Skills Development Scotland Internship Scheme
Project starting Autumn 2021
Application Deadline: Monday 2 August 2021 at 12pm
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s national skills body. SDS contributes to Scotland’s sustainable economic growth by supporting people and businesses to develop and apply their skills, and works with partners to provide services that deliver the very best outcomes for Scotland’s people, businesses and the economy.
The SDS Evaluation and Research team provides high quality, robust evidence and insight to support SDS in meeting its goals in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion. This includes research on the careers, service; apprenticeships programmes; support for employers; and SDS as an organisation. The aim of this internship is to support the E&R team to carry out in-depth equality analysis across a range of our projects with young people.
This placement will provide:
- An opportunity to work in a fast paced, innovative working environment;
- The potential to influence and guide future practice within a national public sector organisation;
- Practical, hands-on experience of working with stakeholders in a public sector environment.
Full details of the internship can be found here.
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Case Study: Evaluation of Skills Development Scotland’s Apprenticeship Wellbeing Survey
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"I would definitely recommend undertaking an internship at SDS during your PhD, as it’s an amazing opportunity to learn new skills in a supportive and encouraging environment.”
Current opportunities
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The influence of equality characteristics on the learning and career journeys of young people
Equality, diversity and inclusion is a key focus for SDS as reflected in our most recent Equality Mainstreaming report. The SDS Evaluation and Research team provides high quality, robust evidence and insight to support SDS in meeting its goals in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion. This includes research on the careers, service; apprenticeships programmes; support for employers; and SDS as an organisation. While the E&R team carries out equalities analysis for each survey, the aim of this internship is to support the E&R team to carry out in-depth equality analysis across a range of our projects with young people,
