  an oral presentation on the research report (20%) (LO 1, 2, 3 and 4)

4.5 days per week for 11 weeks undertaking an internship placement working on an approved internship research topic, plus 3 hour workshop.

All students must have successfully completed at least 2 years of an undergraduate program (96 units).

All students require departmental / school consent to enrol in this course.

Incompatibility: ANIP3024

Not applicable

There are no prescribed texts for this course.

All students must have standard Microsoft Office Suite skills and Internet access.

Students will be required to undertake an EndNote training session, and will be advised to utilise other available information literacy courses at the ANU.