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The RPA Podcast: Episode 4
Welcome to the fourth episode of The RPA Podcast. In our latest episode, Richard Anderson, who leads the Field Officer teams at the RPA, talks about the RPA’s more collaborative approach to inspections and visits, and the improvements we …
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The RPA Podcast: Episode 4 Transcript
Executive Summary The Rural Payments Agency’s more collaborative approach to inspections and visits RPA has introduced a more partnership-based approach to inspections, moving away from the penalty-based system under the EU to a more farmer-focused visit for schemes such as …
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Cost of living: supporting food charities and businesses to deliver food you can trust
Katie Pettifer, Director of Strategy and Regulatory Compliance, introduces our new guidance to help community food charities keep food safe.
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Too hot to handle? Adapting to the impacts of marine climate change in the Gulf
As world leaders meet at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt this week, Cefas Middle East Programme Director Will Le Quesne discusses the challenge of climate change facing the world’s …
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Enabling delivery teams to understand and apply the Government Service Standard
Kerry, a content designer from DFE, describes her work with service assessors and teams across the department to ensure that the government Service Standard and collective community standards can be found, understood and applied.
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A breakthrough year for digital sustainability
This year has been a transformative period for sustainable ICT, and the publication this week of the 2021-22 Greening Government ICT report marks the latest milestone on our important journey.
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No excuse for illegally burning waste
People burn waste to avoid the charges for taking wastes to permitted waste sites for recovery or where this is not possible, disposal. This is waste crime.
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How we are helping more students benefit from foreign language lessons
Modern foreign languages like French, German and Spanish are really useful to know – not just for visiting counties that speak those languages, but employers increasingly see language skills as highly desirable. That’s why we are investing £14.9 million over the …
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Refurbishing a historic London barracks
Our DIO teams in the South East oversee a rich and diverse historic estate. We're responsible for the maintenance of some iconic sites including Horse Guards Parade, MOD Main Building in Whitehall, and Wellington Barracks, which is only a …
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An update to Find a Grant - Apply for a Grant!
Lucia Webster provides a programme update; introducing Apply for a Grant, the application process for a limited number of grants on Find a Grant.
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Shaping my business analyst career through learning and development
Kelly is shaping her career through learning and development opportunities. Find out how a Business Analysis conference boosted her career confidence.
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A day in the life of a Service Designer in Defra
Interested in joining Defra as s Service Designer? Hannah Rutherford-Roke tells us about her role as a Senior Service Designer and why she chose to work for Defra.
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Keeping everyone safe and secure in school
In this blog, Russ Bland, Head of crime, fire and health and safety resilience for the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA), tells us about the targeted work that his team are doing to keep schools with particular risks as safe and secure as possible.
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DEFRA: Programme Manager- Grade 6
Do you have the leadership, technical skills & experience to be at the centre of shaping and delivering a World Class Construction Programme? Can you be instrumental in growing the right culture where H&S is at the heart of how …
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GOTT: Senior Manager, Capability and Delivery Partnerships, Tech Transfer Strategic Partnerships- Grade 6
Are you interested in a stretching and fast-faced role helping to deliver on the government's priority to become a science superpower? Would you like to play a key role in building partnerships with public sector organisations and supporting procurement processes …
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Government Office for Tech Transfer (GOTT): Technology Transfer Strategic Partner- Grade 7
Do you enjoy identifying and developing new opportunities for commercialisation and knowledge transfer? Are you successful at building relationships and fostering partnerships? Would you like to play a key role in boosting the exploitation of public sector innovations and driving …
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Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT): Senior Policy Advisor- Grade 7
Are you interested in a stretching and fast-faced policy role, helping to deliver on the government's priority to become a science superpower? If so, this opportunity could be perfect for you! The UK’s public sector is a thriving source of …
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GCHQ: Software Solutions Architect
We are GCHQ, we unlock the complex world of communications to make a real difference to the safety of the nation. We work closely with our partners in the intelligence community to safeguard Britain’s people, interests, and businesses from threats …
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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.