sector. The opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how the internship generally looked like in past years was interesting to hear about. Moreover, the staff at the centre emphasised the idea that an opportunity to visit the centre in Budapest in the future and help out with more research is available to us should we choose to once the pandemic is over. Lasting Impressions Overall, I really enjoyed the experience as a research intern at the Cold War Centre. I have had a long-standing interest in this area of history and the internship certainly introduced me to new ideas. I also appreciated having the chance to engage with primary sources even via an online format which made each day different from the information I found. I really enjoyed listening to the presentations delivered by the other interns which showcased the variety of interests across our group. Though I don't intend to follow into an academic career, the internship was useful at presenting the various areas of research I could be interested in undertaking for a future masters course. I think the skills I developed throughout, in being able to organise my workload, strengthen my research and analysis skills will be transferable to many other opportunities. What advice would you give to future interns? For future online interns, I would recommend having a good routine. I think the fact that the internship was carried out online and consisted of largely independent work made setting a number of hours to work for in the day helpful for organising breaks and other plans outside work. I would also recommend noting down any interesting primary sources and thinking about how they might fit into relevant thesis/dissertation research as I came across many unique perspectives that might come useful in the future.
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