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GCSE and Key Stage 4 vocational qualifications data explained
The 2021/22 academic year saw the return of the summer exam series in which pupils sat GCSEs and exams relating to other Key Stage 4 qualifications for the first time since 2019. Pupils got their results in August and on …
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How to help your child's early language skills - top ten tips from the experts
Your child’s education starts at home long before they enter the classroom. And even when they start nursery or school the home is where a significant amount of their learning happens. That’s why it’s really important to build a positive …
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Improving the policymaking environment
Rebecca Lester and Serena Nüsing from UK Policy Profession examine what good policymaking environments look like and how they might be improved for policymakers.
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Back to the future: policy memory at the heart of reform
Jonathan Mitchell from Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education writes about the importance of maintaining a link to the past for making great policies and services.
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Is it really worth it for an extra few likes…?
A huge proportion of our population now spend much of their day glued to laptop screens or monitors. This has only increased since the Covid-19 pandemic. Research shows that 57.6 million people in the UK (equivalent to 84.3% of the …
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NHSBSA Immigration Health Surcharge for Students beta assessment
Read the beta assessment report for the Immigration Health Surcharge for Students from NHS Business Services Authority
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Vaccination, recruitment and the best dementia care
Dementia care specialists, Vida Healthcare, have been in the process of rolling out the latest batch of Covid-19 and flu vaccines to everyone living and working in their three care homes to protect them as they head into the winter months. This care for staff and residents is at the heart of their ethos.
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Future Farming Podcast: Young people in farming
To celebrate National Young Farmers' Week 2022, Matt McGuire welcomes 3 up-and-coming young people in farming to the podcast. Charlie Beaty, Ed Dungait and Charlotte Garbutt discuss how to get started in farming, the importance of education and the range of roles in agriculture. They also discuss the benefits new talent can bring to the sector.
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Unlocking automation for HM Land Registry
As HM Land Registry looks to increase the level of automation across its services, Eddie Davies explores what this might mean for customers and the ways that HMLR operates.
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Health equity and the UK Health Security Agency
Stark differences exist between communities and population groups in the risk of exposure to an external health hazard, susceptibility to poor outcomes, and the ability of an individual or community to recover. This blog looks at our work and planning on health equity.
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New investigative powers: enforcement success thanks to teamwork
At the end of 2021, the Insolvency Service secured new powers to tackle directors from abusing the dissolution process and walking away without paying their debts. In this blog, we explore how the agency secured several disqualifications in 2022 using the new powers to tackle bounce back loan abuse.
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How to understand school performance – everything you need to know
We publish a range of data and information to help parents understand school performance – here we explain more. How is school performance measured? At both primary and secondary school, we focus on the progress pupils in a school make …
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Why woods are so important for nature
Woodlands can inspire us with a sense of going back in time, to a simpler world, where nature was rich and dominant.
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Engineering Biology & Industrial Biotech policy officer
The role is within the Technology Strategy and Security Team (TSS), which sits within the BEIS Business Growth Directorate. TSS’ mission is to drive policy that helps translate UK science excellence into economic innovation, helping grow the technology businesses of …
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Handling large datasets
At the Government Actuary's Department, we deal with a huge volume of data every day. Handling large datasets brings both opportunities and challenges. Learn more about our experiences in this blog.
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How satellite operators are shaping a new collision assessment service
Ensuring the safe and sustainable use of space is a priority for the UK Space Agency as part of the National Space Strategy. But how do we achieve this?
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Regulating a nuclear reactor at the end of its life
In August Hinkley Point B’s nuclear reactor ‘3’ was switched off after 46 years of energy generation. Victoria Thomas, our Hinkley Point B nuclear regulator, talks about her work at the power station as it moves to the next stage of the nuclear life cycle.
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Drought may remain beyond spring 2023 - EA’s National Drought Group
The latest National Drought Group meeting forecasts average rainfall over winter will not be enough to prevent drought conditions in some areas next year.
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Emily Miles' stakeholder update - Safer takeaways and the power of online platforms
The FSA has worked with three of the biggest online platforms, Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo to develop a new Food Safety Charter.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: managing waste on the UK Defence Training Estate
Recycle Week is back! This year it’s all about ‘getting real’ and providing clarity about recycling. Penny Arnold, a Team Supervisor at Landmarc, explains how waste is managed on the UK Defence Training Estate. Recycle Week in a nutshell …
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Achieving a step change in the health protection response to climate change
There is no doubt that our changing climate is a growing health security concern. This blog explains UKHSA's new Centre for Climate and Health Security.
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Making our services more efficient
HMLR’s Business Strategy 2022+ shows how a combination of automation and recruitment can help improve customer experience – here we go into more detail on what this will look like in coming years.
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Defence Digital Blog: Taking podularity underwater
A FASTER way forward for Defence innovation In his March 2022 Defence Digital Blog March 2022 Defence Digital Blog, Director of Submarine Capability in the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO), describes how the Future Architecture Submarine Technology Enabling RIOT (Rapid insertion of …
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Giving Young People a Brighter Future
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Youth Employability Programmes Team is passionate about helping young people into work. They celebrate their achievements through reflections from the young people they support. Based in Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Blackpool and London, they …
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House of Lords committee report on Government impact assessments
The RPC welcomes the report of the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee: Why the Government's impact assessment system is failing Parliament and the public. This blog sets out our reaction.
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Reflections on a Summer Festival of National Nature Reserves
By Oliver Harmar, Chief Operating Officer, Natural England Twelve months ago, I was lucky enough to be standing overlooking the fabulous wetlands of the Flashes of Wigan and Leigh, listening to the inspirational words of Clare Shaw, a local poet: …
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Menopause Awareness Day 2022: Lisa's story
This Menopause Awareness Day we sat down with project manager Lisa to find out how memory loss and brain fog has affected her.
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Secondary school applications deadline – what you need to know
The deadline for secondary school applications is coming – but you don’t need to worry as it’s a simple and straightforward process. Here we provide everything you need to know about secondary school applications.
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How we are supporting families who chose to adopt
People who decide to adopt are making a life changing decision, not only for themselves and their families but for the children they adopt. 70% of children leaving care through adoption have entered care due to abuse or neglect. We …
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Apprenticeship power
Social care apprenticeship schemes are a hugely rewarding and effective way to recruit and retain high quality staff. Find out how Cygnet Health Care's own career pathway has helped new recruits become registered mental health nurses, with more routes to satisfying roles coming soon.
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A day in the life of a Community Payback supervisor
Community Payback (CP) supervisors supervise groups of people on probation to do unpaid work to improve local communities and get their lives back on track. If, like Jennifer, you’re ‘not an office person’ and you’re looking for rewarding work, read …
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The Single Data Environment: joined-up digital analytics
How GDS plans to unlock actionable insights through end-to-end visibility of whole user journeys, ultimately enabling better data-driven decisions.
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Marking Black History Month in project delivery: “We need to recruit against stereotypes.”
Lorraine Thomas is Head of Risk & Benefits at BEIS and has been in the role for six months after roles in both the public and private sectors. Her portfolio is one of the largest and most diverse in government, …
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Catchment Sensitive Farming: supporting farmers across England
I’m Ceri Meehan, I'm a Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) Adviser covering the Severn River Basin District. I use my skills to deliver Natural England’s objectives in the West Midlands. I work with farmers advising them on sustainable farming practices that …
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Long COVID and why vaccination still matters
Life may seem to be back to normal, but COVID-19 and its many variations have not gone away. A growing number of people are sadly suffering the reality of that statement, each and every day, with symptoms of Long COVID.
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Launch of the APHA Science and Evidence Review 2021
APHA have recently published the ‘Science and Evidence Review for 2021’ which shows the fantastic range of animal and plant health expertise within the agency and the value of work in protecting animal and plant health and welfare.
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Black History Month: Introducing our EDI work
This year’s theme for Black History Month is ‘Time for Change: Actions not Words’ and we could not agree more, which is why IfATE is working on an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy and operational framework, to set out …
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Strategy Planning and Innovation Director
As APHA Director of Strategy, Planning, and Innovation, you will be a member of the APHA Board. In this role you will; Provide inspiring and motivational leadership to APHA’s Strategy, Planning, and Innovation Directorate and the wider Agency; As the …
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Service Delivery Director
As APHA Director of Operations and Service Delivery, you will be a member of the APHA Board. In this role you will; Provide inspiring and motivational leadership to APHA’s circa 2,000 people in operational service delivery. Prevent new and exotic …
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Scientific Services Director: Animal and Plant Agency (APHA)
As a member of the APHA Leadership team, this role will be responsible for ensuring that the scientific perspective is at the heart of decision making in the Agency. The role will play a key part in developing the strategic …