Register Your Interest - Social Researcher Degree Apprenticeship
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Register Your Interest - Social Researcher Degree Apprenticeship
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.
Please refer to the eligibility criteria in the job advert once applications open.
About Government Social Research
We are Government Social Research (GSR), the professional body for social researchers in the Civil Service. Our social researchers study and analyse various aspects of society, like peopleʼs behaviour, opinions, and needs. This then helps the government make informed decisions. Social researchers in government work on a huge variety of programmes and projects and are at the heart of building better policy that can improve peopleʼs lives.
Social research helps make society better and fairer by using data and research to guide government decisions.
We recruit student, graduate, and apprentice social researchers to work in over 30 government departments across the UK.
Our members are civil servants who support the government in implementing its commitments and deliver high-quality services for the public. Our core values are integrity, honesty, impartiality and objectivity, and we are committed to recruiting people from a range of different backgrounds.