9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Wednesday 28 November 2012

Presenters: Dr Steve Marshall, Welsh Government, Jamie Smith, Welsh Government, Professor David James, Cardiff School of Social Sciences and ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre

Course Content and Aims

The Welsh Government offers internships and commissions research which can involve postgraduate researchers.  How can postgraduate research students engage with policy? This event will:

(a) outline the nature of current internships in the Welsh Government and the process through which they are set up;
(b) present two examples of research that the Welsh Government carries out or commissions;
(c) provide an overview of policy processes in the Welsh Government and the role of research in this;
(d) provide information on the range of careers in government where research skills are helpful.