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Advancing Social Mobility, Economics Consulting, London, 2025

Location London Category Consulting - Student Careers
Please note, as part of some internal restructuring to better align our business with the market and future opportunities, there may be changes to the role you're applying to which could mean it sits within a different line of service. There will be no changes to the role or team itself.  

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Job ID 561708WD
Contract Type Full time
Line Of Service Consulting
JOB DESCRIPTION

Economics Consulting

In Economics Consulting you’ll advise high‑profile clients in the public and private sectors, providing economic insights and evidence to help inform their business decisions and shape their organisations. Our work addresses the most complex business and policy issues facing our clients, whether it’s navigating competition and commercial disputes; shaping efficient and competitive markets; providing macroeconomic forecasts; or appraising, framing and delivering big investments. In Economics Consulting, you'll advise high-profile clients in both the public and private sectors, offering economic insights to inform business decisions and shape organisations. Our work tackles complex business and policy issues, including navigating competition and commercial disputes, shaping efficient markets, providing macroeconomic forecasts, and delivering major investments.

Programme

During this three-day paid programme you’ll get an insight into what a career at PwC could look like, you’ll meet mentors and buddies who’ll represent the variety of opportunities available across PwC. You’ll meet some of our colleagues to hear about their own personal career journeys, as well as from some of our networks focussed on Inclusion and Diversity. Through interactive sessions the programme will help you to develop confidence in a business setting and encourage you to bring your whole self to the workplace. At PwC, we nurture an environment where our people can be the best they can be.

What you'll do

You'll typically find yourself in project teams of anywhere from 2 to 15 or more people, often with PwC teams from other areas of Consulting, Lines of Service, and even other countries. You’ll undertake cutting-edge economic analysis whilst engaging with executives from the world’s top organisations, learning how to present and communicate your findings with impact. You will also have the opportunity to work on public thought leadership pieces that focus on topics as diverse as quantifying the impact of increasing female participation in the workforce to assessing the possible future role of drones on the UK economy. Our work receives attraction and has been regularly featured in national newspapers and on the news.

What you'll gain

By completing the programme, you'll have the opportunity to be considered for a subsequent Summer Internship 2026 role in the location and business area which you've done the programme. Many of our summer internship participants go on to receive graduate role offers.

What you'll need

You'll need to be on track to pass an undergraduate degree or above in an Economics related subject. We determine whether you're on course to pass based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

You'll need to be a first year undergraduate university student on a three-year degree course; or
You'll need to be a second year undergraduate university students on a four-year degree course.

To apply for the Advancing Social Mobility programme, you must:

- Have attended a state school between the ages of 11 and 16

- Have a main household earner from a lower socio-economic background at age 14, or have been eligible for free school meals

Important Information: Your eligibility will be assessed using your Equal Opportunities form and wider application, based on best practices advised by Access Accountancy. We will consider your school type, free school meal eligibility, and parents’ occupation. If you prefer not to disclose this information, select 'prefer not to say,' but this may affect your eligibility for the programme. This personal information is confidential and reviewed only by the People Reporting & Insights and Student Recruitment team. We welcome all students to apply. If you don't meet the social mobility criteria, consider applying to our Women in Business or Black Talent in Business programmes, or join our virtual events for more opportunities with PwC.


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