Every year, hundreds of students around the Waikato, from many different disciplines, seek placement positions.

These placements provide students with the opportunity to complete a practical piece of work, valuable work experience, and learn about the value of the community sector in our society.

Placements and projects also benefit community organisations by providing the opportunity to have a key piece of work or a project completed from a fresh perspective. Sometimes students bring with them skills not available within particular community organisations. They also assist with training future workers in the sector, and with building relationships between community organisations and education providers.

This resource provides a description of student placements and projects that make up a component of course requirements in programmes offered by the following institutions: