Typical job profiles
Useful online resources
- - careers
- - information about social research opportunities including summer placements
Think Tanks
Think Tanks are organisations that explore and research issues. These issues can include social, public, and economic policy. It can also include reform, social justice, democracy, and the environment. Most are independent but some are government funded and/or linked to a political party. Many, but not all, are not-for-profit organisations. Internships, often unpaid, are offered by some think tanks.
- - recording of a session hosted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research
- - includes videos about Working in the Think Tank Sector
- - careers resources, including blogs and interviews, for those wanting to work in think tanks or policy
Relevant organisations
Job sites and specialist recruiters
- - directory of companies offering a Graduate Training Programme
Further study
- - the UK'S leading research & training agency addressing social and economic issues
- - includes useful information including case studies
- - training programmes
- - postgraduate level in the United Kingdom