Advancing Social Mobility, Economics Consulting, London, 2025

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.

Women in Business

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

To apply, you must:

• Be in your first year of a three-year degree or second year of a four-year degree
• Be on track to pass an undergraduate degree in any subject
• 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.

When to apply

Once you have submitted your application you'll have seven days to complete the online test, this is the first stage of our recruitment process.

Applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest so we recommend prompt application to avoid disappointment.