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Young carers in the Civil Service
Rebecca Sudworth, Deputy Civil Service Carers’ Champion, highlights the key issues young carers face. Today is Young Carers Action Day. This is a nationwide event organised by the Carers Trust aimed at raising awareness of young carers across the country. …
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Helping UK businesses to grow through exporting
Andrew Sayer from the Department for International Trade outlines the support available to help businesses, small and medium-sized, to learn about international tradeshows
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Understanding the transmission and future risk scenarios of COVID-19
Disease surveillance is one of UKHSA’s most essential functions. We ensure that we gather the right information at the right time – and present this information clearly and accurately to inform public health decisions in response to emerging or ongoing threats of disease.
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Meet the engineer: Roy
For the first in our Meet the engineer series, we're introducing you to Roy, one of our senior infrastructure engineers. Find out what he thinks about working at DWP Digital, what tech he uses and what he likes to do in his free time.
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Food Hypersensitivity Perspectives and Practice Symposium 2022 - Different perspectives on food hypersensitivity
Professor Robin May, FSA Chief Scientific Adviser, reflects on the recent Food Hypersensitivity Perspectives & Practice Symposium, and how we can make the UK a better place for the food hypersensitive consumer.
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The Basic Payment Scheme Is Now Open For Applications
You can now submit your applications for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). To make sure you have everything you need to make your application, we have put together some useful information. We have published …
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The WRES is a pivotal moment for racial equality
The introduction of the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) by the Department of Health and Social Care represents a pivotal moment for social care colleagues of all backgrounds and makes the pursuit of workplace equality official.
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How we'll use the money we have for the people we serve
Following the recent Spending Review, which set government budgets for the next three Financial Years, the Environment Agency has now received its allocations for FY 2022/23 and finalised its plans.
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A message of hope on World Social Work Day
This year’s World Social Work Day takes place against the backdrop of another international crisis, this time borne of one man’s inhumanity to an entire nation, rather than an accident of unconscious viral evolution. All the more reason to celebrate the very best of the social work profession.
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GOV.UK Sign In is looking for authentication beta partners
Does your government service have an authentication need? Find out more about the new single sign-on product and see whether your team could become a private beta partner.
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My experiences as a woman working in Defence
March is Women’s History Month, so this month we’re reflecting on women’s experiences in the workplace and highlighting some of the contributions that women have made in DIO. Hi. I’m Jenny Bennett and I’ve worked as an ecologist for DIO …
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Professor Sir Mike Richards announced as new UK National Screening Committee chair
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has appointed a new chair to contribute to its ongoing development.
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Making a difference through science
This week is British Science Week and we're showcasing the importance of science and scientists at Sellafield. Meet Robin Ibbotson, our new chief technical officer, who explains the role that science plays in cleaning up our legacy.
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The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund: review of items
The items for the first round of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund were developed with farmers, industry groups and other stakeholders. We’re adopting the same approach for the next round. We want you to tell us which items should be included, which items should be removed and which specifications need to be updated.
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The Knowledge Assets Grant Fund - Reflections on Year 1
BEIS has hosted the Knowledge Assets team for almost a year now, and I am one of the BEIS staff who joined when the work moved over from HM Treasury. My name is Michael, and I have had the privilege …
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Why composting matters to me
To celebrate Compost Week UK, Senior Interaction Designer Christina Gyles shares her love of composting and reflects on how lucky she is that her passion dovetails so nicely with her work.
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Factsheet: Home Office visa support for Ukrainians
The Home Office stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the people fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The generous Ukraine Family Scheme provides an immediate pathway for people from Ukraine with family already in the UK to come here. It is designed to …
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Compliance Monitor process (Part 1) – An introduction
This is the first part of a two-part blog series on the Compliance Monitor process which is being piloted by the MHRA from April 2022. The MHRA has a history of implementing risk-based inspection practices: 2009: The risk-based inspection programme …
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Environment Secretary attends G7 Agriculture Ministerial meeting on Ukraine and food security
The Environment Secretary took part in a virtual G7 meeting on global food security today
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How to name a service
In this post, Interaction Designer, Rinto Cyriac, explains how to name a service. He describes the do’s and don’ts of choosing a name, and how his team decided on ‘Manage an academy transfer’.
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British Science Week 2022: Using green innovation to deliver carbon efficient training accommodation
Today marks the start of British Science Week, a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. This year’s theme is ‘growth’ and in Defence, we are highlighting the ways in which science and innovation are being harnessed to grow …
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New case study: how NHS Digital used API management to support APIs at scale
The Data Standards Authority and NHS Digital have published a case study about how NHS Digital used API management to build and maintain APIs more efficiently, securely and scalably.
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Covid Inquiry - G6 Engagement and Disclosure Team Lead
The GO-Science COVID-19 Inquiry Team performs an invaluable function. It ensures the nation, department and HMG learns from the experiences of COVID-19 to benefit the UK and our citizens in future. Using the Civil Service values as our foundation – …
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Covid Inquiry - G7 Head of Planning and Governance
The GO-Science COVID-19 Inquiry Team performs an invaluable function. It ensures the nation, department and HMG learns from the experiences of COVID-19 to benefit the UK and our citizens in future. Using the Civil Service values as our foundation – …
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COVID-19 Inquiry Team - EO Support Officer x2
Want to join a team to support in making a difference? If so, we'd love to hear from you! This is your chance to create a real impact and contribute to work at the heart of supporting the Government Office …
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National Careers Week - Morgan’s career in the Civil Service after leaving college
Hi, my name is Morgan and I work on the central recruitment team in Department for Education. I have worked in the Civil Service for almost 7 years now, since I was 17 years old.
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Making a career in grant making - you can too
To mark National Careers Week 2022, let us introduce you to some more of our colleagues, working behind the scenes to make government grants simpler, faster and fairer.
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Our new strategy: Business Operations
The Business Operations team spans many areas and is in essence a Corporate Service for DDaT
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Food safety in Food Waste Action Week
How the FSA is supporting WRAP’s Food Waste Action Week, raising awareness of the environmental consequences of wasting food and promoting activities that help to reduce the amount of food we waste.
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Powering our nation’s health security with world leading science
Today marks the start of British Science Week, a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, and an opportunity to highlight health protection science and UKHSA’s contribution as an organisation with science at its heart.
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Why I chose a career as a junior developer in Defra
In the latest of our Blogs celebrating National Careers Week, junior developer Holly Adamson tells us how her fascination with languages and gaming led her to a career in Defra.
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Dragons Den Series 19 Episode 10
It’s episode 10 of series 19 of Dragons’ Den, which sees a new contributor to the blog – me! Before I give you my take on the episode, I’ll tell you a bit about myself. I work at the Intellectual …
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We’re all form designers now…
Hi, I’m Rebecca Faulkner and I joined MoJ D&T in summer 2021. I work as a Senior Researcher in the Prison Leavers Project team. After spending 10 years in insight and strategy roles in the private sector I joined the …
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An invitation to share your thoughts on UKRI’s draft strategy
The consultation on UKRI’s new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is open until noon on 28 March 2022. The draft strategy sets out UKRI’s ambition for an inclusive research and innovation system and UKRI’s long-term commitment to achieving this aim. The …
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Implementing EdTech solutions to reduce admin and save time
School technology expert, Luke Craig, shares his experience of using EdTech tools to help staff reduce the time they spend on admin tasks.
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Why I chose to become a data analyst apprentice in the Civil Service
Read about life as a data apprentice in the Civil Service, and why it may be for you!
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To share or not to share, that is the question
Finding the right person to share a job with can be difficult but is totally worthwhile once all goes to plan. Most of us have seen the movie When Harry Met Sally; in this Civil Service remake, we talk about …
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Video: Michael Orchard, livestock farmer, on the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
We asked farmers helping us co-design the Sustainable Farming Incentive to share their experience in a video diary. In this video, Michael Orchard gives us a tour of his livestock farm in the Peak District National Park. He shares the improvements he’d like to see come out of the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot.
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Effectively creating and communicating Futures outputs
Futures thinking is a way of thinking about the many possible alternative futures that could arise, based on historical evidence, trends, and present possibilities for change. This past year, the Government Office for Science’s (GOS) Futures team supported numerous …
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The night sky in March
Although March sees the start of meteorological spring, it’s still a wonderful time to see the winter constellations.