UTS Sydney, 11-14 December 2005

About the Student Volunteer Program

We are currently looking to for student volunteers with diverse backgrounds and/or interest in work and learning, to assist with the on-site running of the RWL4.

Being a Student Volunteer is a great way to enter the research and practitioner community, meet other students and researchers, and attend an important international conference in this area. Volunteers have the opportunity to interact with the presenters including key note speakers, see from the inside how a conference runs, contribute to the running of the conference and meet plenty of potential colleagues, collaborators, mentors and friends.

Volunteers have a continual presence at the conference and will be instrumental in creating the vibrant, positive and enjoyable atmosphere that is the hallmark of the RWL conference experience.

In return for assistance, student volunteers will receive benefits including free conference registration, some meals, an RWL4 T-shirt and a subsidy for attending to the conference social functions. While the duties you will be asked to help with are important and essential to the successful running of the conference, they are not too taxing and there will be plenty of time to view sessions.

While help will be provided to you, volunteers will be responsible for finding their own accommodation, travel to and from the conference venue and any meals not otherwise provided.

Qualifications

Volunteers must be current students. All students, regardless of their discipline, are encouraged to apply. No experience is required. We are looking for enthusiastic, intelligent and reliable people, who can comfortably and confidently get the job done, while having fun and interacting professionally with delegates. Volunteers will be asked to commit a maximum of 20 hours of work at the conference and need to be available from the Sunday 11th until Wednesday 14th December. More specific working hours will be available closer to the conference date.

Responsibilities

Some of the general duties that past volunteers have helped with include, providing audio-visual assistance to speakers, guiding delegates to and from sessions, helping with the running of tutorials, workshops and paper presentations, and providing assistance with registration.

Applications

Applications should be sent to: hermine.scheeres@uts.edu.au

On your application please include:
Full Contact Information (Address, Country, Email, Day Phone, E-mail)
Experience (such as, prior volunteer activities, knowledge of audio-visual equipment)
Languages Spoken
Affiliation (School, Department, Status Full-time/Part-Time)
Please also include a paragraph on why you should be selected to be a volunteer.

Upon Acceptance

Those students selected to participate will be notified by mid August. All other applicants will be placed on a waiting list. Early application is encouraged. However, applicants on the waiting list are often accepted, so do not be discouraged if you are applying close to or after the preliminary deadline.

Contact

Please direct any other questions to: Hermine Scheeres via email hermine.scheeres@uts.edu.au