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If your business is time or resource poor or looking to bring fresh ideas and a new perspective into your workplace - then it may be time to consider engaging with students from Deakin University.
Opportunities are typically offered to penultimate or final year students as a credit toward their degree. Students must also complete assessment tasks, which explore and recognise their understanding and interpretation of the work opportunity they have experienced.
Business Development Clinic
The Deakin Business Development Clinic offers the expertise and practical tools you need to stay ahead and secure your business’s future.
Don’t let your hard work go unrewarded—take action to ensure your business thrives. Driven by university students and guided by seasoned business experts .Built around the 7 Levers of Business framework, the clinic helps participating businesses better understand their operations and unlock practical ways to improve performance.
This program is a great fit for small business owners who are looking for support, new ideas, or guidance to take their business to the next level—all while contributing to student learning and community development.
To participate in this unique consulting opportunity, you will need to be available to:
- Attend a pre-set 90-minute session to meet your student consultants.
- Be available over 4–5 weeks for mutually beneficial calls and email correspondence with the student consultants.
- Attend a 30-minute final pitch presentation.
The Business School often seeks businesses to be part of the program.
Contact the Deakin Business School to register your interest for the upcoming intakes and find out more.
Further Information
For business enquiries and expression of interest for future intakes, please make contact with the Investment and Economic Development Unit on business@whitehorse.vic.gov.au.
Deakin Business School have a range of internship programs and opportunities for businesses to be involved with, contact bl-wil@deakin.edu.au for more information.
For more information, please read Deakin University Work Integrated Learning Host Guide.
