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Making the move: Project professional Neal on why Sellafield was the right choice for his career
For Neal Patel, working at Sellafield Ltd didn’t just give him the opportunity to work on some of the most complex and exciting major projects in the UK, it offered him a whole new way of life in Cumbria.
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Talented apprentice shines through in the transport sector
Leora Wilson, is a level 3 transport planning technician at Mott MacDonald. Leora, who has autism, knew she was an extremely hands-on individual who wanted real-life work experience and the correct support, so she chose to go down the apprenticeship …
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Why we no longer use the term ‘BAME’ in government
How we write about race and ethnicity matters. As civil servants, we need to be as precise as we can in the language we use when describing different ethnic groups, and also in how we develop solutions to address the …
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Meet the engineer: Edwin
In the next instalment of our Meet the engineer series, we catch up with Edwin, one of our lead test engineers. He shares more about his role and what he enjoys about working at DWP Digital.
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Schools and Academies Show – April 2022
Catherine Kelsall, Stakeholder and Engagement Manager for the Schools Commercial Team at the Department for Education (DfE) tells us more about the upcoming Schools and Academies Show on 27 and 28 April.
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The Institute talks...about apprenticeships in construction and the built environment
You can listen and subscribe to The Institute talks podcast on Amazon Music, Apple podcast, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. You can read transcripts for this podcast episode on Podbean. In this episode of The Institute talks, we talk about the exciting …
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Landscape Recovery: your questions answered
In February, we launched the first round of the Landscape Recovery pilot. Landscape Recovery is 1 of our 3 environmental land management schemes. To support potential bidders, we hosted a webinar to share information on the application process and answer questions from those thinking of applying. As you can imagine, we received a lot of questions on the day. In this post, we summarise some of the most-asked questions and our replies.
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Effective Enforcement: New outreach programme to help planners
A new outreach initiative aims to share the Inspectorate’s expertise with local planning authority officers and planning agents who deal with enforcement action.
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What you need to know about the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme / Що ви маєте знати про Програму канікулярних заходів та харчування (HAF)
The Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF) has been supporting children and families in the school holidays since 2018. Here is everything you need to know about the programme and how it could help you and your child during school holidays. What is the Holiday Activity …
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Government response to EFRA Committee report on labour shortages
On Wednesday 6 April, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published a report on Labour shortages in the food and farming sector. This has received national press coverage in the Financial Times, The Independent, BBC News Online, BBC Farming …
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Kickstart your career in Forestry
Find out more about an exciting new career pathway into forestry with The Development Woodland Officer Programme.
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Growing up in an alien country wasn't easy
Twenty-three years after fleeing Afghanistan’s warzone aged just five years old, Rabia Nasimi tells how she adjusted to a new life and language in London. Now a civil servant, Rabia works in the Afghan Resettlement Team, using her experience to …
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How do you spell “you”? Discovering dyslexia and the power of having mentor
How do you spell “you”? Discovering dyslexia and the power of having mentor Nigel Barraclough, Government Science & Engineering (GSE) member and civil servant for over 20 years, writes about his experience managing dyslexia and how having a mentor made …
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Who will be your GSE winners? Cast your vote now!
Who will be your GSE winners? Cast your vote now! The Government Science and Engineering (GSE) Profession Conference will be happening on 9 May at the London Science Museum. It will bring together decision-makers, scientists, and engineers from across government …
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The night sky in April
With the planets lining up in our early morning skies, the return of the core of our Milky Way Galaxy, and the Lyrids meteor shower towards the end of the month, April can be a great time to enjoy the …
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Help us gather better data on charities
Can you help us test new ways of classifying charities? Data is a central theme of our work in the months and years ahead. Now I’m asking for your help with an early, important set of changes, which will impact each of the 170,000 charities on the register in England and Wales.
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Training the next generation in construction
The publication of the construction route review this week sees the culmination of a years’ worth of discussion, research and testing. I remember discussing the concept of the construction route summit with the Institute in December 2021, with the summit …
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Land Deployed Applications – A Strategic Discovery
“I was personally impressed by the motivation and dedication of the team for this discovery work, and the commitment by all to the articulation of user needs. I have spent some time reading through your documentation online, and I have …
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The next step on our journey to transform accommodation services for Armed Forces families
Our Armed Forces and their families have no real choice where they serve, or when and how frequently they move. More than 39,000 families live in military homes across the UK. Therefore, it’s vital we ensure homes of the right …
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Environment Agency scoops not one, but two wins at annual Edie sustainability awards!
Deputy Director for Sustainable Business Van Griffiths and Net Zero Manager Simon Dawes attended the event and share the details
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Watch episode 3: Land management plans and the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
Through tests and trials, we want to understand the role that land management plans could play in our future schemes. In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. Each template was developed through tests and trials. One of these templates was developed by the Growing the Goods test and trial group. Watch the final video to see farmers and growers who took part in the Growing the Goods Test & Trial. They share their experience of developing a land management plan.
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Family Hubs: how we are supporting families across the country
Family Hubs offer help and support to families, from early years support to parenting classes, all of which can make a difference – particularly to those families who are going through a tough time. We have announced funding to create …
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How we run service design training as an agile service
The ‘Introduction to service design’ has run as an agile service since 2018 – 35 times so far. The training evolves every time. We share how it works and why this matters.
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Never been to CSL? Here's why you should really go!
An event of learning and discovery, Civil Service Live 2022 is back with a six-date tour spanning five cities, bringing together civil servants for inspiring speaker sessions rich with opportunities. Civil Service Live is one of Europe’s biggest corporate training …
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Ramadan: what it means to me
As Ramadan begins for Muslims around the world, Afshan Khan, a Resource Manager in our Architecture Data Information and Innovation team, shares her thoughts and reflections on what this important time in the Islamic calendar means to her.
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We have a lot of work to do!
Recently, my leadership team and I made a commitment to spend more time understanding our users and their context. To that end I spent time this week with colleagues at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to better understand what their …
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Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital
May-N presenting at an event for local government This week brings to a close my two and a half years as Head of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit (LDCU). In this blog post, I want to reflect back on the …
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Strategy to Execution Series - Delivering the Data Foundation Pan-Defence
Welcome to the first in our series of blogs exploring delivery of the Data Strategy for Defence in our Pan-Defence environment. Since the Data Strategy for Defence was published last September there has been a clear shift change in how …
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What to do if you have symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive COVID-19 test
Learning to live with COVID relies on us all taking sensible actions to help stop the spread of the virus and other respiratory infections, which in turn will help to protect those who are most vulnerable.
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Podcast: Accelerating digital services using a cloud-native common platform
Hear all about our award-winning approach to developing and adopting a cloud-native common platform and the impact it's had on our digital services.
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Life as a Senior Coordinator in the Official Receiver Services
Rukhi joined the civil service 25 years ago, in this blog Rukhi describes her career to date, life as a Senior Coordinator, how the Insolvency Service is a great place to work, and how she will be celebrating Ramadan.
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A year older, a year more confident
Hear from Janey Merrick, Head of HR, who is celebrating her 1 year work anniversary at the TRA. Find out how she felt when she joined the TRA and how her confidence has grown.
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Introducing you to…
My name is Jacki and I work in the RPA Customer Service Centre. I’m based in Cumbria and I answer customers’ queries on the Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Farming helpline. In the past I’ve also covered the Rural …
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Calling for competition economists: Secondment opportunities at the CMA
We've launched our economist secondment programme, where you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in casework while getting an insight into life at the CMA. Read Julie's blog for more info.
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I-VMS: Behind the Scenes
Since the launch of the I-VMS project in February, we have been working hard to listen to any concerns fishers may have and doing all we can to answer their questions. I’d like to thank everyone for their contributions, which …
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How we are supporting adults to secure a better job
Making sure everyone can upskill or retrain so they can get better paid jobs is a key priority for government. That’s why we are expanding our popular Skills Bootcamps and Free Courses for Jobs training offers this year. Thousands of …
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Dragons' Den Episode 13 Series 19
Maternity wear, summery cocktails, clay crayons, and construction accessories were all debuted this week - but which ones received the Dragons’ seal of approval?
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Largest programme on storm sewage discharges in history
Today’s blog looks at coverage of new plans to tackle the number of discharges of untreated sewage by water companies
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Chief Scientist Report 2021. Good, better, best: using the best available evidence in nature’s recovery
Dr Tim Hill, Chief Scientist at Natural England, tells us about the publication of Natural England’s fourth Chief Scientist Report. Our mission within the Chief Scientist Directorate at Natural England, is to ‘…develop evidence and provide scientific advice to drive …
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Infection prevention and control forever!
"The coronavirus pandemic has brought infection prevention and control (IPC) into sharp focus" says Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, in her latest blog, marking the recent publication of updated IPC guidance and resources.