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Hawke Ambassador International Volunteer Experience Program

Coordinated by the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages and The Hawke Centre

(POLI 3014)

International placements

After completing pre-departure preparation, students will undertake a semester length international placement in a country and a project of their choice. Students will have the option to work with one of a number of possible non-governmental agencies, including:

Summary of NGO involvement

(All above files PDF format - download Adobe Acrobat)

As part of their assessment, students will be required to keep a diary recording their experiences. This could be a video diary, blog, conventional or e-diary.

Students must be aware that all overseas placements are subject to travel advisories issued by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The University reserves the right to restrict travel by students to countries which are the subject of a DFAT non-essential travel warning. Students who are already in-country at the time an elevation of a DFAT warning will be required to make immediate plans to return to Australia.

Students will not be allowed to travel to the following countries in 2007: Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Fiji, Haiti, Indonesia, (including Bali), Iraq, Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Ivory Coast , Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Students who are unable to go overseas but still express a desire to be involved in the volunteer Program will be offered local opportunities that have a distinctive international dimension. For example, students will be able to undertake volunteer work through the local chapter of the Australian Refugee Association.

The volunteering projects students may be involved in include:

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