Prospective international students seeking 6 month internship under Dr Kalina Yacef's supervision

We have room, each year to welcome a few students from overseas insitutions seeking internship. However this is decided on a case-by-case basis. The following instructions and information ONLY apply to projects under MY supervision. If you are interested to work with other staff, please contact them directly.

There is no firm rule but here is just some basic information.

Requirements

• you must be independant and have a strong sense of initiative.
• you need to demonstrate that you will be able to adapt yourself very quickly (you will be immersed in a new environment, exposed to a foreign language, find your accomodation, set yourself up, learn about tutoring work (if applicable), start working on the project: if this overwhelmes you then it may not be the right thing for you). I will, naturally, try and help as much as possible. If you have access to people who have done this in the past, you should go and speak to them.
• you must be able to work in teams
• you will attend our research group's weekly presentations  (SITRG talks)
• you will be required to provide a report at the end of the internship and do a presentation of your work in our research group
• you will meet with me regularly.

How to apply

• Look up the project list
• Send me:
• your resume in english (if you are from a french institution then please ALSO send the french version). Your resume should give enough details about your interests and experience (for example explain what you did in previous internships or work experience)
• a letter of motivation
• your transcript showing all the units you took and marks you obtained.
• the dates you wish to come
• the financial arrangements you plan to have (parents support, savings, tutoring work (top-up only) )
• For visa purposes, contact me at least 2 months in advance.

Financial matters

• The school does NOT offer financial support other than, sometimes, through tutoring work (if your profile and english skills are suited to the task)
• Tutorial work, when the school accepts your candidature for tutoring, does NOT cover all the living costs of living in Sydney. You must sort out your financial arrangements yourself.
• If you want to apply for tutoring work, then you must be present for the whole duration of a semester plus 2 weeks before the semester starts and after it finishes, ie mid-February to mid-July, or early-mid July to mid December as a rule of thumb.
• To be a tutor you must speak english fluently.
• An agreement to do an internship does not necessarily mean that tutoring work is guaranteed. Tutoring work is a separate process and you need to apply here.
• Understandably, you may want to know in advance whether our school can secure you some tutoring work. In this case you need to lodge your tutoring application. However, in addition to your academic skills, the school needs to check that your spoken english is sufficient to work as a tutor. This can be done through a short phone conversation otherwise you will need to wait until you arrive to get the confirmation of tutoring work.

Visa matters

• Once we have agreed on a project, I will let you know the procedure for obtaining a visa (the University will handle the process).

Living in Sydney and general information

• Accomodation: there is cheap-ish accomodation around the campus. In particular shared accomodation is very popular and it has the advantage that you can expect the house/flat to be partially furnished. Previous students have found accomodation for around AUD 100 near the University.
• Food: lots of cheap and yummy food around. Lots of place where you can have lunch for AUD 5 -6
• The University is close to public transports:  bus, train. See Sydney Public Transport
• Lonely planet Facts for the Traveller and more About Australia
• ICMS Currency Converter
• World Times
• Climate Information
• sydney citysearch
• sydney.com.au
• www.viewsydney.com.au

Students who did an internship in our school in the previous years all had a great time!
If you need any further details, email me.