Year 13 only - Government Social Research Degree Apprenticeship Programme Closing Date Wednesday 28th February
What is a Government Social Researcher and why it might be for me?
Being a Government Social Researcher involves studying and analysing various aspects of society, like people’s behaviour, opinions, and needs. This then helps the government make informed decisions. social researchers in government work on a wide variety of programmes and projects and are at the heart of building better policy that can improve people’s lives.
To do this, social researchers use a range of methods; for example, they design and gather data on surveys that aim to quantify a population’s views, conduct interviews, and focus groups that explore what people think in greater depth, and run experiments to decide what kinds of social programmes work best. Alongside this, social researchers often make use of transferable and in demand coding skills to analyse and visualise large amounts of data.
They use these results to provide recommendations to policymakers. Social research helps make society better and fairer by using data and research to guide government decisions.
What is the Government Social Research Degree Apprenticeship Programme (GSRDAP)?
The GSRDAP is a four-year apprenticeship programme which offers a first of its kind opportunity to gain real experience working on some of the government’s most impactful projects, while gaining a bespoke undergraduate degree in social research.
Where will I be working?
Apprentices could be placed in any one of the following 14 government departments, each with their own unique and important mission which helps make the UK a better place to live:
- Department for Education
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department for Work and Pensions
- His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
- Home Office
- Ministry of Justice
- Office for National Statistics
- College of Policing
- His Majesty’s Treasury
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Department for Business and Trade
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Learn more about the departments in our department profiles here:
Can I choose which department I will work for?
Successful candidates may be allocated to any of the participating departments, though we will take your location into consideration. Please note: while we will make every effort to allocate a department within a location - this is not guaranteed.
Locations include Manchester and Salford!
Q&A Sessions
There will be 3 Question and Answer (Q&A) sessions with the GSR Recruitment Team, to discuss the application process and the experience of working as an apprentice in government. These will take place on:
Monday 15th January 2024,12:00 - 13:00
Place: Virtual, on Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting
Monday 5th February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Place: Virtual, on Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting
Wednesday 21st February 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Place: Virtual, on Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting
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