Internship Placement
“The Hansard Scholars were invaluable in my very small staff. I
recall many of the Scholars and their valued contribution; I keep in
touch with lots of them.”
Rt. Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen – former NATO Secretary General & former UK Secretary of State for Defence
All Hansard Scholars undertake an internship which is individually
selected by the Hansard Society to match your interests, expertise and
career aspirations.
As a Hansard Scholar your internship may be with a Member of Parliament
in the House of Commons or a Peer in the House of Lords, writing
speeches, carrying out research and attending parliamentary meetings;
you may be in the parliamentary clerks’ office – with unprecedented
access to the behind-the-scenes workings of Parliament; or with the BBC,
researching articles and analysing the work of the Government; or with a
campaign group, helping to devise and run media campaigns on key social
and political issues. You may be based in the national headquarters of a
political party or in one of the other many organisations and
businesses which drive forward the policy agenda in the UK and beyond.
Past internship hosts have
included:
- Houses of Parliament - offices of MPs belonging to the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party, and Members of the House of Lords
- The Cabinet Office
- Government Departments
- National Labour Party HQ & Conservative Central Office
- BBC Parliament
- Campaign groups (incl. Amnesty International, Liberty and the Women’s National Commission)
- Lobbying/ Public Affairs Organisations
- Businesses and Consultancies
N.B. The internship component of the programme is organised by the Hansard Society independently of the London School of Economics' own internship programme.