The cost of raising a child: financial support for parents/carers living in poverty

Eradicating Child poverty is the key government priority for the First Minister and this internship offers a unique opportunity to be part of this exciting and high profile area. Specifically, the work will contribute to increasing our understanding of how best to support families experiencing poverty in Scotland.  The successful intern will undertake an evidence review to explore the financial […]

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 […]

Transforming our understanding of future need and demand for social care

The intern would have the opportunity to provide their skills and expertise to a multi-disciplinary analytical team on a time-limited, high profile project to improve our understanding of future social care need in Scotland. The intern will be based in the Social Care Analytical Unit, which has a mix of operational researchers, social researchers, statisticians and economists. The Unit works closely with […]

Reactive project in support of Drugs and Alcohol Policy

SGSSS internships present invaluable opportunities for analytical outputs to be produced that are reactive and supportive to rapidly changing policy needs. As such, the outputs of these internships are likely to be of great relevance and value to the work of policy colleagues and present the opportunity to have real impact on decision making. With […]

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 […]