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OPSS: Senior Engineer- SEO
Our Team: We are a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers delivering testing capability across the broad portfolio of Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) regulatory requirements. The team works across our new laboratories at the Centre of Product …
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Taking a proactive approach to preventing and responding to bullying
Stephanie Bendall talks about how the school has been recognised as an Anti-Bullying Gold Award winner by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA).
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NHSE Standards Directory Beta Assessment
Read the beta assessment report for the Standards Directory from NHS England
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Supporting blind and partially sighted library users
This blog was originally published on the DCMS Libraries Blog on 13 October 2022 for World Sight Day. Currently throughout the UK there are over 2 million people living with sight loss and this number is only expected to rise. …
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Field Officers: Proud to help our farmers
With the introduction of a more supportive, partnership-based approach to site visits, moving away from the penalty-based system of inspections under the EU, to farmer-focused visits for schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS), Field …
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Remembrance Day – what it means to me
Defra IT Training Lead, and Royal Air Force (RAF) veteran, Tony Horseman, explains what remembrance means to him and why he attends the annual service at The Cenotaph each year.
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Summer Interns - Diversity, Dyslexia and User Centred Design
Morgan Doel writes about his experience of the Summer Diversity Internship Programme and how his dyslexia became a strength when working on User Centred Design.
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Education for prisoners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities
This blog sets out some of the findings from our year of enhanced focus on the quality of education in prisons.
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Work starts on reviewing the case for screening for SMA
Researchers start work on new project to review evidence for newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
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Developing our care colleagues and keeping everyone safe
Terri Spruce is Clinical Development Lead at specialist dementia care provider, Vida Healthcare. Her role gives her the opportunity to build rewarding relationships with staff, residents and families and help promote the take up of COVID-19 booster and flu vaccinations.
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Track our progress: Trade Remedies Authority case milestones – Nov 2022
Subscribe below to receive the latest update on our interactive case tracker, which shows the progress of each of our cases as they go through the investigation lifecycle. This month’s tracker shows progress on our cases during October and the …
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Want to meet a robot dog?
I had been in the MoJ for about two weeks when I was sent to a meeting to stand in for my then boss. It was an Investment Committee meeting and the subject was new prison builds. Somebody asked if …
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Web 3.0 and distributed ledger technologies – A regulatory perspective
Web 3.0. Is it a scam? Or the promise of fairer, more equitable internet? The debate is highly polarised – and muddied by a lack of agreement over the meaning of the term. Broadly, “Web 3.0” is used to point …
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Everything you need to know about becoming a foster parent
Around three quarters of looked after children live in foster care. Foster parents provide a stable family environment when a child cannot live with their birth parents.
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What is the National Education Nature Park? And how are we working with the Natural History Museum to teach children about climate change? Your questions answered
Education is one of the key tools we have in the fight against climate change. Here’s what you need to know about how we are working with the Natural History Museum to deliver the National Education Nature Park and climate …
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Speak Up Week at the Insolvency Service
During Speak Up Week at the Insolvency Service, we held a number of events, while reminding colleagues of the importance of speaking out if they are uncomfortable, and the routes available to them should they want to raise concerns.
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Nursing Time Awards 2022 with added social care!
Earlier this year, the prestigious Nursing Times Awards announced the introduction of a dedicated category for social care nursing. Our Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, celebrates the very first winners. Find out who in her latest blog...
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It’s all about TRAnsparency: what information we publish, when and why
We’ve previously looked at what data we gather as part of our investigations and what we do with it – what analyses, what calculations and what conclusions this information supports. Below, I focus on what we share or publish in …
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Frequently Asked Questions about the current bird flu outbreak
Useful information for journalists interested in the bird flu outbreak
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Ofsted-registered nannies – What you need to know
This blog post explains a bit more about how and why nannies might think about registering with Ofsted and what that can mean for parents who employ a nanny.
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Commissioner Robin Simcox visits Wales to meet the Welsh Government and leading counter-extremism academics and professionals
Engagement is a key element of the CCE’s work, helping us develop a broad understanding of the overall impact and threat of extremism. As part of this ongoing effort, the Commissioner for Countering Extremism, Robin Simcox, travelled to Wales recently …
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Do you have a PPI policy?
Did you know that you could lose out on hundreds by not checking your annual PPI reminder? If you’re unsure about what PPI is, if you’ve taken out PPI with your bank or what your rights are, check out our blog explaining Payment Protection Insurance.
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Flood Action Week
There has been widespread coverage of Environment Agency warnings to be prepared for possible flooding this winter, as it continues its awareness campaign - Flood Action Week - to encourage those who live in areas at risk of flooding to act now to protect their home, possessions and family
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Global Britain leading the geospatial way
In 2021 the government set an aim to secure the UK’s status as a science and technology superpower. The UK’s geospatial community is doing its bit with a successful trip to the UN World Geospatial Information Congress and external recognition as the UK retained its position as second in the world for geospatial capability.
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One Click Is All It Takes: Social Engineering
Cyber threats come in all shapes and sizes. Some are complex, requiring the installation of additional software, or the hiding of malicious code masquerading as a something legitimate, like an aptly named Trojan Horse. Others can be the product of …
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Improving the mapping experience for farmers
As part of our commitment to improve the mapping experience for farmers, Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is making further improvements to the RLE1 mapping process, which is used by farmers and land agents to update land data, land links and …
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Understanding user satisfaction on GOV.UK Notify
What GOV.UK Notify learned by sending this year’s satisfaction survey to more people.
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Why work in IT at HM Land Registry?
Working in IT Operations at HM Land Registry can be a passion or purely about the pleasure and satisfaction that comes from helping to support our hardworking colleagues.
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Supporting Exercise Cerberus in Germany: All in a day’s work
Exercise Cerberus 22 was the Army’s largest and most ambitious Field Army exercise in Europe for a decade. With 3,500 soldiers and 800 vehicles involved the exercise provided the opportunity to test the five different Brigade Headquarters within the Warfighting …
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Why I enjoy being a business analyst in Defra
Rose Rothery shares her passion for business analysis and explains how Defra’s purpose, and the variety of work she does, has kept her wanting more.
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Your new Charity Commission Account
Sam Jackson introduces ‘My Charity Commission Account’ and explains what it means for you and your charity.
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How we used performance data to improve the user journey on our Online Civil Money Claims service
Performance analyst Angelina explains how we identified a problem with the Online Civil Money Claims post-application process and what we did to fix it. This is the second in a series of blog posts from our User Experience and Insight team on how they’re making sure the design and delivery of our services are user-led.
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The role of patient and public voice members on the UK NSC
Find out more about the role of the UK NSC's patient and public voice members (PPVs) and the essential contribution they make to the work of the committee.
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Return to International GMP Inspections
In March 2020 the MHRA Inspectorate published a blog post in which we announced that until further notice we would only conduct on-site inspections linked to the UK Government’s COVID-19 response or any other potential serious public health risk. In …
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It’s World Town Planning Day – what does it mean to be a planner?
Today is World Town Planning Day, which celebrates how good planning improves the lives of people and benefits society by creating places where we live, work and play together.
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Teachers’ Pensions – what you need to know
Teaching is an attractive profession for a range of reasons; as well as it being interesting, no two days being the same and it provides the chance to shape young people’s lives. Teacher’s pensions are also among the best and …
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The 2023 round of Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund opens today
We know that farmers across the country are having to make decisions on the future of their farms and businesses, with many factors and opportunities to consider in a challenging climate. We also know a sense of community and shared …
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The night sky in November
The night skies of November are a great opportunity to see Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, two meteor showers, and a host of bright stars.
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Leader’s view: Why technology leaders need to be more than just visible
Malcolm McKee shares his thoughts about visible leadership, the future of CTOs like him, and the benefits of volunteering.
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NHSD GP IT Futures Buying Catalogue beta assessment
Read the beta assessment report for the GP IT Futures Buying Catalogue from NHS Digital