Underrepresented young people in UK politics and civil society

The John Smith Centre is a non-partisan organisation working to open doors to public life and politics for young people. This project will specifically focus on those young people who come from underrepresented backgrounds, i.e. those from socio-economic deprived areas, lower educational attainment, care-experience, women, ethnicity, disability, and others. It will utilise UK Youth Poll data, an annual poll run by the Centre, as […]

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 […]

Centre of Expertise on Appraisal and Evaluation – Improving the use of public money

The SG Centre of Expertise in Appraisal and Evaluation was established in 2024 to ensure that we learn which SG’s policies and interventions work and if they offer value for money. The intern will lead on a project(s) in relation to advancing the SG’s approach to evaluation. Examples of these projects include: carrying out an SG staff Appraisal and Evaluation Skills […]

Looking at best practice for Personal Safety on Public Transport

The primary task will be to update an existing rapid evidence review on women and girls’ safety on public transport, carrying out new searches and capturing additional areas of relevance to the topic. This will involve becoming familiar with and building on existing work done to improve women and girls’ safety on public transport by Transport Scotland.   The methodology for […]

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 […]