Due to a lack of resources in the department my work was very varied My roles involved taking meeting minutes creating presentations on the economy for internal stakeholders and conducting research and analysis on various high profile topic areas
Deliver high quality products applications and infrastructure using code Build support and continuously improve software products to meet user needs Test manual and automated to ensure standards are met Contribute to coding standards and pe
Working on cards assigned to you and reviewing other developers cards which are ready to review Helping with deployments to prod and preprod Working with BA UR UX designers and developers to an end goal
I was an Economist Intern for the summer working on a variety of projects to model the economic impacts of various investments and activities I was quite busy but not to a detrimental extent Typically I would work from 9 to 5 and on some days I stayed
It was a great introduction to the Civil Service and because the Public Sector is where I am most interested in pursuing a career within I was naturally interested to see how the Civil Service functions This was a good introduction into how Britain much
Im not a maths lover and although Im naturally inquisitive the work I did begin to dull after 6 months The work involved a lot of excel stata and word
Overall a very enjoyable experience
I really enjoyed it Working in the Civil Service was rewarding as it is work that influences the entire nation and the work I helped produce was used by many different people
My placement was really good and it was organized exceptionally well by my manager and team They were also flexible in my starting date due to commitment to examsdissertation as it usually starts earlymid June The work was pretty much Economics relate
I thoroughly enjoyed the work that I was given It allowed me to see the different aspects of the role and show how a maths degree can be applied in the world of work
The people were friendly at ONS and I was placed in an office with a nice atmosphere However the work is what brought my score down as the work was not relevant to my degree and it was very boring most of the time I feel like they could have placed me
Nice relaxed working environment with great opportunities to develop skills and contribute to production of official statistics
The atmosphere on the placement and the work was very enjoyable I had a nice mix of being managed but also ensuring I managed my own workload I also got the opportunity to develop specific skill areas I said I wanted to work on at the start
