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Harvards Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies offers
INTERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Summer 2005
The DEADLINE for applications has been EXTENDED to Friday, March 4, by 5pm.
For an application and more information, please visit this website:
www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/students/ or contact Lisa Eschenbach at
lmeschen(a)fas.harvard.edu and stop by during office hours: Tues-
10am-12noon and Wed- 2-3:30pm.
ALTA ADVISORS LIMITED, LONDON
The company manages and advises on investments owned by overseas trusts, the
beneficiaries of which are one single family.
Internship description: Provide support to the investment team through
research,
assistance with the investment management program, and attendance at
investment
committees. The company is small (15 staff) so the opportunity to learn from a
small, high profile team of money managers is terrific. This is a perfect
position for someone with a background in economics or strong quantitative
skills who is interested in learning about investing through hands-on
research.
Stipend available: £150/week;
Security clearance required
Internship schedule: July 1-August 31, 2005
Application deadline: February 28, 2005 extended to Friday, March 4 at 5pm
CORROUR TRUST, INVERNESS-SHIRE, SCOTLAND (
www.corrour.co.uk )
The trust owns this 50,000 acre Scottish Highlands Estate. It markets sporting
activities (stalking and fishing) and holiday cottages and is surrounded by
dramatic landscapes, moors, mountains, hills, valleys and lochs.
Internship description: Provide managerial support to the Head Stalker and
work
with HS on programs, researching and making recommendations. This is a
wonderful opportunity for a student who loves the outdoors and is
interested in
helping formulate a new development plan for this historic sporting estate in
the 21st Century.
Stipend available: £100/week plus housing provided
Security clearance required
Internship schedule: July 1-August 31, 2005
Application deadline: February 28, 2005 extended to Friday, March 4 at 5pm
LISBET RAUSING CHARITABLE FUND, LONDON
(
http://www.lisbetrausingcharitablefund.org/)
The Charity was established in 2001 and can fund any charitable purpose in the
UK or abroad.
Internship description: Provide research on appropriate charitable
institutions
to whom the Fund may donate funds and make recommendations; work closely with
the trustees; the charity is small; an excellent opportunity for the right
person interested in fundraising, grant management and foundation
Stipend available: £150/week
Security clearance required
Internship schedule: July 1-August 31, 2005
Application deadline: February 28, 2005 extended to Friday, March 4 at 5pm
SCB PARTNERS, LONDON (
http://www.scbpartners.com/# )
SCB Partners is a strategy, research and activation agency that specializes in
reaching out to new consumers. They carry out extensive research, idea
generation and trend projecting for consumer products companies in the
drinks/tobacco sector and other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) markets.
Internship description: The intern will work on client project teams.
Excellent
research and writing skills will be required. The ideal candidate will have
superb word processing and internet research skills, have an hip-happening
attitude, and be keen to contribute to the nine-person, dynamic shop.
Stipend available: $1,000 per month
No security clearance required
Internship schedule: May/June - August 31, 2005
Application deadline: February 28, 2005 extended to Friday, March 4 at 5pm
SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION/FRONTIER, LONDON
http://www.frontier.ac.uk
The Society for Environmental Exploration (SEE) was established in 1989 as a
non-profit conservation NGO dedicated to safeguarding biodiversity and
ecosystem integrity. Since its inception, SEE has hosted a myriad of global
conservation projects under the banner name of Frontier. We are a member
of NCN
with established projects in Cambodia, Nicaragua, Madagascar, and
Tanzania, with
our headquarters in London.
Internship description: We are looking for a student passionate about
conservation, with a desire to learn about the field from a development,
project management, and research point of view. The intern would assist the
development manager and other program managers as well as other headquarters
staff in the design and implementation of interdisciplinary science work
in the
focus countries. We hope to provide the intern with an insight into
conservation
and a pragmatic job experience in a competitive and important field. (possible
site visit but would require own funding).
No stipend available; travel allowance provided to and from work
No security clearance required
Internship schedule: May/June - August 2005
Application deadline: February 28, 2005 extended to Friday, March 4 at 5pm
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Lisa M. Eschenbach
Program Administrator
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
27 Kirkland Street
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
tel: 617.495.4303 x231
fax: 617.495.8509
web:
http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu
Thomas A. Lewis
Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Study of
Religion
Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School
Harvard University
Barker Center 409
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone - 617.495.2085
fax - 617.496.5798