Frontier Economics is an economics consultancy that tackles the big questions facing governments, businesses and society. We help our clients to analyse and understand their markets and to formulate strategies based on sound economics. The methods and models we use are often complex, but our advice is always succinct, clear and honest.
Social Mobility Programme
Our work experience programme offers university students the opportunity to get a first-hand insight into what it's like working at an economic consultancy. From learning about our projects to participating in company activities, the programme will build your confidence and give you the opportunity to network as you kickstart your career in economics.
There will be two sets of dates to choose from: 7th – 10th July and 18th – 21st August.
Please note, participants are required to attend all three and a half days of the programme.
Over three and a half days, you will have the opportunity to:
- Get an insight into the role of an economic consultant.
- Enhance your skills to prepare you for our intern and analyst recruitment processes
- Gain an understanding of some of our current projects
- Experience Frontier’s culture and hear more about working life here.
- Network with our people in the London office.
About you
To apply you’ll need to:
- Be a first-year undergraduate student, or second-year student studying a four year undergraduate course.
- Be predicted a 2:1 Bachelor’s degree in economics or an economics related degree. Overall your studies should have a strong focus on economics.
- Have a genuine interest in economic consulting.
- Be a student from a lower socio-economic background. We have included a few questions within the application form that we will use to help in assessing this. The questions ask about: eligibility for free school meals; if you were the first in your family to attend university; the type of school you attended; and the occupation of your main household earner*
*Main householder earner’s occupation categorisation is a national standard. For more details on why we ask this question and classification of occupations please see the Social Mobility Commission’s toolkit.
What you need to do next
There are three steps to the application process:
- Submit CV, complete the application form and answer three motivational questions
- Phone interview with a member of the Recruitment team
- Offer decision made
Deadline: Wednesday 21st May 2025
Please note:
- We are planning to host the programme in person at Frontier’s London office. Please let us know if you expect to have significant travel and accommodation costs as we may be able to support with this.
- Participants will be paid the National Living Wage.
We are determined that everyone has an equal chance to join us and progress their career with Frontier. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all its forms. Read more about our incentives here:
https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/careers/diversity-inclusion/
Frontier Economics is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
What We Do
We help companies with their biggest challenges – market strategies, regulatory reviews, competition inquiries. And we help governments design innovative policies and regulatory systems.
Economics is (nearly) everywhere and the economist’s toolkit is large. Clients are surprised at the breadth of our work. Not just the costs of supply, movements in demand, pricing and competitive dynamics. But we are also experts in finance, statistical modelling, game theory, market research and even the psychological side of economics. And we’ve worked in almost every sector imaginable, from fertilisers and oil rigs to handbags and iPads.
In some sectors, economics is so critical that we’ve also built specialist knowledge. Our powerful tools and sector knowledge are valuable. But we try not to stop there. Making an impact for clients means understanding the issues, whether it’s the commercial reality of the business; what is really driving customer behaviour; or the political context. We are also aware that our clients want clear and simple advice, from people they trust. So we place a lot of emphasis on our communications, and on human relationships. We provide complex analysis but plain language – English, German, French or Spanish.
Our reports are often used in legal proceedings and so our evidential standards are high. We never “write to order”. Our work is respected because we are independent and obsessive about the truth.
We work with clients all over the world and have offices in Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Dublin, Madrid, London and Paris. Our sister company in Australia works from Sydney and Melbourne
