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Tree Health pilot: what we’ve learned so far and how you can help
The Tree Health Pilot has been live for 8 months. In this post, we share what we've learned so far and include an invitation to owners of sweet chestnut trees and oak trees.
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Exploring the role of technology in exams and assessment
This week Ofqual announced it will look at whether greater use of technology in assessment and qualifications could deliver benefits for students and apprentices in the long term. Ofqual has said it will undertake research into a number of areas …
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Calculate Release Dates
HMPPS Digital, in partnership with prisons, are building a service to improve the calculation of release dates by freeing up time for staff, improving accuracy and making sentences easier to understand for staff and prisoners. I’m Frazer Rhodes and I’m …
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Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care Awards: inspirational stories (part two of two)
We are pleased to present two more inspirational stories of Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care Award winners. If you haven't nominated your colleagues for a Gold or Silver award yet, what's stopping you? Click the clinks at the bottom of the post to find out how and do it today!
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Gamification, the latest MOD tool to aid cyber security awareness
Cyber security can be a difficult topic to grasp, especially since guidance is often inaccessible containing lots of jargon. As a result some individuals do not know how to mitigate risks and how best to protect themselves. This is an …
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David Stanley BEM: Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts and Culture
My name is David Stanley and I am the Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts and Culture. My goal is to connect the learning-disabled community across the globe through my original music. I am the founder and CEO of an …
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Everything you need to know about SATs
This month most pupils in year six will take the key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests – commonly known as SATs.
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The night sky in May
This month provides a lively meteor shower, a total lunar eclipse, and a conjunction of the planets, as well as the usual array of wonderful astronomical sights that spring brings.
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Advice For RPA Customers Experiencing Issues with BPS Applications
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) are aware that some customers are experiencing issues with their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications ahead of the deadline on 16 May 2022. RPA has received reports of customers who have identified irregularities in …
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The View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool – Supporting schools access commercial resources
Anthony McLean, Communications Manager from the Improvement and Insight Division discusses the View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool, created to help schools, academies and local authorities to quickly view and understand their financial information, in order to compare and identify areas where they could save money.
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The developing UK seaweed industry
A history of production and a renewed interest In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in seaweed. This has been driven by the many uses of seaweed, its high nutritional value, and its ability of providing ecosystem …
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How we work with our community to tackle the root causes of persistent absences
Janice Allen is the Headteacher at Falinge Park High School, here she discusses how they work closely with a number of local charities to support the school’s drive to improve attendance.
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Less than one week to go until Policy Festival 2022: Celebrating People and Places
Monday marks the start of the Policy Profession’s first ever festival, and you’re invited. The week-long event will include a range of in-person, hybrid and virtual panel discussions with speakers including Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, Head of Policy Profession Tamara …
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Enhancements to Marine Case Management System
On 5 May 2022 changes will be made to the marine licensing application process as part of the Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) continuous improvement programme. What will change for customers? Customers submitting a new application will be provided with a …
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Secret Art of Blogging
We’re here with everything you need to know about crafting a cracking blog post. As editor of the Civil Service Blog, I’m regularly asked what makes a great blog post, so let’s start with the basics. The goal for any …
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Remap: the organisation making things possible
How can small changes support independence for disabled people? Hear from Remap, a unique charity that has a network of 900 skilled volunteers across the UK, who design and make bespoke equipment for individuals free of charge. In the last …
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Coverage on nutrient neutrality
A look at media coverage over the weekend on nutrient neutrality and its impact on housebuilding.
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Pressing on with Local Land Charges delivery
The pace at which we are migrating local authorities to our national Local Land Charges Register has dramatically increased, thanks to the creative focus and hard work of our dedicated team and our local authority and private partners.
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What are the benefits of being a member of the GSE Profession?
To support you in your career, the GSE profession has a range of resources available to members. These can be found in the GSE profession’s employee value proposition (EVP) document. These resources have been produced and collected to provide you with all …
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OPSS: Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Manager- 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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GOTT welcomes new CEO Dr Alison Campbell
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Alison Campbell OBE as CEO of the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) – our new knowledge assets strategic capability unit which officially launches later this year. We are very …
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Nadhim Zahawi: How the National Tutoring Programme is helping children all over the country catch up following the pandemic
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has written to parents to tell them about how the National Tutoring Programme is helping children all over the country catch up on learning missed during the pandemic.
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The Government Science & Engineering (GSE) Profession Conference is taking place on the 9 May – register now to avoid missing out!
The Government Science & Engineering (GSE) Profession is hosting a hybrid conference on Monday 9 May. Headed up by Sir Patrick Vallance, the GSE Profession is an active group of people with one goal in common: to give back to …
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Progress on the Register of Overseas Entities
Under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act, a new Register of Overseas Entities will be created and held by Companies House. Find out how the Act is progressing, and what will happen next.
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Physical wellbeing: what it is and why it matters
Two DDaT colleagues share how physical wellbeing is central to our culture.
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Infrastructure investment transforms Belize estate
A programme of infrastructure improvement works has recently been completed across the British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) estate. The works, delivered jointly by the Army and DIO, will help to improve the experience of exercising troops, staff, and …
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Supporting secondary school pupils who are behind with reading
Gill Jones, our Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, on reading in secondary schools and supporting weaker readers. Since we have been back to inspecting, many of you have asked us about how we’re inspecting reading in secondary schools. You …
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Top tips for exam preparation this summer
This year students will sit exams set and assessed by exam boards including GCSEs, A levels, T Levels and more. For many young people this will be the first time you are taking formal exams and assessments so it may …
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Insolvency Service: Celebrating International Girls in ICT Day
As part of the Insolvency Service’s Diversity and Inclusion strategy, our Women’s Network Group has teamed up with our technology department, Digital Technology Services (DTS), on this update to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day.
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Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care Awards: inspirational stories (part one of two)
One of the main reasons Deborah Sturdy launched the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care Awards in 2021 was to celebrate the range, experience and diversity of England's talented care workforce. In the first of two linked blog posts, read inspiring stories of recent Silver and Gold award winners; colleagues who have demonstrated inspirational leadership, kindness and support for individuals, teams and residents.
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Essay mills are now illegal - Skills Minister calls on internet service platforms to crack down on advertising
Skills Minister Alex Burghart has written to internet service platforms to make sure they know that essay mills - which facilitate cheating by helping academic writing, often by appearing to be legitimate - have been made illegal and to call …
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Everything you need to know about the Skills Act
We’re changing the post 16-education landscape to level up opportunities all over the country and make it easier for people to train to get the skills they need to secure well-paid jobs in industries with skills gaps, such as health …
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My Journey So Far
I joined Justice Digital - LAA in May 2020 as a Junior Software Developer having decided on a career change via a coding bootcamp. I’d experienced only small projects and some minimal exposure to agile ways of working, but this …
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Setting our design community objectives
In our community we have shared values and principles. We call these our design imperatives. Here’s how we imbue our imperatives into our work across DfE – its all about setting and achieving design community objectives.
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‘Tails’ from the new Small Animal Species Expert Group
This month is National Pet Month, promoting responsible pet ownership and awareness of the mutual benefit of living with pets. In this blog, Gillian Diesel, Veterinary Lead for the Small Animal Species Expert Group, talks about her role in setting up this new expert group at APHA and how pets have been important in her own life.
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HSE: Scientific Team Leader- Band 2/Grade 7
We are excited to welcome an enthusiastic applied biologist or occupational health scientist to become the Technical Team lead for the Biohazards team within our Exposure and Health Consequences (EHC) capability portfolio in the Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) Science …
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GCHQ: Engineering Department Group Head role, Directorate of Research and Engineering
This role is about creating the environment and culture that enables your workforce and beyond to understand the vision and embrace the changes in their areas of expertise to make a noticeable difference to the way we support GCHQ operational …
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Coverage of APPG rural productivity report
Today we are looking at media coverage of the APPG report on rural productivity.
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Coverage of NAO report on waste crime
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report on its investigation into the Government’s actions to combat waste crime. Coverage in The Telegraph, the Independent, Western Daily Press & Western Telegraph reports on the NAO’s assessment that there …
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HSE: Construction Engineering Specialist Inspector- SEO
At HSE, we work with one goal in mind – to help keep Britain’s workforce safe and healthy. Our work touches virtually every sector of Great Britain’s industry. Combining specialists from numerous fields, we strive to keep people and their …