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<p>The Civil Service offers a range of internship opportunities. A substantial number
of these internships are accessed through positive action schemes, permitted by the
Equality Act 2010, to alleviate disadvantage experienced by people from certain groups
and to improve their representation.</p><p> </p><p>The Summer Diversity Internship
and Early Diversity Internship Programmes, for example, are targeted at BAME, lower
socio-economic and disabled groups because they are currently under-represented in
the Fast Stream graduate programme. We will continue to prioritise these under-represented
groups and consider such schemes to be appropriate initiatives to help increase awareness
of the Civil Service and ultimately lead to increased numbers of successful applications
to the Fast Stream.</p><p> </p><p>Other internships, not diversity specific, are run
but tend to be overseen by specific departments or specialisms, such as the annual
FCO internship programme and the Government Economic Service Summer Vacation Placement
Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>All recruitment for permanent positions conforms to the Civil
Service Commission Principles of fair and open selection, based on merit.</p>
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