The Government Economic Service (GES) will begin accepting applications for the GES centrally run summer student placement scheme for 2013 on Wednesday 13 February 2013.

The placements are aimed at economics students who are seriously considering a career in the GES after graduation.

The opening date for applications is Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 09.00. The scheme will close as soon as we have received a sufficient number of applications. This will be notified on the GES website. It is therefore in the student's interest to submit their application as soon as possible after the opening date. Applications submitted after the scheme has closed will not be accepted.

Tutor signatures are no longer required at the initial application stage - this is to speed up the process. Instead, students will be asked to provide a reference from their university economics tutor, confirming their suitability, at the invite to interview stage.

Although we will not begin accepting applications until the opening date, more information about the scheme itself, including job descriptions and eligibility requirements, have now been published on our website www.civilservice.gov.uk/ges.