* Students are only eligible to undertake a Community Internship once as an undergraduate student and once as a post graduate student.
* Undergraduate students require a minimum 80 Credit Points of a university degree, at the start of the trimester when taking this course. Unless they are a Masters students where the minimum credit point does not apply.
* Students MUST enrol to progress an internship.
* Late enrolments (from beginning of Orientation Week) will have very limited Community Internship opportunities, due to advised Partner timeframe notification conditions.
OUA students enrolled in a listed Griffith degree, are able to complete a Community Internship (NOTE: ONLY OUA students - who are completing one of the degrees Griffith University offers that can be completed entirely through Open Universities Australia (listed below) are eligible: https://www.griffith.edu.au/open-universities-australia/degree registration.
GENERAL
CHECKS– it is important that students, upon enrolling in 3002LFC/7510LFC, understand and commit to ensuring ALL checks are to be ‘finalised & cleared’ in Sonia Checks tab, prior to them commencing their allocated Community Internship.
PREFERENCES
* The earlier a student submits their preferences the sooner they can be allocated.
* Once a student is allocated a Community Internship, changes to allocations will only be considered in EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES and need to be requested in writing, via email to obtain Course Convenor approval.
* Therefore, students need to make sure they read all information and choose carefully.
ALLOCATIONS
The Community Internships team aim to commence allocations, as soon as possible - students who submit their preferences early will be contacted to progress their internship.
BRING YOUR OWN (BYO Internship)
There is a separate, “self-selectable” form for Bring Your Own (BYO) Internships. Students can find the form via the Forms tab in SONIA. NOTE: A BYO internship can sometimes take to 2 weeks to process, so please submit the form as soon as possible.
Students are to still preference, as per directions - make sure you select the BYO option, as your first preference.
GLOBAL
Global Community Internship is only available in trimester 3.
WHERE TO FIND THINGS IN SONIA
Go to Documents and Links tab for “How to” guides, Hints and tips and other links and information
Go to the Forms tab - where you will see and can "edit" any forms requried for your Internship
Go to Internship tab to find information relating to a student’s Community Internship
Go to Checks tab to see where, how to upload details or files, explanation details will be found under each ‘check’ item