Startup Ideation
Startup Ideation is an unconventional Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that allows Deakin University students to create their own startup with the support of SPARK Deakin.
Startup Ideation is an unconventional Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that allows Deakin University students to create their own startup with the support of SPARK Deakin.
Update 2022 – click here– below information is from past program that is no longer offered from 2023 onward.
Startup Ideation is an unconventional Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that allows Deakin University students to create their own startup with the support of SPARK Deakin. Students work in teams or on their own to build create a new product or service. Past participants have come out of the program with a live, revenue-generating product.
The program is hosted by a dedicated program facilitator with weekly 3-hour sessions, open communication channels, ongoing mentoring, and industry guest speakers: past speakers have included MasterChef finalists, and employees from Google and Envato.
Each week will be dedicated to a specific entrepreneurial skill, and you will be given a series of challenges designed to help you turn your idea into a real product. On the final day of the program, all participants will be able to pitch their idea in the Startups Showcase.
Applications for the Trimester 2, 2022 are now open.
Apply for T2 2022Each week you will be given a series of challenges that will bring you one step closer to launching your startup. The schedule for T2’s program can be seen below – sessions will run from 11am-2pm AEST.
Key skills and experiences gained through this program include:
• Developing an entrepreneurial mindset built on innovation and adaptation
• Understanding how to identify core problems and develop solutions
• Learning how to trial ideas through a validation process
• Collaborating with students of a variety of backgrounds and experience levels
This is not your standard internship! You will not be working for anyone; you are only working for yourself — to make your dream of owning your own business a reality.
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This program is open to both cloud and on-campus students from all faculties including international, postgraduate and undergraduate students. The only requirement is that you can attend the weekly workshops in Deakin Downtown located in Melbourne, CBD (Tower 2 Collins Square).
Note that it is your responsibility to ensure that taking a WIL unit contributes towards your course requirements and will not prevent you from meeting your course rules. Please speak with a student advisor and obtain a course map from your faculty prior to submitting your application.
How does the Startup Ideation WIL Program differ from your WIL Unit?
Startup Ideation is a (Work Integrated Learning) WIL program provided by SPARK Deakin. This means that it is an internship opportunity that Deakin University recognises as a learning opportunity, and as such, offers a credit point for participation.
In order to have the credit point recognised, interns must enrol in the appropriate faculty-specific WIL unit. Each unit will have their own set of assessments to ensure that the learning outcome for the unit are being met, and thus, the credit point is received. Unit assessments and results are determined by the faculty and are separate to the internship program provider.
Apply for T2 2022