Daily activites involved a mix of buinsess as usual tasks that were you usually process that had to be done at set times each day Outside of this the work revolved around quite a bit of coding work to improve processes and automate manual ones
Supervising insurance firms and meeting with members of the board of directors to ensure they arent threatening the PRAs objectives Work also included forming reports risk assessments and reviews of different firms activities such as mergers audit co
Report Writing Updating internal documents Writing notes during meetings with external organisations
The day started with a fun icebreaker then went on to introduce the undergraduate opportunities A panel with current undergraduates then followed and I was able to ask questions After a break was a guest speaker session and then a panel session with re
I attended meetings hosted by a range of employees at the Bank of England They discussed the application process for degree apprenticeships the experiences which current and former degree apprentices had had and some of the wider benefits of being emplo
It was a day event where we were introduced to the day to day activities at the Bank of England We also got a chance to talk to employees who applied through the graduate scheme and decided to continue working there Additionally we also had a panel disc
An Insight in Bank of England an its various divisions as well as a focus on the abundant diversity networks available at the organisation and everything BoE does to support them
Was an informative day which involved talks from a number of people at the Bank
My role was that of a summer intern in the Financial Stability Strategy and Risk directorate of the Bank of England I was given an own project with several objectives at the start of the internship which I owned and had to report on in weekly bilaterals
I investigated methods to forecast the GDP growth of Emerging Market Economies This involved coding in R and researching potential determinants of economic growth
Provide assistance to economists and analysts on work to support the banks mission in promoting financial and monetary stability
My main responsibilities were within the collateral risk management team within markets giving me a broad exposure to the importance of who the bank choose to lend to and how much Tasks included analysing documents submitted by banks seeking funds wri
Learn the FX and MM desk the team and what the Bank does and also analyse trades done by the bank to be able to present to upper management
Economic analysis reading academic papers summarising them accessing data sources building charts and pipelines in R formulating a piece of analysis
I worked as a Research Assistant within the ARTIS directorate of the PRA I was part of a small team that had the role of ensuring the smooth running of the wider directorate as well as holding it to account This made for a varied role so daytoday is h
The insight day for Bank of England was informative and insightful We heard from current apprentices who shared what a typical day would look like as an apprentice and they also offered their helpful tips along the way span classcensoredThis secti
It was an online insight and we had a panel discussion with some current employees who discussed their qualifications and progression Then we had a seminar from a senior manager who discussed his own progression which was also very helpful
The Apprenticeship Insight day was extremely helpful in looking how economics can be used within the workplace
My main task was a comprehensive research project related to one aspect of the Banks RTGS renewal programme a very exciting programme designed to renew and modernize the UKs RealTimeGrossSettlement system The research project was very open ended an
The virtual experience gave us insight into the different areas of the Bank We got to speak with a number of BoE employees and find out more about their career journey and daily work
