The CareerTrackers advantage
Creating stronger pathways from degrees to graduate employment for your First Nations students
CareerTrackers students gain real training, real experience and real confidence.
We work alongside universities, their Indigenous centres, faculties, careers teams and senior leaders to align CareerTrackers with institutional priorities and work-integrated learning. Internships are planned around study commitments and every placement is paid.
So what do your students get?
Real industry experience while they study, a future they’re excited about and support through every year of their degree.
Open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in any year of study, across every faculty. No cost to your university or your students.
From degrees to meaningful careers.
We bridge higher education and industry through multi-year, paid internships that build student confidence, leadership and professional capability.
Employers gain direct access to a long-term talent pipeline, while students graduate career-ready, with 95% securing employment within three months.
Nine in ten of our interns graduate.
CareerTrackers works with university partners to track engagement, placements, progression and graduate outcomes.
Students stay connected with our team of advisors throughout their whole degree. Shared planning and regular reporting help both organisations learn, improve and celebrate student success.
Students who complete their degree within six years
- National average
- 58%
- CareerTrackers interns
- 90%
- 55% higher
What a partnership delivers.
CareerTrackers partners with Australian universities to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to excel in their degrees and step into careers they’re proud of. Paid internships are completed during university holidays, so studies come first. Every intern earns a competitive wage, directly easing the financial pressures that often lead to student attrition.
Student success
Dedicated advisors help students plan, prepare and stay connected throughout their CareerTrackers journey, with transparent reporting back to your institution.
Paid industry experience
Students gain practical experience, professional networks and clearer pathways into graduate careers, through paid internships with a national network of employers.
Alumni community
Graduates join a national network of First Nations professionals who mentor, inspire and give back to university communities.
Ways to Partner with us
There is no cost to universities or students. Universities can support our mission by helping to identify and connect us with their First Nations students.
Orientation Week
We attend alongside your team, often with alumni from your university speaking directly to new students.
Invite Us to Attend
Campus Events
Award evenings, careers fairs, networking events, weekly lunches. We show up consistently so students know we’re part of their campus life.
Connect Us
Faculty Connections
We work across faculties, so students don’t need to be connected to the Indigenous student community to find us.
Share What We Do
Student Success
We work with your communications team to amplify student success stories that reflect the strength of your institution.
Be Inspired by a CareerTrackers alumnus’s story
Refer a Student
Share a student’s details with your local Advisor and we’ll reach out within 3 business days.
Refer a StudentA shared commitment to First Nations leadership.
Our university partnerships are grounded in student success, cultural respect, shared accountability and a long-term commitment to First Nations leadership.
Monash University
William Cooper Institute
A weekly tutor for every enrolled unit, subsidised textbooks and study lounges at Clayton, Caulfield and Peninsula. Emergency relief funds and an orientation camp sit alongside.
The University of Queensland
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit
From alternative entry through to graduation — admission advice, orientation and transition, then workshops and tutorials one-on-one or in groups. Study areas at St Lucia and Gatton.
RMIT University
Ngarara Willim Centre
Study spaces open 7am to 9pm at City, Bundoora and Brunswick, with computers and a kitchen. Free specialised tutoring, Indigenous advisors, careers support and culturally safe counselling.
Queensland University of Technology
Oodgeroo Unit
A Pre-Orientation Program before semester starts, then Keystones of Success tutoring through it. The CASP admission pathway, scholarships and a pre-graduation celebration.
The University of Newcastle
The Wollotuka Institute
Newcastle’s Indigenous Tutoring Program, a counsellor of its own and student spaces across campus. It handles recruitment and pathways too, so support starts before enrolment.
La Trobe University
Indigenous Student Services
Five campus units, from Ngarn-gi Bagora at Bundoora to Jimbeyer Boondjhil at Bendigo. Up to eight hours of tutoring a week, hardship funding and Sorry Business support.
Swinburne University of Technology
Moondani Toombadool Centre
The Indigenous Academic Success Program gives two hours of free tutoring a week for every unit a student is enrolled in, alongside Indigenous Student Advisers, scholarships and Indigenous spaces on campus.
University of Canberra
Ngunnawal Centre
The ground floor of UC Lodge at Bruce, with study space, computers and printing. Tutoring, scholarship guidance, cultural programming and help navigating internships.
We’re connected with universities in every state and territory and can support First Nations students from all institutions.
NSW
- Australian Catholic University
- Charles Sturt University
- Macquarie University
- Southern Cross University
- University of New England
- University of New South Wales
- University of Sydney
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- Western Sydney University
VIC
- Deakin University
- Federation University Australia
- University of Melbourne
- Victoria University
QLD
- Bond University
- Central Queensland University
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
WA
- Curtin University
- Edith Cowan University
- Murdoch University
- The University of Notre Dame Australia
- The University of Western Australia
SA
- Adelaide University
- Flinders University
- Torrens University Australia
ACT
- Australian National University
TAS
- University of Tasmania
NT
- Charles Darwin University
- 76% — of CareerTrackers interns said their internship kept them motivated at university
- 93% — of CareerTrackers interns feel they have the skills and experience to put them ahead of their peers
- 88% — of CareerTrackers interns report gaining a professional network to support their careers
This partnership aligns with our commitment to Indigenous success and to strengthening connections between universities, industry and community.
Professor Bronwyn Fredericks
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement)
The University of Queensland
