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Turn to Teaching Internship Program

If you have a Bachelor’s degree and are looking for a career change, this is your opportunity to become a Primary or Secondary teacher.

Applications for the 2025 intake are now closed. 

The Queensland Government is offering scholarships through the Turn to Teaching Internship Program (TTT). As a successful applicant, you will receive:

  • financial support1 while you study a  Master of Learning and Teaching (Primary) or Master of Learning and Teaching (Secondary) full-time
  • a paid internship teaching position2 with support in the classroom while you gain professional experience
  • a permanent teaching position in a priority subject area such as Mathematics, Sciences, Languages, Design and Technologies (including Engineering), and /or a priority location in a Queensland State school following graduation and provisional registration with the Queensland College of Teachers.

As a University of Southern Queensland Turn-to-Teaching intern, you have the additional benefit of:

  • access to a peer network and dedicated academic advisor to support your professional development
  • cohort specific program of academic and professional learning
  • flexible study options online, on-campus or both from one of Australia’s most experienced flexible study providers.

1 Financial support is provided in the first year through a $20,000 (taxed) scholarship and for the remainder of the program through paid full-time internship employment in a school.
2 Internship employment consists of 50% internship within a school and 50% university study.

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Bright minds turning to the classroom
Cara McKelvie’s is one of the University of Southern Queensland’s (UniSQ) inaugural students in the ground-breaking Turn to Teaching Internship Program, conducted in partnership with the Department of Education Queensland. Read about her story and become inspired about your own journey.

Application information

Postgraduate study at UniSQ