Partner stories
Our industry partners talk about how they've benefited from working with placement students.
Our partners
We’ve been offering professional placement programs for over 55 years. In the last few years, 400 plus organisations, from start-ups to multinational companies, have accessed more than 2000 future-ready students through our Professional Placements and Professional Internships programs.
As well as being a valuable learning opportunity for students, our programs offer organisations a great way to access fresh ideas, support long-term projects, and help your organisations during high activity and growth.
Creating graduate pipelines
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Optimising
Optimising Co-Founder James Richardson shares his experience hiring professional placement students and how they are shaping the digital marketing industry to what it is today.
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Accru Melbourne
Kate Cain has found placements a great way to recruit high-quality permanent employees.
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Cobalt Design
Steve Martinuzzo describes how placement students integrate with the workplace and transform into potential long-term employees.
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Melbourne Water
Jarrod Mitchell explains how the professional placements program is developing the next generation of engineers.
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Metro Trains
Nathan Loriente describes the life-cycle benefits of placing students at Metro Trains.
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Royal Melbourne Hospital
Shannon Watt explains why they employ 75% of their former placement students.
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National Australia Bank
Dmitri Markman, Head of Business Credit at NAB, shares how placement student Adam is a great addition to his team.
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Decmil
Emily Trevaskis shares how engaging placement students can support business growth and strategy.
Resourcing fresh talent
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Hearth
Justin Scanlon on how disability services should embrace partnership opportunities with Swinburne.
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Australian Rail Track Corporation
Rhys Hannan describes how students have enhanced the way they deliver rail maintenance projects.
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Rail Projects Victoria
Paul Frawley explains the benefits on having placement students in the Communications team at RPV.
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Rural Northwest Health
Dr Kaye Knight describes the unique work experiences that students receive at RNH.
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City of Yarra
Peter Moran describes the civil engineer professional placement program at the City of Yarra.
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Newcrest Mining
Liem Nguyen knows the rewards that come with helping students succeed.
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Siemens
Steffen Raab on how placements gives Siemens access to a regular flow of high quality IT students.
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Zoos Victoria
Carla Phillips on how her own placement inspired her to host students in her current role.
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Agilent Technologies
Lauren Atalla on how work integrated learning helps deliver their services.
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DataSauce
Poppy Andrews on how placement students help support their ethos and goals.
Helping a student develop and grow
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Bakers Delight
Hannah Jonkers explains how student placements benefit her organisation.
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Richmond Football Club
Kathryn Stevenson explains how students are an asset, whatever your business.
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Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Christopher Fluke on how placement students bring new ideas and approaches to existing problems.
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Box Hill Migrant Information Centre
Industry testimonial from Box Hill Migrant Information Centre about Swinburne's professional placement program. -
Hotglue
Beatrix Fisher shares how students can bring a fresh perspective while boosting staff leadership skills.
A development opportunity for your staff
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Grey Innovation
Swinburne alumni Jefferson Harcourt speaks of how much he enjoyed his time at Swinburne and how it help prepare him for his entrepreneurial career.
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