Opportunities

Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital

Industry: Technology

Study area: Computer Science & Information Technology, Maths, Medical Science, Physics

Partner: Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital

Suburb: Remote

Why: Cancer treatment practices, quality and availability vary across the country with rural and isolated communities having less access to treatments and poorer survival outcomes. We aim to provide additional support to isolated and low-resource communities through expanding treatment availability in rural regions of Australia and data sharing amongst the radiotherapy community, both within Australia and internationally. 

We currently work with almost all Australian departments as well as radiotherapy centres from 22 countries including several developing countries. We have planned a multi-faceted approach to achieving this aim including remote auditing and comparison of treatment quality assurance practices, data sharing and comparison of treatment units and exploration of the feasibility of deploying mobile radiotherapy units to rural Australia. Cancer is a disease that affects us all either directly or indirectly through family and loved ones. Through working with the radiotherapy community as a whole, we hope to improve outcomes for all patients regardless of resources or location.

Paid: Yes

Defence Innovation Network Internship Program

Industry: Defence and Aerospace

Study area: Computer Science & Information Technology, Engineering, Maths, Physics

Partner: Defence Innovation Network (DIN)

Suburb: Australia

Why: This program helps you:

• gain practical experience outside academia
• build professional skills (communication, teamwork, time management)
• expand your professional network
• strengthen your future career opportunities

During the internship, you will:

• work on a defined project within a host organisation
• apply your research skills to a practical, industry-led problem
• collaborate with industry professionals and contribute to project outcomes

Paid: Yes

RK Collective

Industry: Technology

Study area: Engineering

Partner: RK Collective

Suburb: Remote/in person: Ultimo, Sydney

Why: Driven by a shared passion for design and social impact, Nila Rezaei and Christopher Krainer founded RK Collective in 2023, in Sydney, Australia. Together, we’ve worked across a variety of industries, including consumer goods, medical devices, public art, mobility, solar technology and material innovation.

Their first initiative, Crafted Liberation, exemplifies our vision. This participatory, non-profit project uses material innovation and storytelling to celebrate Iranian women's collective action and resilience. It garnered international attention at Dutch Design Week and won an Australian Good Design Award, highlighting the potential of design to inspire change.

In solidarity with the Women, Life, Movement, they invited Iranian women around the world to donate their unwanted headscarves and transformed them into stadium seats. RK Collective created a unique material by combining the donated headscarves with recycled polymers, while honouring the composite materials traditionally used in stadium seat construction.

Paid: Yes

SRN Space industry internship

Industry: Defence and Aerospace

Study area: Accounting Finance & Economics, Business, Chemistry, Communications & Media, Computer Science & Information Technology, Creative & Performing Arts, Education, Engineering, Environmental & Biological Science, Health, Humanities & Social Inquiry, Law, Literature & Language, Management, Marketing, Maths, Medical Science, Nursing, Physics, Psychology & Human Behaviour, Social Sciences & Advocacy

Partner: NSW Space Research Network

Suburb: Wollongong

Why: NSW Space Research Network’s Space industry internship program supports HDR students and Early Career Research (ECR) staff affiliated with the Network to undertake paid internships to connect them with domestic and international opportunities at the world’

Paid: Yes