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Defence in the Media: Saturday May 26 2018
Today’s Defence news includes coverage of the House of Commons Defence Committee Report on Afghan Interpreters and other Locally Employed Civilians. House of Commons Defence Select Committee Report There has been widespread coverage in most of today’s national newspapers about …
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Defence in the Media: Friday 25 May 2018
Today's defence news includes coverage of the Defence Secretary's speech at the RUSI Sea Power Conference and further coverage of the dispute between the UK and EU over access to the Galileo satellite programme.
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Great people, lots of progress and road safety: looking back at my time as Chief Driving Examiner
Lesley Young, Chief Driving Examiner, is retiring in June 2018, and in her final blog post reflects back on a career in road safety.
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Facing Up To Face Identification Systems (AFR)
In providing regulatory leadership in the context of surveillance camera systems, I remain committed to focusing my energies and influence to support and bring about debate to influence change for the public good. This week I called together many respected …
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Friday 25 May: New tree strategy, air quality in London and media coverage of the Air Quality Strategy
In today's blog we look at a new tree strategy, air quality in London and media coverage of the Air Quality Strategy.
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The real grand challenge is to seize the opportunity of a good later life now
We are experiencing a social revolution. We are living much longer than our parents’ and grandparents’ generations.
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Flexible working during Ramadan
It’s the holy month of Ramadan and as a Muslim I’ll be fasting, which means I won’t eat or drink between dawn and sunset.
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Education in the media: Friday 25 May 2018
Today's Education in the media blog looks at the data released by the exam regulator, Ofqual. The data shows provisional entries to GCSEs and A levels for this year.
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Recruiting in the open: a taste of life at MOJ digital
This is my first government role and I found the recruitment process different, to say the least! One of the main differences was an open evening that I attended before I had even submitted my CV. This was a first …
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Schools are different. Inspections are different.
There's been a lot of talk recently in the media about algorithms. Facebook has come under scrutiny for their use of algorithms to target users with specific adverts or content. Uber and Deliveroo are using them to support their business …
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Home Office in the Media: 25 May 2018
Today’s Home Office media stories include the announcement of the new Windrush scheme and reports from the Public Accounts Committee and the Science and Technology Committee.
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New Opportunities with iShadow
Would you like to take part in a positive and engaging job shadowing experience? If so, take a look at what iShadow has to offer.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained - 10 questions to ask your lawyer when embarking on a joint venture
Joint ventures have a lot of appeal and for good reason. When businesses join forces they can pool goods, services and funds to help them innovate and achieve commercial success that they couldn’t otherwise do alone. This is especially true …
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Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 25 May 2018
Dear everyone On Tuesday, we published our first independent assessment of how far the food and drinks industry has gone towards meeting the initial 5% sugar reduction challenge set out in the 2016 Childhood Obesity Plan. This is the most …
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I don't believe it!
Guidance and examples of data integrity issues seen on GDP inspections.
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Delivering the Government’s mission
Chief Executive of the Civil Service John Manzoni writes about the publication of updated Single Departmental Plans, setting out each department's objectives during this Parliament and how they will achieve them.
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Registering an overseas company
Some advice on when to register an overseas company in the UK.
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Calling all IT Architects - Opportunities at HMRC
We’re looking for additional IT Architects who possess a good balance of technical understanding and strong leadership skills
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Teachers learn what skills and careers digital government will need in the future
For the first time, school teachers and career counsellors spent the afternoon at the Government Digital Service (GDS) as part of TeenTech’s Teacher event, through their TeenTech City initiative, to find out what future skills and digital careers could look …
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Celebrating grass snakes, Bronze Age burials and 1 million construction hours!
Hi, I’m Richard Tindal, Project Director for Larkhill Garrison at Aspire Defence Capital Works. You may have heard that we recently completed one million hours of construction work at Larkhill Garrison for the Army Basing Programme (ABP). If you keep …
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Tackling knife crime in Scotland – 10 years on
Scottish Government Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans looks at the impact of a pioneering approach to reducing violent crime.
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Counting down to the start of International Business Festival 2018
The International Business Festival is a biennial event hosted in Liverpool celebrating the dynamism and diversity of the global marketplace, and providing significant opportunities for ambitious businesses looking to grow.
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Thursday 24 May: Further advice on saving water and badger baiting
In today's blog we look at more advice on saving water and badger baiting.
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Bees in schools
Find out how two Civil Servants used their volunteer days in Bristol
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Understanding legacy technology in government
We recently finished a discovery to help us learn more about some of the biggest legacy problems across government.
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A day in the life of an EA fisheries enforcement officer
I am part of a team of Fishery Enforcement Officers that patrols the rivers, still waters and canals in the West Midlands ensuring anglers have a fishing licence and are complying with fishing regulations. I love what I do because …
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Addressing inequalities in AAA screening
Today, in association with our colleagues in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we have launched guidance for AAA screening providers, commissioners and other stakeholders on sharing learning and good practice in reducing barriers to attendance.
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Defence in the Media: Thursday 24 May 2018
Today’s papers include reports of the Royal Navy's new Sea Ceptor missile system and a Red Arrows jet outside Downing Street.
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Corporate Interest Restriction - Tax agents blog
Did you know, certain groups affected by the Corporate Interest Restriction legislation, will need to submit either full or abbreviated interest restriction returns by the end of June 2018.
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Mind the gap! PHE Screening’s inequalities strategy launches today
Reducing inequalities is also one of the main aims of Public Health England. So I'm really pleased that today we're publishing the PHE Screening inequalities strategy.
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Constructive journalism
Giselle Green, who leads the Constructive Voices project, writes about a journalistic approach which focuses on reporting responses to problems, exploring solutions rather than merely focusing on what’s failing.
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Health Matters: Preventing Type 2 diabetes
Welcome to the latest edition of Health Matters, a professional resource, which for this edition focuses on preventing Type 2 diabetes, focusing specifically on the role of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP). In July this year the NHS …
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NAO report on Ofsted
Today, Thursday 24 May, following a report from the National Audit Office about Ofsted, there has been media coverage regarding the frequency of Ofsted inspections for good or outstanding schools.
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7 pointers to help employers prepare for transfers on the apprenticeship service
Employers who pay the apprenticeship levy can now transfer apprenticeship service funds to other organisations to pay for their apprenticeship training and assessment
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My life as a vet in Carmarthen
Bev Hopkins, Veterinary Investigation Officer, talks about her first government veterinary job in field services and other interesting opportunities she's had.
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Help build your local Civil Service community
Come along and be part of the first CS Local Discovery Sessions taking place in Edinburgh, Glasgow and East Kilbride in June.
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Predictions – The future of food
With the world’s population set to reach nearly 10bn by 2050, we are already looking to technology to help ensure future food production is more efficient, environmentally friendly and affordable.
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From neighbours to partners: Leek Citizens Advice and Staffordshire Moorlands Families Intervention Project
In March 2015 our small Citizens Advice office moved into Moorlands House in Leek, a local authority building which houses a range of services including adult and child safeguarding, council tax recovery, benefits, housing options and the Families Intervention Project …
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APHA scientists developing international links with Commonwealth countries
APHA’s International Development team promotes APHA as a leading global research organisation at the Commonwealth Science, Research and Innovation Event.
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How I used Wget to make a copy of the Service Manual for user research
Last year Ed Horsford made a copy of the entire Service Manual for some user research. In this blog post he looks at to use the Wget command line utility to create copies of large amounts of content.