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The Public Sector refers to any organisation that is owned by the government for example, the National Health Service, The Armed Forces, Civil Service and the Emergency Services. It also includes government agencies such as the National Audit Office, local government and the BBC.
Most graduate roles that can be found in the private sector are also available in the public sector. For example you can be an Accountant within the NHS, an engineer in any of the armed services and all Public Sector organisations require support functions such as Human Resources and Marketing.
According to the Office for National Statistics (another government agency) around 20% (1 in 5) people are employed in the Public Sector in the UK.
Organisations in this sector are at least partly funded using public money, for example taxation, although they may raise funds in other ways, such as via the licence fee for the BBC or from charitable donations.