Week long work experience program at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at the Swinburne University of Technology.

THIS 3-WEEK SUMMER INTERNSHIP ALLOWS STUDENTS THE PAID OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVE RESEARCH IN THE ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DISCOVERY (OZGRAV), FOCUSING ON ACCOMPLISHING A FOCUSED RESEARCH TASK DURING THOSE THREE WEEKS.

STUDENTS ACQUIRE SKILLS IN A MULTITUDE OF AREAS, SUCH AS PROGRAMMING, SUPERCOMPUTERS, DOCUMENTATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AUTOMATION AND MUCH MORE.

STUDENTS ALSO GET TO LEARN TOPICS IN ASTRONOMY RELATED TO THE RESEARCH TASK. SOME EXAMPLES ARE PULSAR ASTRONOMY, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, BLACK HOLES, FAST RADIO BURSTS, ETC.

STUDENTS ALSO LEARN HOW TO WORK IN TEAM ENVIRONMENTS, MANAGE STRESS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF WORKPLACES THROUGH THIS THREE-WEEK INTERNSHIP, SKILLS THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN ANY CAREER OF CHOICE.

THIS PROGRAM RUNS DURING DECEMBER AND JANUARY (DURING SUMMER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE) AND ARE RUN AT SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY'S HAWTHORN CAMPUS IN MELBOURNE.

In these weekly sessions, we continue to work on mini-projects throughout the term in a similar format to our MilliPHeDe (milli-PHD) program, with the aim of keeping students engaged and working on something new.

These sessions are typically run online for a maximum of 2 hours a week, and are hosted, organised and run by A.S.T.R.A.L. mentors, where students join virtually to update each other on their components of the project and to continue to work on research.

Throughout the year, students are taught how to use the exclusive content creation tool created by OzGrav (The ARC Centre of EXCELLENCE for Gravitational Wave Discovery), called OzVU, and get the opportunity to create outreach content to inspire other students about the potential for them to learn new skills through astronomy.