Scotland’s humanitarian response: New Scots Delivery

The main focus of the placement will be to support work on strand 3 of this review on New Scots Delivery: Scotland’s humanitarian response. The purpose of this stage of the review is to make recommendations about principles and processes to guide any future Scottish response to emerging international crises affecting New Scots. The work […]

Employability pathways in prisons: understanding the current employability provision in prisons and how it supports people prior to release

The project will work with community justice policy staff, as well as research staff, and will focus on SPS’s current employability provision for people in custody, including mapping the breadth and impact of current provision as well as how this supports people prior to release. The suggested methodology for the study is as follows:    A proforma will be sent out […]

Balancing Safety and Wellbeing: Comparative Research on Personal Items in Use in Custody

The intern will work with the FAI taskforce team and research colleagues, and will focus on: • Mapping current SPS policies and practices regarding personal items in use, with particular attention to recent changes and their operational impact. • Gathering staff perspectives especially from governors and frontline staff on the challenges, opportunities, and practicalities of implementing these policies. Noting that existing […]

SPS prisoner complaints process: understanding variations in practice & differing prisoner experiences of the process across the Scottish prison estate 

The project will focus on SPS’s complaints mechanism for people in custody only, although other complaints, communications and feedback channels exist for both people in prison, visitors, solicitors and staff. The project will focus on understanding how prisoner complaints are handled across different establishments within SPS. This includes all stages of complaints handling, including receipt, logging, investigation, resolution and feedback.    The suggested methodology for […]

Analysis of Scotland and UK-EU Negotiations: Opportunities and Challenges

The intern will strengthen analytical capacity in the EU Secretariat during the second half of the year. The project aims to monitor, analyse, and respond to developments in UK-EU negotiations initiated in Summer 2025, during the post-Scottish Parliament election period in 2026. This work will ensure timely interpretation of key issues for Scotland, such as the food and drink (SPS) […]