{"id":61750,"date":"2015-09-18T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5073a5ce076704905e67589fafa774ff"},"modified":"2015-09-18T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:15:00","slug":"news-story-civil-service-interns-attend-closing-reception-for-this-years-summer-diversity-internship-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61750","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil Service interns attend closing reception for this year&#8217;s Summer Diversity Internship Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Summer Diversity Internship Programme closing reception was a chance for this year\u2019s interns to celebrate and reflect on their experience on the 2-month placement, as well as to encourage them to apply for the Civil Service Fast Stream, the government\u2019s flagship graduate programme. <\/p>\n<p>Gurjinder Dhaliwal, whose placement was at the Cabinet Office, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Closing Reception was a fantastic way to end the internship. The day involved inspiring speeches, fun   exercises and a chance to meet other interns from across the country, as well as fast streamers. I even had  the opportunity to meet Clive Myrie, the BBC News legend, who provided some really good advice!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SDIP 2\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/43919\/SDIP_2_Resized.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pooja Ahluwalia, whose placement was at HMRC, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Participating in the SDIP helped me to build confidence in my abilities and strengths.<\/p>\n<p>The Closing Reception was a great end to the programme with some really inspirational speakers like footballer Fabrice Muamba, broadcaster Clive Myrie and Head of the Civil Service Fast Stream and Early Talent, Gillian Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The main thing I took away was that I should be proud to be different. I learnt that I should be a representative of diversity by being seen and heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This internship has introduced me to a range of new possibilities. It has taught me a lot about myself and has made me question what I enjoy and what I\u2019m good at. The programme has made me feel like I am in control of my future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SDIP 3\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/43920\/SDIP_3_resized.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SDIP5\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/43921\/SDIP_5_Resized.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reception took place at Westminster Central Hall on 3 September 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61763,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61750\/revisions\/61763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}