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Research Officer -
Hazel E C MacIver
As
the newest (but not necessarily improved) model of SCPO’s Research Officer,
I bring the much needed quality of being a highlander, specifically an
islander – “little we complain though we suffer much” – to the office.
Having left Stornoway for Glasgow University
where I spent four very enjoyable years ostensibly studying Politics, I
decided to remain in the studying wilderness and made the big step of
migrating to the east coast (the bitter cold east coast at that) to do the
snappily entitled European Policy, Law and Management postgraduate diploma
at The Robert Gordon University. I then found myself doing a PhD there
on how the Scottish Parliament has affected interest groups (I am the cure
for all my friends’ insomnia), which has successfully kept me off the
streets and out of full-time gainful employment until now.
However, my addiction (to studying) remains
strong, as I’m going to study Forensic Medicine and Science at evening
classes this year, mostly for the challenge it represents. Before
making a career of avoiding having a career, in school I devoted those
impressive energies to steering clear of having to take maths and science.
And I also think that forensic medicine might be very useful knowledge to
have should I ever have need to cover my tracks in the office!
So having gone from Stornoway to Glasgow to
Aberdeen, I can now boast of being the only member of the SCPO staff to
actually live in Edinburgh and also of being a member of the Free Church.
So to summarise: I’m from Lewis, spent years studying and I belong to the
Free Church – I’m expecting the dinner invites to flood in so I can be the
life and soul of your party!!
All invitations should be sent to:
hazel@actsparl.org |
