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A week before Christmas another group of interns
successfully finished their fifteen-week internship in Edinburgh. The
eighteen students spent the last ten weeks at the Scottish Parliament
working on research projects with MSPs. The 'graduation ceremony', a
jolly and informal gathering, took place at St Cecilia's Hall, the Unjversity's
music department showpiece (note the magnificent organ in the background).
At this farewell reception, MSPs Frank McAveety, Shiona Baird, Bill Aitken,
Margaret Jamieson and Jamie Stone were full of praise for the sterling
work the interns had accomplished at the Parliament. They had also brought
their enthusiasm, their outside perspective and international experience
to the Parliament and, as Paddy Bort, the Academic Director of the Programme,
quipped, surely been bitten by the Scottish politics bug. The Institute's
Director, Professor David McCrone, hoped the interns would stay in touch
and thanked the MSPs, but also the staff at the Institute of Governance,
and in particular Lindsay Adams and Margaret MacPherson, for their vital
contribution to the Programme's ongoing success.
The next group of interns is due to arrive in Edinburgh in mid-January.
Frank McAveety MSP |
Jamie Stone MSP |
Bill Aitken MSP |
Interns with MSPs (Jamie Stone (Lib Dem), Shiona Baird (Green),
Frank McAveety (Labour), Bill Aitken (Conservative) and Margaret
Jamieson (Labour) |
 Jen Fuller has fun |
Kyle Lee, Eric Jensen, Megan Mitchler and Sarah Berens |
Sarah Berens and David McCrone |
Ryan Cox and David McCrone |
Nathaniel Crawford and David McCrone |
Elizabeth Fishback and David McCrone |
Cachel Hoglund and David McCrone |
Kyle Lee and David McCrone |
Cameron MacLeod and David mcCrone |
Megan Mitchler and David McCrone |
Samir Vermani and David McCrone |
Robert White and David McCrone |
Interns Group with Paddy (the bearded bloke on the right)
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