Centre for Global Education Internship

The Centre for Global Education invites applications for an internship starting in March 2017 that will involve supporting publication of our peer-reviewed, open access journal Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review. Now in its 11th year of publication, Policy and Practice aims to widen understanding of the delivery and effectiveness of development education at local and international levels. It aims to share good practice and analyse the policy environment in which development education practitioners operate.

Policy and Practice is informed by values such as social justice, equality and interdependence and is based on the concept of education as an agent of positive social change.  The journal espouses the idea of praxis – a process of analysis, reflection and action – that enables the learner to become an active citizen at local and global levels.

Policy and Practice is the only development education journal published in Ireland and is funded by Irish Aid, the government body responsible for overseas aid and development education. It is published on a stand-alone web platform (www.developmenteducationreview.com) and in 2015 received 150,000 visitors from across the world. Policy and Practice has also generated 500 citations in books and other journals underpinning its value in supporting research, article writing and publications.

2.1 Summary of Responsibilities

The internship will involve assisting the editor in the following tasks:

• Processing articles from the commissioning to publication stages;
• Uploading articles to the journal web site;
• Promoting the journal and broadening the local and international readership;
• Liaising with authors, reviewers and members of the journal’s Editorial Group and International Editorial Board.

The internship will be based in the Centre for Global Education’s office in Belfast and is an ideal opportunity to gain useful work experience on a highly valued publication in a development organisation. The intern will be expected to work a minimum 16 hours per week from 1 March to 31 December 2017 though shorter placements will be considered. Limited remuneration is available. 

3.2 Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential criteria are as follows:

• Proven research experience to postgraduate level;
• Competency in Information and Communication Technology with a minimal required knowledge of Microsoft Office;
• Strong commitment to and interest in development education;
• Good organisational skills.

Desirable Criteria are as follows:

• Research experience in development education or development studies ;
• Experience in web maintenance;
• Work experience in a development organisation;
• Published writing in a journal or book.

4. Expressions of Interest

Interested applicants should send a letter (maximum 350 words) detailing suitability for the internship with a CV (maximum 2 pages) and contact details for two referees by 5pm on Monday, 16 January 2017.  Please send by e-mail to [email protected] or by post to:

Stephen McCloskey
Director
Centre for Global Education
9 University Street 
Belfast
BT7 1FY