58314 Social Inquiry Placement

Handbook description

Social Inquiry works for social change at the nexus between research, advocacy, policy and communication. Accordingly, the subject culminates with the 'real life' challenges of a specific workplace or community-based placement designed to develop written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationships in a non-university setting. In this final-year subject students bring to bear the thematic insights, research capacities and communicative skills they have gained through the subject. It allows them to integrate and synthesise these abilities and, in the process, to produce a distinct and practical contribution for an external partner organisation. A discrete and manageable placement project is negotiated between the student, partner organisation and academic supervisor. Partner organisations range from state parliamentarians, government departments, commercial organisations and non-government civil society organiaations including indigenous, community and campaign groups. Placements are usually undertaken as individual projects, although there is scope for collaboration.