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Thank you for your interest in the UCL Social Data Institute Internship Scheme.
To be eligible to apply you MUST:
1. Be an undergraduate at the end of your second year or third year if on a four year programme (If you are on a four year programme you can apply for these internship once in either your second or third year).
2. Be enrolled in a department that is part of the Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences or the Social Research Institute.*
3. Be averaging a 2.1 grade or above in your assessments to date.
4. Be familiar with quantitative data (i.e have used software such as R, SPSS, STATA; can undertake regression, produce plots etc).
5. Be available to complete the internship full-time for six weeks over the summer break and in the location specified by the host organisation.
6. Be available to undertake an internship induction prior to joining the organisation.
7. Have the right to work in the UK and can provide documents to prove this - in line with the UK government and UCL's right-to-work checks.
8. Agree to submitting a short (no more than 2-page) report about your experience at the end of the scheme.
9. Apply for a maximum of 2 opportunities within the scheme.
You will be asked to confirm this information when submitting your application form, if you do not meet all of them you will not be able to complete the application and you will be automatically rejected.*The Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences includes: Anthropology; Geography; Economics; History; History of Art; Inst. of the Americas; Inst. of Archaeology; Political Science.
2024 Internship Opportunities:
Below you will find a list of the available 2024 Social Data Institute internships. Please read through each of the information documents before applying via the forms. You can apply for a maximum of 2 internships only and applications will close on Monday 22nd April at 11.45pm.
When completing the applications, please make sure to attach your CV and cover letter. These should be in a SINGLE Word document or PDF comprising a TWO PAGE (MAX) cover letter detailing your interest and fit for the role followed by a TWO PAGE (MAX) CV.
Aceso Global Health Consultants
Aceso Global Health Consultants is a boutique consultancy. Since its founding in 2013, it has come alongside world-renowned organisations and has worked on some of the most intractable issues in modern healthcare.
BBC News
BBC News gathers and produces national daily news, business, political and current affairs programmes on BBC television and radio.
Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC): Project 1
The Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) was established to lead academic engagement between industry and the social sciences, and utilise consumer data for academic research purposes. CDRC provides unique insight into a diverse range of societal and economic challenges, in collaboration with a wide range of consumer data providers.
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
CPI is an analysis and advisory organisation with deep expertise in finance and policy. Our mission is to support governments, businesses, and financial institutions in driving economic growth while addressing climate change.
Dods Political Intelligence
Dods is the market leading political intelligence service for the EU and the UK delivering policy monitoring, expert insights and stakeholder management tools.
Ember
Ember is an independent energy think tank that aims to accelerate the clean energy transition with data and policy.
Frontier Economics
Frontier is an economics consultancy.
Financial Times (FT)
The Financial Times is one of the world's leading news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy.
Homes England
As the government’s housing and regeneration agency Homes England believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver homes and places people are proud to live in – for generations to come.
Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP)
The Institute for Global Prosperity at UCL (IGP) is redesigning prosperity for the 21st century, changing the way we conceive and run our economies, and reworking our relationship with the planet.
Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR)
JPR is the only independent institute in Britain that specialises in researching the state of contemporary Jewish communities in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations System as the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all, with 175 member states and a presence in 171 countries.
Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy.*
*Please note this post will be based in Birmingham, Bristol or Cardiff (with a preference for Birmingham if possible).
Royal Geographical Society (RGS)
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography. We advance geography and support geographers in the UK and across the world.
Redemption Roasters
Redemption Roasters is on a mission to reduce reoffending through coffee.
Save the Children: Project 1
Save the Children exists to help every child get the future they deserve. In the UK and around the world, we make sure children stay safe, healthy and keep learning, so they can become who they want to be.
Save the Children: Project 2
Save the Children exists to help every child get the future they deserve. In the UK and around the world, we make sure children stay safe, healthy and keep learning, so they can become who they want to be.
UCL Social Data Institute (SODA)
Led by the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences (SHS), the Social Data Institute (SODA) amplifies UCL’s advanced research and teaching in social data and methods.
TEP - ImpactEd Evaluation
TEP is an employee engagement service designed for the education sector. Data is collected in census windows throughout the academic year, receiving over 30,000 school staff responses in 2023-24. Alongside providing insightful data on a school level, TEP now has the largest national database on staff engagement that can be used to address urgent challenges in recruitment and retention and building sustainable working cultures.
TEP - ImpactEd
TEP is an employee engagement service designed for the education sector. Data is collected in census windows throughout the academic year, receiving over 30,000 school staff responses in 2023-24. Alongside providing insightful data on a school level, TEP now has the largest national database on staff engagement that can be used to address urgent challenges in recruitment and retention and building sustainable working cultures.
The British Red Cross
The British Red Cross has been helping millions of people in the UK and around the world get the support they need when crisis strikes.
UCL Change and Improvement
Change and Improvement is at the heart of helping the UCL community meet its strategic aims by improving services through collaborating with staff and students, and developing services and solutions that are straightforward and efficient.
West London Zone (WLZ)
West London Zone (WLZ) delivers a place-based, early intervention programme, supporting young people to achieve social, emotional and academic outcomes through our collective impact model.