GORS Analytical Student Placements 2015
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Presentation by the Government Operational Research Service about Student Placements on Thursday 15 October 2015.
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GORS Analytical Student Placements 2015
- 2. What is Operational Research? Operational Research Taglines – “The Science of Better” (The OR Society) – “Analysis that Matters” History – developed in Britain during World War II – mathematical techniques applied to planning of military operations What is it? – uses scientific methods to understand real problems – draws on elements of other analytical professions – enables easier and informed decision making
- 3. drug smuggling child poverty NHS waiting times climate change economic downturn improving schools knife crime A few areas of current OR analysis
- 4. forecasti ng What will you be doing?
- 5. Where are we located? Newcastle Leeds London Sheffield Manchester Liverpool
- 6. Work Benefits • Salary • National Minimum - £16,500 • London Minimum - £20,000 • Flexible working • Over 20 days annual leave • Friendly working environment • Hands-on analytical experience • High-profile projects
- 7. How do I apply? – Applications will be submitted via an online system Applications now open! www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi Reference: 1469534 – Applications only open until 8th November! – Interviews will be December 2015 – We will be looking to start successful candidates in summer 2016 For any enquiries about our recruitment process please contact analytical.studentplacements@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
- 8. Student: Erika Tsoi ● Operational Research analyst for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ● Studying at University Of Surrey ● Modelling team within Higher Education ● Main work focus: Loan Repayment Model
- 9. Skills Developed ● So far: - Using SPSS, Excel for Modelling Purposes - Starter sessions with SQL, R. - Interacting with a variety of people from other teams - Quality assuring others work ● Ones I would like to develop further: - Continue with software skills - Writing papers - Analytical techniques
- 10. Work I have done… ● Investigation work; loan take up between genders. ● Running models. ● Student loans on Government accounts ● Training ● Interaction with other teams. ● Pieces of analysis for other parts of HE. ● Coding work with SPSS
- 11. Experiences and Opportunities – Courses; many software based – Plenty of opportunities to interact with other students- professionally and socially. – Other ‘work’ activities- Christmas Party (organisation of!) – Work events; Away days, training opportunities both internally and externally. – OR society; informal meetings to share insights, formal conferences, StORe – Interaction within own team but also with other teams and organisations
- 12. Analytical Student Placements 2014/15 Any Questions? analytical.studentplacements@dwp.gsi.gov.uk http://www.facebook.com/GovernmentOR
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Science of Better – Applications to optimise, improve efficiency and effectiveness Analysis that Matters – Applied to real-world problems Financial Social Political Economic Examples to be covered later Elements of stats, economics, maths etc
- Wide range of high-profile problems Some will have impacted everyone at some point in time
- Just a few examples OR is not all number crunching Involves consulting at various levels Analysts get involved in decision making
- A national presence! Civil Service OR opportunities exist nationwide Not restricted to London Work undertaken outside capital just as high-profile / important
- A national presence! Civil Service OR opportunities exist nationwide Not restricted to London Work undertaken outside capital just as high-profile / important
- Loan repayment: aim is to work out how much it costs government to provide for these student loans aka the RAB charge. Ongoing improvements of the model. Associates with other teams, finance, policy internally and SLC externally. Other parts of the job: provide analytical support to policies. Provide support for PQ’s. A lot of opportunities to learn a variety of analytical software.
- Model runs for a variety of scenarios. New policy idea -> what numbers look like.
- A large part of the first month was learning the very basics and how the team operates. Interaction with other GOV departments; policy work or routine yearly work
- First bullet point: Some courses that do drop into inbox includes public speaking. Last bullet point: e.g. SLC, HESA, OBR, HMT