PoSIG consortium is dedicated to supporting students in their professional development. This section will be updated regularly with the latest internship and conference opportunities, with a focus on meeting the needs of students in their professional development. The following external links offer potential internship opportunities for Political Science students and are published on an annual basis. The choice of these links is without prejudice to other opportunities and their selection is made taking into account the potential profile of prospective Joint Masters students.
During the first PoSIG year, students receive advice and supervision on how to use the open environment of the consortium for their individual design of the academic profile and educational strategies from Jure Fix, the local coordinator. This focuses on the essential contribution of the individual MA thesis project and the supporting function of the obligatory internship for this project.
The compulsory internship gives students the opportunity to test their competences by
- reflecting the academic learning experience from all modules of the curriculum from the perspective of the needs of stakeholders in the policy process and the future labour market of the graduates.
- developing and qualifying the research interests for the student’s MA project in terms of stakeholder relevance and contribution to policy and labour market needs.
The internship allows students to test their practical ability to behave and act in direct contact with national, international, governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, to organise an internship placement, to participate in the organisation’s processes, management and production of work content.
Each PoSIG student will receive a list of institutions where they can complete the 4-week placement. If a student wishes to complete the placement at another institution, the Executive Director will decide. Students are responsible for arranging their own accommodation and visa requirements for the placement. The PoSIG consortium members will support the students in their internship by providing a list of contact addresses of possible employers and sources of financial support (national or other, such as Erasmus+ internship grants) and training in individual strategy development and field experience.
Links to some of these stakeholders are provided here:
Stakeholders
