Lily Pattison interned with the Scottish Prison Service for 4 months in the Equality and Diversity Team. Lily details below about what it was like to work at the Scottish Prison Service, what her internship included and the adjustments that made it a great place to work! Working at the Scottish Prison Service over the… Continue Reading This internship will shine on my CV for many years to come!
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Rebecca Farren interned with Neil Findlay MSP for 4 months with an Parliamentary Internship. These internships give disabled people a chance to get experience of parliamentary research and processes in the Scottish Parliament. Here she tells us about working at parliament, settling in to Edinburgh, managing PAs and adjustments in work, and where she is… Continue Reading I found my new normal and it was fantastic!
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Laura Chapman, aka ‘Mole’ was an intern with Christina McKelvie MSP for the SNP from January to April 2018. She did parliamentary research on Universal Credit, speech writing and worked on a parliamentary bill about domestic abuse. Below, Mole tells us about what the internship has meant to her. Hope you enjoy the read, we… Continue Reading Mole’s internship blog “Thank you for joy!”
Susan is doing an internship with The Care Inspectorate at their offices in Dundee. Her project involves looking at the tools the inspectorate is using when evaluating the service of care providers. Susan has been an active member of Inclusion Scotland for some time now, and is keen to see more disabled people taking on… Continue Reading Disabled people- Internships are yours for the taking! (Susan’s blog)
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Ross is doing an internship with the Fair Work Directorate at the Scottish Government in their Glasgow offices. Ross’s internship was set up through our We Can Work Internship Programme, which aims to support disabled people into internships which will boost their career prospects and confidence in work. You can find out more about We… Continue Reading Ross’s Intern Blog – Halving the Disability Employment Gap
Ross is doing an internship with the Fair Work Directorate at the Scottish Government at one of their Glasgow offices. My initial reactions of the Scottish Government are overwhelmingly positive, although it did take me a while to get used to not asking to go to lunch (I still do!). The most positive aspect perhaps… Continue Reading This is my pursuit of happiness!
Gillian Mackay was placed with Allison Johnstone MSP and Patrick Harvie MSP for the Scottish Greens in 2015. She did parliamentary research work across the Greens and Independents group, and helped research a parliamentary bill for the Marine Act which was going through Parliament at the time. Gillian’s experiences on her internship led to her… Continue Reading I’d love to be an MSP!
We caught up with Gillian Cowell who interned with Jamie Hepburn MSP in 2014. She continued to work in politics for two years after her internship ended, and has recently returned to her passion- the history of Scottish brickmaking! Gillian found the experience useful in understanding how society and Parliament work together, how reasonable adjustments… Continue Reading Being a Parliamentary Intern was magical!