The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) has created a unique traineeship in health and social care policy and research.
The traineeship is in memory of SPICe health and social care researcher Jude Payne.
The successful trainee will work with SPICe for 6 months and can expect:
We’re pleased to open applications for our 2025 Jude Payne internship. Please see the below application pack for further details.
Application Pack - Jude Payne Traineeship 2025
“The prestigious Jude Payne Traineeship is a fantastic opportunity for university graduates, and aspiring researchers, to gain unique experience in policy and research, and to fully understand the role of scrutiny work within Parliament. The friendly SPICe team have a wealth of experience in these areas and have been keen to pass their knowledge on to me.
"I have been provided many opportunities to contribute to a broad range of tasks and topics related to health, social care, and sport. I’m looking forward to diving deeper into topics of interest to me, including vaping, and food and nutrition, and will be collaborating with senior researchers to produce a briefing and a series of informative blogs on these current issues.
"I believe this traineeship will stand me in good stead for a career in policy and research, and the experiences will help me to stand out when seeking future employment.”
David Collins, Jude Payne trainee, 2023
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