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Jake McClure joins best leaders around the world to champion leadership development
Jake McClure, Director of Organisational Development at the Rural Payments Agency, has been named a Chartered Institute of Management Chartered Companion. Jake will help lead the Chartered Institute of Management’s (CMI) 140,000 members and partners in transforming experience, expertise and …
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Will you be an ally?
Our BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) network has a question for you. Will you be their ally? Co-chair of the BAME network, Sadia Samas, is one of the people behind a new video designed to encourage people to become an ally.
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Product design: when private beta isn’t the next step
Not all projects move from alpha to beta. Lindsay explains why, when the product you're developing can't move forward, that's sometimes a positive thing and shares what the Product Design team learned in the process.
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Tenant Farmers: share your views
The Tenancy Working Group exists to ensure that new environmental land management schemes work for tenant farmers. The group is very keen to hear directly from tenant farmers and it has developed a survey to gather views.
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Great disability debate
Disability does not define me, it just makes me stronger, says civil servant Lorraine Pereira. Ok, let’s start at the very beginning, which is usually an excellent place to start. I was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 3. …
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Coverage of Lump Sum Exit Scheme opening
Today we are looking at media coverage of our new Lump Sum Exit Scheme, following applications opening yesterday. On Tuesday 12 April 2022, Defra announced the opening of applications for the Lump Sum Exit Scheme to facilitate a voluntary planned …
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NPL is celebrating World Metrology Day by opening our doors
NPL is celebrating World Metrology Day by opening our doors Metrology, the science of measurement, enables pioneering digital technologies and allows research, innovation, manufacturing and trade to flourish in the UK. On World Metrology Day, May 20th, NPL is celebrating by opening our …
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Have your say on proposals to improve the water environment
Deputy Director for Water Strategy and Partnerships, Richard Thompson, talks about how the importance of River Basin Management Planning as a tool for driving forward the changes needed for a prosperous water environment.
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WRES stories: the race for equality is on
Multiple perspectives from four dedicated Hertfordshire County Council colleagues, fully invested in the progress, aims and ambitions of the social care workplace race equality standard (SCWRES).
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Bathing water status for Isle of Wight and Oxford swimming spots
There has been widespread positive coverage today in The Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Independent, BBC News and Sky News of Defra’s announcement that part of the Wolvercote Mill Stream at Port Meadow, Oxford, and the East Cowes Esplanade …
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Six-year programme of flood protection work exceeds targets after £2.6 billion investment
There has been widespread positive regional coverage of our publication of the assessment of the 2015-2021 flood and coastal defence capital investment programme – revealing how this £2.6 billion six-year programme of work exceeded its original targets by 14,000 with …
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Making food safer with two new PATH-SAFE fellowships
Professor David Aanensen and Dr Ed Haynes join the Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment programme (PATH-SAFE) team at the Food Standards Agency.
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Stress Awareness Month 2022: how we can support each other to combat stress
Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to raise awareness about what stress is, how it can affect us and what tools and support mechanisms are available to help those who need it. A little bit of …
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The first GOV.UK release of the Find a Grant pilot is now open - for everyone
Thanks to the Government Grants Community, Lucia Webster updates on Find a Grant - available on GOV.UK, and explains what’s to come over the next year.
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The UK Agriculture Partnership: reflections on the first meeting
Even though agricultural policy in the UK is devolved, each country in the union can benefit by working together. The UK Agriculture Partnership is a forum which meets to share technical information on common challenges. The subject of our first meeting was water quality. Our aim was to understand the nature and scale of the challenges, and how we could address them together. In this post, we share some insights from our first meeting and a link to a video of the event.
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Our strategy: being data driven
How the digital, data and technology team is using our new data strategy to underpin all of our work
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Everything you need to know about Covid measures during exams this summer
*This post was updated on Tuesday 17 May 2022. Students studying for their GCSEs, A levels and vocational qualifications will be preparing to sit their exams this summer. We know that there may be instances where students contract the virus …
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Social Prescribing: the power of nature as treatment
Taking place between 4-11 March, Social Prescribing Week saw a national celebration for social prescribing. Across the country, organisations shared their stories on social media and at national and international conferences about the activities they were undertaking to make a …
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How do families arriving from Ukraine apply for a school place and childcare? / Як родинам, що приїжджають з України, подавати заяви на отримання місць у школі та допомоги з оплати послуг з догляду за дитиною?
This article is translated into Ukrainian below. Цю статтю перекладено українською мовою нижче. All children and young people arriving in England from Ukraine via the family route or the sponsorship route have the right to access education and childcare (for …
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Coverage of new Government crackdown on fly-tipping
Today we are looking at media coverage of our new crackdown on fly-tipping.
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OPSS: Analytical Laboratory Technician- SEO
About the Team We are a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers delivering testing capability across the whole portfolio of OPSS regulatory requirements. The team works across our new laboratories at the Centre of Product Testing and Research which include …
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OPSS: Senior Chemical Risk Assessor- SEO
About the Team As part of our OPSS Science Team, you would be involved in providing access to robust and relevant scientific advice and novel research for the development of policy, and the delivery and enforcement of product safety regulations …
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Show the design culture
In the first of 2 posts Jas Kang talks about what designers value most and how that informs the more detailed work they do in their design community.
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Countryfile showcases Natural England’s seagrass restoration project
Last night’s episode (Sunday 10th April) of BBC Countryfile was a ‘Plant Britain by the Sea’ special and featured Natural England’s work to restore seagrass. Fiona Crouch, from Natural England, explained to presenter, Ellie Harrison, why seagrass is so incredible. …
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Video Diary: Farmer Jess Brooks on the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
The Brooks Family joined the pilot to help us improve the Sustainable Farming Incentive. For over a century, the family has worked on South Thorness Farm, which is found on the north-west coast of the Isle of Wight, within the Hamstead Heritage Coast Area Of Natural Beauty. Listen to how sisters Jess and Sarah, along with their parents Adrian and Joyce, run through the management of their farm and their decision to join the pilot.
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ICYMI: Round up of blogs from Week of Winners
In December, the Civil Service handed out its very own Oscars equivalent - the Civil Service Awards. Below are our most-read blogs from our Week of Winners campaign, celebrating (and virtually high-fiving) the winners and the amazing stories behind them. …
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What the new FSA Strategy means for FSA Science
Reflections on how the new FSA strategy will influence our scientific work and what the strategy means for FSA Science going forward.
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The skills you need to be a Community Payback supervisor
Community Payback (CP) supervisors play a key part in supporting people on probation to do unpaid work to improve local communities and get their lives back on track. If you're a people person and looking for a rewarding career where you …
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Using a virtual Preston to teach young people about flooding
How do we inspire the next generation of environmental champions and ignite the passion for students to take STEM subjects and careers within the EA?
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Knowledge Assets Spring Showcase
If there is one season that is synonymous with novelty, innovation and the bringing forward of new ideas, then surely, it’s springtime. And as we begin to emerge from another winter, the green shoots of innovation were more welcome than …
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British Universities ranked as the best in the world in a range of subjects
The UK is proud to have so many world-class universities that look outward and think beyond conventional boundaries. 57 of the world’s Premiers, Prime Ministers and Presidents were educated in British universities and, on average, our system has produced a …
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Simpler, faster and better services: MoJ Digital Strategy 2025
When I first took up the post of CDIO (Chief Digital and Information Officer) I spoke to colleagues across the organisation to hear their views and was very grateful to receive a lot of very honest feedback and insights. Some …
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A year on from the launch of the Ofsted review into sexual abuse in schools and colleges
In response to the murder of Sarah Everard, and the release of thousands of testimonies of incidents of sexual harassment via the Everyone’s Invited website, we rapidly put funding in place for the NSPCC to create a bespoke helpline to …
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Dragons' Den Episode 14 Series 19
It’s the last Dragons’ Den episode for Series 19 - what a series! Tonight, once again, we see the entrepreneurs undergoing trial by fire...and the Dragons are as fierce as ever!
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Yorkshire Water and the National Trust; How planting trees on our land can benefit nature, climate and people.
Find out about the partnership work between the National Trust and Yorkshire Water to tackle flood risk by planting trees.
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RPC gives evidence to the House of Lords’ Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
A summary of some of the key issues that Stephen Gibson and Andrew Williams Fry discussed at their session with the SLSC on Tuesday 5 April.
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Grazing, agri-environment schemes and environmental outcomes in the uplands
Grazing is an important part of our farming industry and, for many, management of livestock is more than an occupation: it is a way of life. In this guest post, Rob Cooke, Director of the Greener Farming and Fisheries Programme in Natural England explains the relationship between grazing and environmental outcomes.
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Tools for climate policy (3): six effects of art in policy
This is the third in a series of blogs about methods which Policy Lab has used in the context of climate-related policy issues. It describes using art in policy, with reference to Glass House, an installation/experience which I created as …
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Online choice architecture - how do we end up making decisions we don’t want to make?
How often do you see ‘limited stock’ or ‘last few available’ when you shop online? These claims can pressure us into purchases that we may not want or need. Read Vedran and Ollie's blog for more info.
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One Year Later… The Commissioner reflects on his time in post so far at the National NPCC CCTV Conference
Officially one year into my term as the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, I gave the keynote speech at the NPCC’s National CCTV Conference in Bristol recently. I took this opportunity to reflect on several trends emerging of the last …