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Events

Learn about upcoming events or watch recordings of our past events.

Upcoming Events

18 October 2026

2026 WIL Australia Conference

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Watch Previous Events

16 July 2026

Chapter-led National Event

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15 May 2026

Understanding the National Code and Implications for WIL Practice

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22 April 2026

WIL Awards – how to submit a successful nomination

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9 April 2026

National Associations as Policy Partners: Lessons from Canada’s WIL Journey

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24 March 2026

National Webinar: Introducing the Refreshed WIL Australia Quality Standards Framework (2026)

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4 March 2026

Planning for your WIL Australia Conference Submission

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5 December 2025

HERDSA (Vic) + WIL Australia (Vic/Tas) Snapshots 2025

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3 December 2025

WIL Australia Annual Graduate Outcomes Survey Webinar

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12 November 2025

Chapter Led Conversation: Making Internships Accessible

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5 November 2025

2025 WIL Australia Annual General Meeting

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24 September 2025

SA/NT Chapter Meeting 2025

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18 September 2025

Using CDL for more equitable WIL

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18 September 2025

WA Chapter Meeting 2025

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30 July 2025

Professional Learning Event: Global Mobility Panel

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20 June 2025

NSW/ACT Chapter Event

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17 June 2025

Facilitating WIL and Engaging with First People’s Organisations

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11 June 2025

VIC/TAS Chapter Event

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29 May 2025

The World Readiness Webinar with Jennifer Dobbs-Oates

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28 April 2025

Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Work-Integrated Learning: Launch of new CRADLE resources

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19 March 2025

GOS Webinar

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11 March 2025

WIL Australia Research Conversation

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20 February 2025

WIL Australia VIC/TAS Chapter Led Conversation

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20 November 2024

QLD Chapter End of Year Event 2024

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13 November 2024

2024 ACEN Annual General Meeting

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10 October 2024

ACEN / CRADLE Webinar

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26 September 2024

ACEN WA Chapter Led Conversation

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25 September 2024

ACEN Webinar – Facilitating student led disclosure

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28 August 2024

GOS Webinar

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20 August 2024

ACEN NSW/ACT Chapter Led Conversation

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24 July 2024

ACEN QLD Chapter Led Conversation

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29 May 2024

ACEN VIC/TAS Chapter Led Conversation

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28 May 2024

ACEN Conference 2024 – Preparing Award Applications

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8 May 2024

ACEN Conference 2024 – Abstract Information Session

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19 March 2024

ACEN Research Conversations – Grant Presentation

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8 December 2023

NSW/ACT WIL Summit

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23 November 2023

VIC Branch HERDSA & ACEN Snapshots 2023

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23 November 2023

QLD Chapter End of Year Event

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1 November 2023

2023 ACEN Annual General Meeting

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28 September 2023

ACEN WA Chapter Led Conversation

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26 September 2023

ACEN Research Conversations

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19 September 2023

ACEN SA/NT Chapter Led Conversation

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13 September 2023

ACEN VIC/TAS Chapter Led Conversation

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30 August 2023

ACEN Webinar: Writing Across The Professions (WAP)

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3 August 2023

ACEN QLD Chapter Led Conversation

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13 July 2023

ACEN ACT/NSW Chapter Led Conversation

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8 June 2023

ACEN GOS Webinar: The impact of WIL on graduate outcomes – a three year review

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9 May 2023

ACEN GOS Webinar: Student participation in WIL – a three year review

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20 April 2023

ACEN QLD Chapter Event – Student global mobility and overseas Work-integrated Learning placements

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6 April 2023

ACEN Research Conversations – Grant Holder Presentation

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23 March 2023

ACEN Chapter Led Conversations – Measures of Success for WIL

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25 November 2022

ACEN NSW Colloquium – Assessing Work Integrated Learning and Framing Outcomes

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24 November 2022

ACEN Research Conversation – Challenges facing WIL Researchers

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10 November 2022

ACEN HDR Internships and Industry Engagement Symposium 

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9 November 2022

ACEN 2022 National Elections & AGM

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11 August 2022

ACEN Critical Conversations – Exploring the benefits of Global WIL

16 June 2022

ACEN Webinar: Diversity and inclusion – Insights from the GOS on WIL outcomes & participation for different student groups

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12 May 2022

ACEN Critical Conversations – The impact of COVID-19 on WIL

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4 May 2022

ACEN Webinar: Impact of different types of WIL on perceived employability and graduate employment

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27 April 2022

ACEN Critical Conversations – The challenge of inclusive WIL and the consequence of not prioritising it

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10 March 2022

ACEN Critical Conversation – How can WIL save the planet?

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ACEN Webinar – A framework for managing risks in WIL studentships

22 August 2021

GOS Webinar – Influence of WIL on preparedness for future employment

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19 August 2021

ACEN Critical Conversations – Wellbeing in WIL

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18 February 2021

ACEN Webinar: The Impact of WIL and Employability-Related Activities on Graduate Outcomes

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Webinar: Facilitating student engagement with WIL by minimising the risk of payments to students

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ACEN Webinar “Employability and Career Development: A White Paper for Australian and Chinese Employability Professionals”

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ACENQLD End of Year Event

16 November 2021

Webinar- Protecting Students At Work: Australian Universities And Regulating For Quality Work Experience

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ACEN Research Conversations – Everything you need to know about submitting an abstract to the ACEN 2022 conference

ACEN Critical Conversations – WIL Quality Framework

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ACEN Webinar – How Facebook can support work-placements: Case-studies in engineering and education

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ACEN Research Conversations – Do’s and Don’ts of Publishing in WIL and Employability

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ACEN Webinar: How can the NPILF improve graduate employability?

SA/NT Chapter Event – Combining Strategy, Engagement and Professional Practice – 28 April 2021

ACEN 2021 Research Grants Information Session

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ACEN Research Conversations – HDR/ECR Connect & Network

ACEN Critical Conversations – Equity and Access in WIL

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ACEN Critical Conversations – Managing risk in WIL

WA Chapter Event – Enhancing students’ resilience in WIL – 17/02/21

Department of Education, Skills and Employment Webinar: Enhancing International Student Employability

Placements and WIL panel” “Managing risk between the flags”

Webinar Series – Augmenting students’ Learning for Employability through Post-Practicum Educational Processes

Webinar: Supporting International Students to Succeed in WIL: WIL to Work – 12/11/2020

WIL Research Conversations – Lessons learned from the challenges of researching in 2020 – 27/11/2020

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ACEN Critical Conversations – Celebrating WIL – 20/11/2020

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UTS Webinar: The Future of Education – Towards 2027: Engagement Endangered

ACEN Critical Conversations – Evaluating WIL – 18/09/20

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UQ Work Integrated Learning Symposium

Webinar – Assuring Quality in Work Integrated Learning

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ACEN Research Conversations: Masters/Doctoral (PhD) candidate or Early Career Researcher (ECR) investigating Work-Integrated Learning

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Global Conversation # 3 COVID-19 and Emerging WIL Research

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WA Chapter Event: But I Didn’t Sign Up for Online

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Critical Conversations: Project-Based WIL: Platforms, Practices and Pedagogy

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Global Conversations #2 Employer Perspectives of WIL in the COVID Era and Beyond

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ACEN Critical Conversations: Strengths and strategies of simulation-based education

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WILNZ/ACEN Webinar: Digital Ethics and Portfolios

Critical Conversations – Reflection and WIL

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Online Symposium: Employability and Risk Management in an Online Environment

Critical Conversations – Assessing Online WIL

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Global WIL Conversations

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COVID-19 Media Release

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Report of second national survey on the impacts of COVID-19 on WIL

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Critical Conversations – What’s possible, challenging and emerging from the move online

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Critical Conversations – Beyond working from home: New ways of doing WIL

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Interdisciplinary Project-Based WIL – webinar

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ACEN WIL Research Conversations

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ACEN/NZACE COVID-19 Webinar 2: Online Teaching and Learning in WIL

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National survey and webinar update

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COVID-19 Webinar: Online WIL – Experience from the Field

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ACEN’s Response to COVID-19

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Fortnightly Coffee Chats

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Impact of COVID on WIL – ACEN Qld webinar

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Preparing your WIL case study Q & A webinar

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Virtual WIL: Technology Enabled Placements and Projects

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Research Grants QA webinar

ACEN HERDSA SA/NT Snapshots

FULL Quality institution-wide WIL framework workshop

Cooperative Education Workshop – ACEN WA

Reconceptualising WIL for the HDR experience

ACEN 2019 AGM

Research Conversations – Oct Nov

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Workshops on Virtual WIL – Sydney, Melbourne, Perth

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ACEN Q Symposium

HERDSA-ACEN Snapshots

Making more of WIL with Service Learning – webinar

Research Conversations – online

Supporting students develop a personal brand – ACEN WA

ACEN special general meeting Aug 27

Internships and PhDs – webinar

ACEN Research Conversations

Debriefing and Reflection in WIL: supervisors’ perspectives – webinar

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Evidencing entrepreneurial capabilities – webinar

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Case studies QA session

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‘Service Learning and the Sciences’

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‘Research and Scholarship in WIL’ – symposium

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Research Conversations

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Seeking authors: Theories, Practices, Research

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Service Learning Summit

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Using GOS and GOS-L data – webinar

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Karsten Zegwaard recognised for Contribution to Research

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2019 Research Grants open

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International entrepreneurship research project

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2019 WACE $15,000 CWIE Research Grant

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Evaluation and quality assurance of WIL – ACEN Q workshop

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ACEN SA/NT workshops – double header

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ACEN WA workshop – ‘Simulated Learning’

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Proceedings of 2018 ACEN Conference

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Research Conversations ACEN ACT/NSW

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Innovative WIL Models: Features, Enablers and Challenges – webinar

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ACEN Q Networking

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Augmenting learning post-practicum

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Entrustable Professional Activities for assessing WIL – webinar

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Secondary teaching placement in remote NT

Webinar recording – Sustainable WIL Programs in Science

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WACE Conference ‘New Challenges for CWIE in the 21st Century’

2016 Conference proceedings, pics, presentations

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ACEN webinar – Augmenting students’ work experience: an OLT project

WIL in Science and the Lighthouse Projects webinar

26 February 2026

Peer Review for Supervised WIL Assessment: Meeting TEQSA Requirements While Developing Professional Skills

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