Are you planning ahead? Want to incorporate a talented University student into one of your upcoming innovation, R&D, or improvement projects? Keen to link students with your graduate program? Get organised early ... here's a summary of which students are available, when ... and how to access them via CEED (before others do!).
CEED students can work on company projects (as part of their degree) located in/around Sydney, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, and some other areas in Queensland.
Project Suitability
Size of project - a scope that can be completed within 13 weeks, with a student working 3-4 days/week over that period.
Level of difficulty - projects should be achievable by a 1st year graduate.
Research vs Practical projects - most projects completed by CEED students are 'practical' or R&D focused rather than highly intellectual/research-focused. Projects usually arise from a company's need to solve a business problem, develop a new product / software application, research or target their customers in some way, or streamline business / IT / manufacturing processes.
Therefore, companies should aim to offer projects that will provide them with commercial value / ROI, whilst providing the student with a solid 'real world' training opportunity. Companies must provide a supervisor / mentor for the student. With these aims in mind, companies and students alike will achieve very good project results.
Students Available via CEED (from University of Queensland, QUT, University of Southern Queensland, University of Sydney):
CEED will advertise projects to the widest range of students, relevant for the project. You don't need to know in advance what type of student you need. But if you do have a preference (possibly to link with your graduate recruitment objectives), please let us know.
The range of students available for your company/government-based projects are:
Engineering - final year and Masters students (QUT, UQ, USQ, U.Sydney): Civil, Environmental, Electrical, Mechanical, Avionics, Mechatronics/Infomechatronics, Medical, Software, Computer Systems, Telecommunications, Master of Engineering Technology. From November 2010, Engineering students will also be available from University of Sydney (Aerospace, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Computer, Telecommunication, Software and Power).
Information Technology - final year and Masters students (QUT, UQ, U.Sydney): Master of IT (incl. Information Systems/BPM), final year Bachelor of IT (incl. Software Architecture, Games and Interactive Entertainment, Corporate Systems Management, Information Management). University of Sydney students available are all Master of IT.
Business - Masters students (QUT), final year students (USQ-Springfield): MBA, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Events, Finance/Accounting, Human Resources
Science - Honours and Masters, some final year students (UQ, USQ): Biology (UQ), Biotechnology (UQ), Mathematics (USQ), Statistics (USQ), Computing Science (USQ)
NEW - Sustainable Management - final year and Masters students (UQ): UQ SMART (Sustainable Management Alliance in Research and Training) students come from varied backgrounds - Engineering, Business, Economics, Commerce, Law, Environmental Management, Agribusiness, Journalism, and general Science. These students are trained to conduct projects such as: Carbon Inventory; Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC); Evaluation of Carbon Reduction Strategies and Recommendations. Their study areas include: Firms, Communities & Social Responsibility; Business Management in a Carbon Constrained World; Communicating for Sustainability; Systems Thinking for Sustainability; Environmental Markets & Emissions Trading; Sustainable Business Practices. SMART students are available 2-3 days/week over Summer semester, 1st semester, and 2nd semester for CEED projects.
NEW - Food Technology / Food Studies - final year and Masters students (UQ): These students are available full-time (5 days/week) for company-based projects. The final year B.Food Technology students are only available in 2nd semester each year (20 week project, commencing June). The M.Food Studies are available over Summer semester, 1st semester, and 2nd semester for CEED projects (project duration: 13 weeks).
Timing options, Deadlines, Cost:
Students are available in line with the University semester timetable. Choose the timing option (below) that best suits your project ... and register the details with CEED prior to the corresponding deadline, to start the recruitment process.
Timing Options for | Deadlines - Register Your Project/s with CEED by: | Cost - Fee Payable per Project |
Summer semester 10/11 - duration: 11 weeks | mid-October 2010 | $10,250 |
Summer vacation + 1st semester - duration: vacation period + 13 weeks | early-November 2010 | $13,250** |
| 1st semester - duration: 13 weeks (project duration: late-February to June) | end-January 2011 | $10,250 |
| 2nd semester - duration: 13 weeks (project duration: late July to November) | June 2011 | $10,250 |
Depending on their course, students work 3-4 days/week on-site with their host company throughout the project (MBA and UQ SMART students are available 2-3 days/week, Food Tech/Studies students | Once you register your project/s, CEED will commence and co-ordinate the advertising and recruitment process for you (so you can select a suitable student) | One student per project. Project fee is payable by company/client - invoiced only after |
* Project fee payable by company includes student scholarship (paid instead of a salary), Insurances, co-supervision, CEED recruitment, management & training fee.
** Extra $3,0000 is added to the student scholarship, to compensate students for working over a longer period
~ Financial assistance is available for eligible SME companies - Members of Australian Technology Showcase (ATS). Enquire for further details.
How To Register / Source a CEED Student for Your Company Project:
Choose from 2 easy ways:
1. Click here – and complete the company/project registration form
or
2. Email 1-2 page project outline/s to: ceed@corptech.com.au (template is available upon request)
Summary of CEED Recruitment Process:
Once a client registers their project/s with CEED (online or via email), we confirm the details and timing of project/s before advertising details to the appropriate students at QUT, UQ, USQ or USYD.
Projects are advertised to students via the CEED website and our network of academic contacts (note: please omit confidential project/company details from project outline/s, for advertising purposes). You can choose to discuss confidential/other details of the project with students, at the interview stage.
An application, interview and selection process will follow (co-ordinated by CEED) - to assist clients to choose the most suitable student/s for their project/s.
Once a suitable student is selected by the client, CEED confirms a convenient start date. Project contracts are put in place (client and student), and the project fee is invoiced (1st instalment). Before the student commences work on the project, CEED provides the student with an induction session which includes training in project planning and management.
CEED then monitors the progress of all student projects, from start to finish. CEED is available to clients and students throughout the project for guidance and troubleshooting, whenever required.
CEED’s aim is for both the student and client to gain a very good project outcome. This means that the client receives a good and tangible project result, and the student receives good industry-based training/mentoring, experience in managing and delivering a ‘real world’ project, and a higher than average academic grade for their project.
CEED Client Benefits
CEED projects provide a tangible benefit to the student/s involved ... and to companies of all sizes, as well as Local and State Government. Hundreds of companies have benefited from hosting/mentoring a CEED student. These benefits include:
- Gain an extra person to complete an important project, where internal resources or knowledge is limited
- Opportunity to train and mentor a young professional – invest in your company / industry’s future
- Access a wide variety of talented students from 4 Universities - via CEED
- Cost-effective
- Clients choose a suitable student – via application and interview process
- Clients retain Intellectual Property (IP) ownership; and confidentiality
- Identify (and trial) future graduate employees
- Students are available 3 times per year (February, July and November/December)
- Receive a fresh viewpoint, via student input to your company problem / project
- Projects can be ‘practical’ or research-based. CEED encourages clients to register projects that will add value to their company, as well as a training opportunity for a student
- Companies can regularly update research, development and processes, to remain competitive
- Structured, monitored, well managed program
- Proven track record – over 760 projects have been successfully completed by CEED students
- CEED students have achieved excellent academic results for their projects – over 80% Distinctions and High Distinctions (assessed by UQ, QUT, USQ and USYD)
- Expenditure may be claimable under AusIndustry’s R&D tax concession scheme, designed to encourage industry R&D programs.
- Free access to university resources for student projects (i.e. Library, many test facilities, specialist/technical software) – quotes can be tendered for additional work
