Dartmouth House played host to eleven UK university students on Friday 19 January who were attending the Capitol Hill Programme Briefing Day. The programme offers internships in the office of a congressperson or senator, giving participants the opportunity to gain first hand experience of the American political system.
This year's interns heard talks from ESU staff, including Elizabeth Stokes, Director of Education, and Alison Wardrop Alumni Officer, and Chris Dunnett, Assistant Cultural Attache at the US Embassy, who delivered an interesting lecture on the workings of congress.
The students then heard from programme alumni including Mehreen Malik (2005), Jonathan Bailey (2006) and Jatin Sharma (2006), who took part in a discussion about their experiences on the Hill.
The Washington DC placements will run from June-August and will include the chance to attend Speakers' Series lectures and a range of briefings, hearings and receptions.
For more information about the ESU Parliamentary Exchange Programme, please contact vivienne_thomson@esu.org.