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Preparing your fishery for the summer
Spring and summer can trigger a range of problems for fisheries, and it’s important to understand how to prepare and protect them. It’s vital that anglers and fishery managers recognise the risks posed by warmer weather; remain vigilant for signs …
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Government action to tackle air pollution
Today’s blog looks at Government action to tackle air pollution
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Old vs new: how the greats of graphic design influence our work
Many examples of contemporary design reference great graphic design from the past. To mark the Platinum Jubilee year, this article is looking back over the last 70 years to see how classic design influences our work at Design102.
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Evaluating the reforms of Functional Skills Qualifications
Introducing reformed Functional Skills Reformed Functional Skills qualifications (FSQs) were first awarded in 2019 and today we have published research that we did in 2019 as part of our initial evaluation of those qualifications. Ofqual’s role is to make sure …
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How GOV.UK Pay is making invoicing easier
Learn about what the GOV.UK Pay team have been doing to improve the functionality of the website to make invoicing easier.
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Starting the conversation on food safety and net zero carbon
Professor Robin May, our Chief Scientific Adviser, discusses the findings from the Science Council’s newly published interim report on food safety and net zero carbon.
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I-VMS update 5
It’s really encouraging that so many vessels across our English inshore have installed their onboard I-VMS devices and received the grant funding to re-imburse their costs, but we realise there is still much work to do. We have now hit …
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Factsheet: Amendment to the Online Safety Bill to help tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse online
On the 5th July, the government introduced an amendment to the Online Safety Bill to strength Ofcom's powers in relation to Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA).
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Taking the sting out of vector borne diseases
Doctor Luis M. Hernández-Triana and Suzanna Bell are APHA Discipline Champions and experts in the field of vector borne diseases. In this blog, they describe how APHA are involved in vector borne disease research and the importance of these emerging pathogens.
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Introducing You To...
Hi, I’m Andrew. I’m part of the Countryside Stewardship (CS) Applications Higher Tier team and I’m based in Nottingham. I’ve been with RPA just over a year now and have worked on Higher Tier since last September. Primarily I work …
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World Zoonoses Day – How you can help protect our dogs from Brucella canis
World Zoonoses Day is held every year to commemorate the first vaccination against zoonotic disease – infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites spread between animals and humans. World Zoonoses day is particularly timely this year to highlight the risk …
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Exam results 2022: 10 things to know about GCSE, AS and A level grades
The last 2 years have been tough for students. That’s why we put in place an unprecedented package of support to make the path back to pre-pandemic arrangements as smooth as possible. Here are 10 things that you need to …
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What’s behind this summer’s VTQ results?
As qualifications regulator, our main concern is always students. It is important that students taking qualifications that are used for the same purposes are not advantaged or disadvantaged. This includes students taking vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) when compared to …
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Improving the transparency of scientific evidence
Improving the transparency of scientific evidence Transparency and openness of scientific evidence informing government policy making is of the utmost importance to the Government Office for Science (GOS). By transparent and open, we mean that evidence is fully accessible to …
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Space sustainability plans will pave the way for future generations
Edward Baker reflects on the 4th Summit for Space Sustainability and how ambitious UK plans will benefit space users around the world.
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Consultation on a judgement for care leavers in our inspections of local authority children’s services
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses our proposal to inspect the experiences and progress of care leavers. In June we announced proposals to introduce a separate judgement about the experiences and progress of care leavers in our …
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A complete guide to GFiE - Care Leavers
Here we provide a full guide to recruitment through Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) for Care Leavers. What is this scheme? The GFIE Care Leavers scheme is a pilot working with a small number of Local Authorities to match care …
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Competition or consumer lawyer? The CMA has secondment opportunities for you!
We’ve launched a new round of secondment opportunities for competition and consumer lawyers, where you will get the exciting opportunity to get involved in our casework, while getting an insight into life at the CMA.
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SATs results – your questions answered
We want as many pupils as possible to leave primary school with the English and maths skills they need to meet their potential in secondary school. That’s why we use national curriculum tests – commonly known as SATs - to …
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Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
We want to provide as much helpful guidance as we can as the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill continues its passage through Parliament to aid understanding for everyone. We also welcome any feedback or reflections on our proposals
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How Job Sharing is Going Mainstream
Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne are the first DG-level Civil Service job share The perception of job-sharing has shifted hugely in recent years from part-time jobs held by junior employees to gradually opening up many more high-powered roles for senior …
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Emma Howard Boyd speech on finance, resilience, net zero and nature
Today there has been widespread coverage of warnings by Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency and Interim Chair of the Green Finance Institute, of how widespread greenwashing is compromising efforts to prepare for climate impacts. Her comments have …
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Building our User Research Capability in DIT
DIT is reinvigorating its user research function. Read about some of the challenges we are addressing to increase our impact on DIT’s digital services.
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How we are driving down the costs of childcare
The UK has some of the highest-quality childcare provision in the world with 96% of early years settings rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding, but it is also one of the biggest costs facing working families today. That’s why …
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Podcast – the second series of ‘Think digital, act human’: job application do's and don'ts
Here is the second series of our ‘Think digital, act human’ podcast. In this episode, host Adaobi Ifeachor, speaks to Vita Shapland-Howes about recruitment in the civil service. Tune in to hear about name-blind recruitment, negotiating salaries, essential criteria and more.
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The night sky in July
Look out for noctilucent clouds and possible meteors over the UK during the summer nights.
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Opening up our code and logic for algorithmic decision-making
Read why we shared our Related Content recommender tool with the algorithmic transparency pilot.
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Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) – Work placements in town planning
Duncan Phillpotts, Recruitment Officer, details the experiences of five local students who took part in a week of work experience with the Planning Inspectorate as part of the RTPI's EXPLORE work experience scheme.
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Using ‘cooperative usability testing’ with our expert users
As User Researchers we care about getting the most from our testing by using the best research method for the task. Here’s how and why ‘cooperative usability testing’ harnesses the knowledge of our expert users.
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COVID-19: the future of UKHSA surveillance
Since the onset of the pandemic scientists and researchers, aided and supported by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and DHSC, have mobilised to create surveillance systems that have infinitely improved our understanding of COVID-19. This blog looks at some of those systems.
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How we are improving internet access in rural schools
Fast broadband is crucial to levelling up rural communities and will help pupils from across the country to succeed in their education, no matter where their school is.
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Upcoming events
Forestry Commission teams will be attending the following events during October. Come along to speak with us about our work and how you can get involved. Why not share your visit to our stand on Twitter? Don't forget to tag …
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Taking Europe’s gardens to the next level - WoodBlocX recognised for exceptional export growth
WoodBlocX has been recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category following the company’s outstanding growth in overseas sales. The family business, based in the town of Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands, has achieved the award …
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Survey launched on police use of surveillance camera systems
I am beginning the process of gathering the latest information from all police forces under my jurisdiction on their use of overt surveillance camera systems.
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ESS: Senior Environmental Analyst- B3
Environment Standards Scotland (ESS) has been set up to ensure environmental laws and standards are adhered to in Scotland, replacing the European Union’s scrutiny and enforcement role after Brexit. The remit of ESS covers a broad range of environmental law, …
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Designing accessible services: don’t exclude the neurodiverse
Craig shares some tips to make sure that services are accessible for the neurodiverse.
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Network Services in recent months
For people who don’t know me, I am Nava Ramanan, Deputy Director – Head of Networks, Voice, Video and Hosting Services for the Ministry of Justice. In this blog I am going to highlight what we are doing within the …
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Apple and Google’s stranglehold over mobile ecosystems: Why it’s important and what we’re doing about it
Few people would doubt just how fundamental smartphones are to our lives. They are increasingly the main way we interact with friends and family, access news, play games, buy products and services online – and now pay for them in …
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Apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is now open for applications via the Rural Payments service. Through the SFI, farmers will be paid for looking after the natural environment in the course of their farming. This initial offer will pay farmers for taking care of their soil or assessing the condition of moorland. In this post, we'll …
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UK escalates support for global marine environment at UN Ocean Conference
New initiatives announced by the UK Government at the UN Ocean Conference this week to progress our mission to protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030 have received coverage in outlets including the Independent, Evening Standard and …