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What past applicants say
“ They were very welcoming to me, very helpful with work allocated to me and generous with their time for general questions I had about the work they do, the challenges they face and how they personally came to work at ALS. ”
“ This experience has made a huge impact in my future career path. I have loved learning more about the health issues within the Indigenous community. I really felt a part of the ambulance service up here and cannot be more thankful for this amazing opportunity. ”
“ It was incredible. I learned an overwhelming amount from the practice areas, the lawyers and the clients. ”
“ My internship experience at WEHI was eye-opening and interesting. I was privileged to gain perspective on the parts of research often over looked in my studies. ”
“ Overall I found the internship experience rewarding and valuable mainly due to being able to work with such a great supportive team that planned the internship well with clear objectives and tasks that had purposeful outcomes. ”
“ Doing this internship has allowed me to enhance my clinical skills. This program has exposed me to the health gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians (cultural awareness) and has strengthened my passion to continue to work with them in the future ”
“ I'm still pinching myself, as my internship with DJAARA was more extraordinary than I could have hoped. ”
“ I feel like the work I was doing was meaningful and helpful. This internship has helped me create a rough plan for the next few years by opening up opportunities for employment after my grad role in Sydney. ”
“ In the 2019 winter break, I was fortunate enough to undertake an internship at PARADISEC through the Aurora Internship Program. PARADISEC works with a group of ... ”
“ I was successful in attaining one of these Scholarship funded internships which enambled me to work as part of the research team at Queensland South Native Titl... ”
“ At my internship with the Lowitja Institute, I was able to work on a diverse range of interesting projects including workforce development and capacity building... ”
“ As a psychology student I was pleasantly surprised to have been offered a place with the Aurora Education Foundation (AEF) to undertake a primarily design-based... ”
Current hosts
Indigenous sector host organisations span a broad range of areas including health, education, research, justice, policy, environment, STEAM, youth work and native title., Australia wide. Aurora is open to working with culturally responsive organisations outside of the Indigenous sector to host Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interns.