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 […]

Impact of Fair Work on social care services

The internship will contribute to the development of the Fair Work strategy, with a particular focus on undertaking a comprehensive evidence review and assessing the potential impact of the proposed strategy on the sector.  This may  include  equality, children’s rights, and business/regulatory impact assessments. The role of the intern is to map data sources, gather and analyse […]

Analysis of Scotland and UK-EU Negotiations: Opportunities and Challenges

The intern will strengthen analytical capacity in the EU Secretariat during the second half of the year. The project aims to monitor, analyse, and respond to developments in UK-EU negotiations initiated in Summer 2025, during the post-Scottish Parliament election period in 2026. This work will ensure timely interpretation of key issues for Scotland, such as the food and drink (SPS) […]