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Bursaries available for 2025 health screening module
The UK NSC is again offering a small number of bursaries to study the popular health screening module at the University of Warwick.
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Come and meet RPA at agricultural shows and events this year
RPA will be attending many agricultural shows throughout 2025. This gives us the opportunity to have valuable face-to-face contact with a wide range of farmers, landowners and agents to discuss what’s important to you and get your insight and feedback. …
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Your guide to Civil Service Live 2025
Civil Service Live 2025 begins in Glasgow on 10 June, and registration for all events is now open.
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Risk and Responsibility
Dame Clare Moriarty DCB, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, reflects on the Committee’s Early Warning Signs report.
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Breaking the Space Boundaries: Why we need more female founders
Only 13% of space founders are women. At the UK Space Agency Accelerator, we've witnessed firsthand how targeted support can transform potential into success.
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How factors like your location, job or ethnicity can damage your health
Our new Health Inequalities in Health Protection report provides a high-level summary of the current state of health inequalities in England caused by infectious diseases, as well as environmental health hazards.
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Coastal Marine Planners - Spring Edition
We share highlights from across the marine plan areas, showcasing our engagement, events, and collaborative initiatives. From student workshops and coastal restoration to conference presentations and policy support, the coastal planners continue to champion sustainable marine management around our coast. …
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Sign up for UK NSC online seminar on breast screening and breast density
The next UK NSC seminar, on the topic of breast screening and breast density, will be held on 9 June. You can register for it now.
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How can schools celebrate VE day and what resources are available?
The 80th anniversary of VE Day will be marked on 8 May 2025 – signalling eight decades since the end of the Second World War in Europe. This year's commemorations provide a unique opportunity to connect younger generations with this …
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Bridging the evidence gap: update on research projects supporting FMPs
Explore the research addressing evidence gaps in fisheries management plans through our Research and Development projects newsletter.
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Single-use vapes: why it’s time to ditch them for good
On 1 June 2025, it will become illegal for businesses to sell or supply all single-use vapes. These include all ‘disposable’ vapes which are not refillable and use a battery which cannot be recharged. Read this post to find out how we got here and what this means for you.
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End-of-Life of an Offshore Wind Farm
The UK has been an early adopter of offshore wind, installing turbines in our waters since the turn of the century. We now boast 14.7GW of installed capacity, and in 2023 offshore wind produced 30% of the UK’s electricity needs. …
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What good regulation looks like and why it matters
The importance of good regulation in a challenging economic environment.
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The Mercian Project: empowering woodland owners to improve biodiversity
Rachel Bates and Russell Critchley are Woodland Biodiversity Advisors at the Small Woods Association. In this guest blog they reveal how a five-year project is enhancing biodiversity in woodlands in England and Wales.
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Two million lasting powers of attorney added to online Use an LPA service
[English] - [Cymraeg] Once a lasting power of attorney (LPA) has been registered, donors and attorneys can create an account to give organisations access to view the details of that LPA online. This allows banks, healthcare providers and other selected …
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Building a Digital Future: GDS and Stemettes Partner to Inspire Girls in Science and Technology
The Blueprint for modern digital government highlights the importance of creating public services that work for all citizens. As the next generation of both service users and potential digital and data leaders, these students offered invaluable perspectives.
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Building tomorrow's legal talent
Earlier this year, we partnered with the University of Reading to give law students first-hand experience of real courtroom advocacy through a speed mooting competition. With feedback from judges and legal professionals, students built confidence, sharpened their skills, and gained a clearer view of their future in law.
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Coverage of Council Tax Premiums
There has been prominent coverage in the past few weeks of council tax premiums on long-term empty homes and second homes, including in The Daily Telegraph which is campaigning against the measure. The government is determined to fix the housing …
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Second chance, not setback: learning from a service reassessment
How a Department for Business and Trade (DBT) digital service team found a service assessment to be a positive learning experience.
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Introducing the Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme (MPRS)
Finding a reliable workshop where you have confidence in what you’re buying, just got easier with the launch of the industry’s Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme (MPRS).
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Funding Service: behind the scenes as a grant relationship manager
From launching their second grant 2 years ago to 5 grants in a single week, the MHCLG Funding Service has come a long way. Hear from grant relationship manager Craig Bevington on how the team supports cost-effective, consistent and user-focused grant delivery.
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Improving the Accessibility of Monitoring Data
Many marine developments, including offshore wind, are required to collect a huge amount of survey data during the lifetime of their project. A lot of this data is collected to fulfil monitoring requirements that are agreed as part of a …
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: saving parents money on school uniform costs
Families shouldn’t have to be out of pocket when it comes to setting their child up for school. That’s why our new Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce measures to help with school uniform costs and introduce free breakfast …
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Decommissioning the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo – progress so far
The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo at Sellafield, one of the oldest and most hazardous waste stores on the site, has been a focal point for decommissioning efforts.
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How can microscopy enhance understanding of vector borne diseases?
Dr. Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Biodiversity Research Team Lead and APHA Vector-Borne Diseases Discipline Lead, tells us more about APHA’s growing work in vector borne diseases (VBDs).
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Music metadata matters: how to get paid and credited
This year's World Intellectual Property Organization #WorldIPday theme is Music: feel the beat of IP, which is a great opportunity to highlight the important work being done by the UK music industry and IPO to help music creators get credited and paid accurately. PRS for Music, PPL and UK rock band, James And The Cold …
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My measles journey: ‘I woke to find a rash all over my body’
On 19 May 2016, I was admitted to Barnet General Hospital with measles. I’d started to feel unwell a few days prior to this with a sore throat and temperature, but didn’t think it was anything serious so started a self-care routine of taking paracetamol and warm fluids with some rest.
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Brent Libraries - Impact of The Libraries Improvement Fund
The Government has announced that public libraries will soon be able to apply for a share of a share of the £5.5 million Libraries Improvement Fund as part of the Government’s commitment to ensure libraries are able to upgrade their …
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Platform-based delivery with DEFRA’s Core Delivery Platform
This new delivery platform has enabled more efficient development by removing repetitive processes with a central delivery portal.
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Keeping services alive
What happens after services go live? What happens once large scale digital transformation programmes end? Sarah and Juliette share what they learned discussing this topic with International Design in Government community.
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Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend developers discuss semantic HTML and accessible code
We asked frontend developers about the importance of semantic HTML, how they ensure code is accessible from the start of a project, and how they make dynamic content accessible.
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Standardisation of Post-Consent Monitoring for Offshore Wind Farms
The Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO’s) Strategic Renewables Unit (SRU) have been working with other government departments, Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCB’s), The Crown Estate and Renewable UK to standardise the monitoring of offshore wind farms, aiming to make post-consent monitoring …
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Channel Islands Marine Spatial Planning Game
Rosie Bailey and Charlotte Stadden from the Marine Management Organisation’s marine planning team recently delivered two Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) games hosted in Guernsey. The sessions aimed to increase understanding of the benefits and implications of marine planning through interactive …
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Should trees be planted within a productive farming landscape?
Mark Broadmeadow, Head of Climate Change at the Forestry Commission, shares his thoughts on whether woodland creation should always avoid the best and most versatile agricultural land.
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Nearly 200 people respond to UK NSC stakeholder survey
Many thanks to everyone who responded to the UK NSC stakeholder survey. We will analyse the results and use them to inform any changes needed to the UK NSC stakeholder engagement strategy and activities.
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Cornwall commercial fisheries pilot: summary report published
October’s pilot engagement in Cornwall brought together stakeholders in the commercial industry and officials. Read the summary report and what is coming next.
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RPC publishes league table of departments lagging on regulatory evaluation and gains commitments to address the backlog
The RPC has today published information on outstanding Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) across government. Stephen Gibson, Chair of the RPC, commends departmental commitments to address the backlog.
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Introduction to User Research – now available on FutureLearn
Our new, free to access Introduction to User Research course is now available on FutureLearn! Read on to find out how you can join.
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Exploring approaches for using GOV.UK One Login in local government: join our discovery
The way citizens access public services is evolving, and GOV.UK One Login, a secure and unified sign-in system, is central to this transformation. The Local Digital team is launching a discovery phase to understand how One Login could benefit local government by addressing challenges in identity checks and authentication. Learn more and find out how …
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Meet the Modern Civil Service, Amritpal Chahal, Apprentice Software Developer - Ministry of Justice
The Modern Civil Service caught up with Amrit Chahal, one of the very first TechTrack apprentices. In this interview, we talk to him about his motivations, the TechTrack selection process and Amrit’s views on a modern digital government.