Partnering with UNB to offer experiential education programs and hire UNB students offers a number of benefits:
Learn more about the ways you can engage with a UNB student or class:
Applied research opportunities involve research conducted by a student with guidance from faculty in an academic, industry or community setting. Research may be conducted independently or as a course project.
Course-based experiential learning allows students to apply their learning to real world problems and situations. Since 2018, over 9000 UNB students have participated in course-based experiential learning opportunities.
Co-op placements are paid workplace experiences in a setting related to a student’s field of study and are typically undertaken in alternating work terms and study terms.
Since 2018, over 2100 UNB students have completed co-op placements. Co-operative education gives students the opportunity to apply their academic skills in a short-term partnership with a business or organization.
Practicums and clinical placements are work experiences supervised by an experienced registered or licensed professional, required for professional licensure or certification. These placements give students the opportunity to apply their academic skills in a short-term partnership with a business or organization.
Since 2018, over 2200 UNB students have completed clinical placements through out ExperienceUNB program. These placements help students enter the world of work and prepare for the future.
Project-based learning opportunities are activities intended to find solutions to real world problems, culminating in a concrete end-product. Project-based learning is usually embedded within a course and may or may not involve an external partner.
Since 2018, over 9000 UNB students have participated in course-based and project-based experiential learning opportunities.
Project-based learning opportunities are available in all UNB faculties!
Contact us at experiential@unb.ca to learn more about the funding opportunities available to help you hire a UNB student to work with you.
The Office of Experiential Education coordinates funding streams. We always recommend that employers attempt to fund 25% of wages, but recognize this is not always possible.
The academic office/supervisor organizes the placement between the employer and student and the Office of Experiential Education assists in figuring out the best funding options available.
The Office of Experiential Education will request information on the placements and will send the employer and the student a placement letter to confirm the details of your placement (start/end date, hrs/week, wage/hr, employer contributions, funding partner expectations, contacts at UNB).
At this point the Office of Experiential Education will request an invoice from the employer to pay 100% of the non-employer funded portion upfront. For most positions, the employer and student will also be asked to complete a portion of the relevant funding application. This information will be conveyed with the placement confirmation letter. The Office of Experiential Education can assist employers/students who need help with this.
If there is a federal SWPP subsidy involved, the Office of Experiential Education will request reimbursement once employer receives this subsidy.
The Office of Experiential Education provides access to a number of provincial and federal funding programs that support experiential learning.
CEWIL is a national community of practice for work-integrated learning offering several funding opportunities. The iHub (Innovation Hub) funding for innovative work-integrated learning (WIL) is available for curricular (course-based) WIL in the following categories: applied research, entrepreneurship, field placements, and service learning . A call for funding is available each semester and funding provides up to $1800 per student enrolled in the course. Goals of this funding include:
Mitacs offers research and innovation funding program supporting industrial and social innovation in Canada via several programs:
Contact us at experiential@unb.ca to learn more about the funding opportunities available to help you hire a UNB student to work with you.