The Public Policy Professional Experience is part of the Crawford School of Public Policy’s suite of work integrated learning (WIL) options that promote reciprocal learning between academic studies and workplace application. This not for credit course provides students with an opportunity to acquire practical experience working within a public policy related environment.
Opportunities are self-sourced and are, for example, attached to a relevant government department, think tank, media outlet, or non-governmental organisation, and can be undertaken within Australia or, in rare instances, internationally subject to the student being able to bear the financial costs and to meet the visa requirements associated with the country concerned. This practical experience course is designed to complement studies undertaken as part of the coursework component of Crawford School degrees and promotes career literacy-based professional development.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Apply knowledge gained from Crawford School Masters courses in a public policy-relevant organisational environment.
- Demonstrate the ability to work under professional supervision, gain useful experience of a professional context and how organisations operate, and develop enhanced awareness of how economic and societal trends affect work opportunities.
- Demonstrate interpersonal and communication behaviours, attributes and skills that enable negotiation and collaboration with others, as well as enhanced self-awareness to identify personal characteristics and how these can support or hinder work behaviours.
- Clarify personal and professional goals consistent with personal characteristics and interests, and understand how skills can be transferable, including an enhanced ability to demonstrate employability skills to others.
- Develop relationships with policy makers and organisations relevant to their Crawford School degree.
Work Integrated Learning
Placements
This WIL component supports your placement in a policy-relevant agency or organisation with integrated career skills development.
Indicative Assessment
- Reflective Statement (2500 words). After completing their professional experience students will submit a Reflective Statement. The Statement is a critical component of ‘experiential learning’. It provides a structured opportunity to reflect on how concrete experiences in the professional experience have helped both to enhance understanding of academic concepts and to develop a better conception of your own personal work characteristics and work preferences. The Statement is the primary means for documenting student engagement with career-literacy based professional development. (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
The self-sourced internship should provide a minimum of 90 hours placement.
Inherent Requirements
To complete this course, students may be required to attend a domestic or international field location. To participate at the location, students may be required to:
- Travel to the field location and stay in field accommodation such as shared basic cabins or dorm rooms;
- Monitor and manage their own health while studying and living with a small group of people at the location, which may be isolated;
- Understand and respect the needs of other participants and act professionally throughout the trip.
Students who cannot meet these requirements will not be able to participate at the location and therefore cannot complete the course.
In addition, some internship options may require students to:
- Safely traverse 2-3km over uneven ground at a moderate pace.
Students who can provide evidence they are unable to meet this requirement may be able to choose other options or negotiate alternative participation and assessment requirements with the course convenor.
If you have any questions regarding your course and the requirements it has for successful completion please contact either the course convenor for specific information or the relevant college and/or school mobility team.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Crawford School of Public Policy to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
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Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 14
- Unit value:
- 0 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
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Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
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| 1471 | 01 Jan 2025 | 24 Jan 2025 | 24 Jan 2025 | 31 Mar 2025 | In Person | View |
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6505 | 01 Jul 2025 | 01 Jul 2025 | 25 Jul 2025 | 30 Sep 2025 | In Person | N/A |