MA Internships
The UCD School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) has established an internship programme for graduate students undertaking MA programmes in Politics, International Relations, Development Studies and Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict. These internships are designed to provide our students with a unique opportunity for professional development and to apply their knowledge in real-world situations. An internship (paid or unpaid) is an alternative to the traditional minor research dissertation normally undertaken in the third (summer) semester.
To this end, we are approaching potential hosts that may wish to participate with us in this programme. Internships will normally:
- Have an explicit research focus or project(s) which will be defined in an agreed Learning Contract between the student, the host organisation and the UCD SPIRe staff member coordinating the internship programme. The Learning Contract will also specify the nature of the duties to be undertaken, the learning objectives associated thereto, the host’s proposed management of the internship and reporting requirements.
- Entail a full-time work load of 480 hours over the period 6 May 2013 to 30 August 2013
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Be subject to all disciplinary and HR processes of the host organisation
- Relate the student’s educational and academic experience to the professional needs of the host with which they are associated.
Internships are an integral part of the student’s academic programme at UCD, and will be assessed academically as such. Students undertaking internships will also remain subject to all requirements under UCD’s academic and disciplinary codes.
UCD SPIRe is proud of the quality and skills of its graduate students. Over the last few years our graduates have gone on to professional posts with the European Commission and European Parliament, the European External Action Service, the British, German, Irish, Korean and Turkish Foreign Ministries, the Asia Development Bank, the IBRD, the World Trade Organisation, the UN New York and UN Geneva and the IMF as well as a wide variety of international private sector employers and Non Governmental Organisations. We have every confidence that our students will make a valuable and distinctive contribution to their host organisations over the period of their internship.
If you would like to pursue the possibility of hosting a UCD SPIRe Graduate Internship, or have any questions on the programme, please contact: Professor Ben Tonra, Internship Coordinator, UCD School of Politics and International Relations, UCD, Dublin 4. Tel. + 353 1 716 8195 Email ben.tonra@ucd.ie