Week 9: What is History?, Student Spotlight, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and Jobs

Here’s what happening here as we inch towards the end of term:


What is History Now?

, 18:15 – 19:45

Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre

Register Here!


IP Student Spotlight

The International Politics Blog is running its Student Spotlight 2021-22.

If you are a City student in the International Politics Department, either undergraduate or Postgraduate, and you’d like to see your work published on the CPB please send submissions to: politicsblog@city.ac.uk

The conditions are

a) You must be a City Student (or Alum)

b) The work must have received a distinction (70+)

c) The work does not need to be an essay, we will consider all media.


UG Dissertation Event

Wednesday, 8th December 2021, 15:00 – 16:00

Some top recent graduates from our department (who received prizes for their dissertations and who represent different streams of our UG programmes) are going to share their dissertation tips and university experience in an online event with the current third year undergraduates on Wed Dec 8th at 3pm.
Do join to learn from their experience and to defuse potential panic that might emerge with the proposal deadline approaching!

See the invite on IP Student Common Room on Teams or contact Dr. Sara Silvestri to join.


YouGov Politics Intern

Deadline: 1 January, 2022

YouGov are searching for a very strong candidate to join the Political and Social Research Department for a one year student placement.

This role will involve working as a key member of the team, writing survey questions, scripting surveys, analysing data and producing results.

The successful candidate will assist on a range of political and social research projects, covering a wide range of subjects including everything from voting intention polling to Strictly Come Dancing predictions.

Clients will include major media organisations, academics, political parties, NGOs, charities, pressure groups, think tanks and 10 Downing Street.

Throughout the twelve-month placement you can expect to gain unrivalled experience of conducting primary quantitative research for one of the country’s most successful, innovative and well-known research organisations.

The position is best suited to a confident, well-organised, outgoing individual who has an understanding of primary research and a desire to pursue a career in either politics or political and social research.

The role is ideal for sandwich year students and 2nd year undergraduates looking for a placement.

Learn More Here!


Wateraid International Advocacy Internship

Join WaterAid as International Advocacy Intern to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you’ll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The WaterAid International Affairs team is the ‘political brain’ of WaterAid, we filter the signal from the noise about how key actors think, and what informs their behaviour. Our work enables WaterAid to confidently navigate and leverage the external landscape facing our campaigns. We garner high quality intel, craft politically persuasive messages and build a broad cohort of champions.

As our enthusiastic and quick-learning International Advocacy Intern you will gain valuable experience in politics, advocacy, international affairs and international development at a crucial moment for international development.

More Information Here!


Visa Government Engagement Summer Intern London 2022

Visa’s Government Engagement team is focused on developing Visa’s position on key public policy issues facing the digital payments sector.

The team is responsible for establishing Visa as a thought leader on key issues, maintaining critical external relationships and proactively aligning business initiatives with policy trends and public policy objectives.

The team monitors policy developments in the UK, Ireland and around the world, and through sound research and analysis develops content that helps shape the policy discourse. The team also provides advice to a number of internal stakeholder groups on both mature and emerging payments policy issues..

We are looking for a self- starting intern to facilitate more agile ways of working. You will be relied upon as a trusted resource for the team to undertake research, analyse policy, review documents, distil volumes of information into key insights and effectively communicate key findings. You will have a good grasp of politics, economics and ideally a keen interested in industry developments pertaining to FinTech and payments.

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Hudson Institute Summer Internship

Deadline: February 21, 2022.

Hudson Institute Political Studies offers top undergraduates a Summer Fellowship in political theory and practice that broadens and deepens understanding of public policy and American political principles. The Fellowship combines rigorous study of politics and political thought through week-long seminars led by master teachers, policy workshops featuring think tank experts and experienced government officials, and a distinguished speaker series of exemplary figures from public life.  The 2022 Summer Fellowship features seminars that examine Plato’s Republic, Machiavelli’s The Prince, and Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America along with selections from the Bible, Federalist Papers, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and current scholarship on the opioid epidemic, technology regulation, American foreign policy in the Middle East and in the Asia Pacific.

Hudson Institute Political Studies is hosted at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and lasts for six weeks.  Students participate free of charge, are given complimentary accommodations, and receive a $3,000 stipend.

Learn More Here!


Oliver Wyman Summer Internship 2022

Deadline: 12 January 2022

Do you want to be in the room with the world’s most important corporate and government leaders, regulators, and academic experts? Are you interested in helping to shape strategy and have a meaningful impact? Would you like to help drive the conversation and thinking that leads to tangible, real-world change for clients, industries, and societies?

Oliver Wyman is a global management consultancy with strong relationships in all corners of industry, government, and non-profit organizations. Clients bring us their greatest challenges. We assemble teams of experts to work on each part of these complex problems, and together we create breakthroughs that achieve amazing impact.

Visit an Oliver Wyman office anywhere in the world and you will feel it: the buzz of people doing work that matters, with a sense of purpose. Our company comprises a diverse mix of talented people from varied backgrounds and areas of expertise who marshal creative thinking and analytical rigor. Our inclusive, collaborative, non-hierarchical culture allows new thinking to surface quickly. The best idea wins, and everybody is encouraged to contribute. This makes Oliver Wyman both an ideal adviser for organizations and an ideal place for exceptional people to realize their potential.

Why Join Us?

Come aboard if you are excited by challenges and at ease working across cultures. You’ll find interesting people who speak their minds and measure success not by how many hours are worked but by what gets accomplished.

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