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Water companies face new civil penalties up to £250million
There has been widespread media coverage of the Environment Secretary’s announcement that he will bring forward proposals to raise the civil penalty for water companies who pollute the environment by 1,000-fold - from £250,000 to up to £250 million.
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STIs: Get tested, get treated
Here we summarise the key findings from our report Sexually transmitted infections and screening for chlamydia in England, 2021, and discuss we need to know to understand the risks, along with some simple steps we can take to stay in good sexual health.
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How we will reduce crime by supporting people to get jobs after prison through apprenticeships
Apprenticeships help people get the skills that employers want and need, and we know employment is one of the best tools in reducing reoffending. Prisoners across England who are eligible for release on temporary licence and nearing the end of …
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Accessibility matters to us all at the IPO
Following National Inclusion Week (26 Sep – 2 Oct) it’s now National Dyslexia Week and we’re reflecting on our accessibility progress here at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). As I browsed through the archives, I came across a blog written …
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Helping to put friendship first
Civil servant Bartholomew Oram reflects on volunteering with the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship (CSRF), a charity dedicated to supporting former civil servants and their dependants. Loneliness can affect every one of us at some point in our life. A study …
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Leadership in Tomorrow's World Conference 2022
Leadership in Tomorrow’s World: Foundation Future Leaders Conference 2022 Tuesday 1st November 2022; 9:00am – 4:00pm Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London SE1 9DD or Online via Zoom The major challenges confronting society do not have simple resolutions. They are …
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Introducing You To...
Hi, I’m Alice and I’m on a nine week internship with RPA as part of the Fast Stream Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP). The SDIP is targeted at getting university students and graduates from diverse backgrounds into a career in …
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How we are using machine learning to detect GOV.UK feedback spam
The GOV.UK feedback form was receiving a lot of spam requests. We developed a machine learning model to detect spam responses — here is how we created it.
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Track our progress: Trade Remedies Authority case milestones – Oct 2022
Subscribe below to receive the latest update on our interactive case tracker, which shows the progress of each of our cases as they go through the investigation lifecycle. This month’s tracker shows progress on our cases during September and the …
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Updated UK NSC evidence review guidance and processes
The UK NSC has published a new collection of documents on GOV.UK that describe its processes and principles for implementing the chief medical officers’ recommendations for the committee’s expanded remit.
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Being East & South East Asian in government project delivery: “It's important for project teams to be as diverse as possible”
Eileen Wong is a Senior Business Change Manager at HMRC and has spent over 19 years in the Civil Service, the majority of which has been in tax compliance roles but decided a change of career and profession was needed. She is also a co-chair of the Civil Service Race Forum’s East & South East …
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Keeping communities and soldiers safe in Kenya
Out in Kenya DIO staff are responsible for the physical safety of the training areas, keeping both the public and the military safe. The team work on a variety of tasks together with the British Army, the Kenyan Defence Forces …
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G6 Head of Climate Science Research and Domestic Policy Support
G6 Head of Climate Science Research and Domestic Policy Support (BEIS) I am looking for an enthusiastic scientist to work as a G6 in the friendly and supportive team Climate Science Team on key science issues to underpin the Government’s …
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Helping tackle violence against women and girls
Tackling violence against women and girls and addressing the urgent need to improve criminal justice outcomes in cases of Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) are two Home Office and law enforcement priorities. The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) has been …
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Beavers are now legally protected in England – the licensing regime explained
By Stephanie Bird-Halton - Director of National Delivery Protection of beavers and why it’s important On 1 October 2022 the legislation changed to protect wild-living beavers in England. Beavers are now listed in Schedule 2 of the Conservation of Habitats …
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The value of feedback: Part One - why you need to give and get it
In the first instalment of a two-part blog Lead Content Designer Leyla Kee-McParlin explains how feedback is essential to self-development, and explores how you can give and receive feedback in the most productive and sensitive ways.
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How to boost your grant-making skills
Boost your skills with GGMF training to help you deliver your objectives in the second half of the financial year
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What we mean when we talk about ‘mission-led innovation’
From its launch in 2017, ACE has described what it does as ‘mission-led innovation’. In this blog we’ll explore what we mean by ‘mission-led’ and how it informs the way we work.
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Defra response to new research on crustacean mortality incident
There has been extensive coverage across national and regional media around the high number of crab and lobster deaths that occurred in the North East last year, following the publication of a new study. It has yet to be peer …
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Paludiculture – the future of farming on peat soils?
On 27 August 2022, the Government announced a new £5m fund to promote the use of peatlands for sustainable farming [1] – the Paludiculture Exploration Fund (PEF), which seeks to unlock barriers to making commercial paludiculture a reality. In this …
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Daily Mail and Independent coverage on Government tree planting targets
There is inaccurate coverage in the Daily Mail and Independent on Government’s tree planting targets.
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Tackling Covid-19 using data-driven insights from wastewater analysis
The pandemic spurred interest in the potential of wastewater-based epidemiology as an early warning system for disease outbreaks. This blog looks at how ACE innovation supported work on a data-driven monitoring system.
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A new early years blog
Today, we’ve launched a new early years blog, for everyone who works in the early years sector. We will use the new blog to help raise understanding of different types of early years and childcare providers, as well as bust …
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Safe Management for Controlled Drugs
Did you know? Veterinary practice break-ins are more common than you might think. In many cases, controlled drugs (CDs) are stolen. Drugs primarily intended for animal use can have significant and serious health effects on humans or can be fatal …
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Maintaining and protecting woodlands on the UK Defence Training Estate
Woodland at Sennybridge [Copyright Finn Beales] Did you know we're right in the middle of Forest Week, and that the UK Defence Training Estate is made up of 20,000 hectares of woodland? To help celebrate Forest Week, Judith Peachey, Forestry …
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The Importance of Black History Month to Apprentices
October is Black History Month and this year’s theme is ‘Time for Change: Action not Words’. As an arms’-length body developing apprenticeships and technical qualification for talented people around England, we want to make sure that we are supporting and …
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Committee-run childcare: what you need to know
This blog explains what committee-run childcare is and what Ofsted's role is in checking the suitability of committee members, trustees and directors.
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The difference between registering with Ofsted and a childminder agency
This blog explains the difference is between registering with a childminder agency (CMA) or registered with Ofsted.
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Registering to become a childminder with Ofsted: what to expect
This blog explains what you need to do once you've decided to become an early years childminder and what you need to do to make sure you’re ready to be registered.
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Welcome to Ofsted's early years blog
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's National Director Regulation and Social Care; Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education; and Alex Magloire, our Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, launch Ofsted's new early years blog.
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Taking Futures from a programme to an integrated function in central government departments.
The DfE’s Central Analysis Division (CAD) and Strategy Unit (SU) built on a set piece Future Insights Programme, and upscaled and integrated futures-thinking into a central government department. This blog is drawn from Adam Martin and Patrick Lee’s June presentation …
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A new direction for digital: looking back on the first year of CDDO
Megan Lee, Chief Executive, reflects on the first year of CDDO. Here, she outlines the crucial importance of communities and collaboration to deliver digital transformation at scale across government. Central to this transformation is the desire to achieve better outcomes for all.
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An autumn of digital learning brings development opportunities for civil servants
CDDO’s Head of Digital Learning and Frameworks outlines an incredible lineup of upskilling events for the Autumn of Digital Learning, which ranges from an Innovation Masterclass to a series of live webinars in which all things digital, data and technology are workshopped.
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What’s next for the Central Digital and Data Office?
Mike Potter, newly appointed Chief Digital Officer, shares his enthusiasm for working in digital, data and technology in government. Mike reiterates his admiration for the profession, and pride at working on front line digital services that have the potential to improve outcomes for all UK citizens.
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How we’re making teacher training better and more accessible
Children learn best with brilliant teachers at the front of the classroom. That’s why teacher training is so important. We’re creating an excellent teacher development system and transforming the support teachers receive at every stage of their career – all …
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Making it easier for schools to choose supply teachers
We want to make choosing a supply teacher easier for schools so we held a design sprint, produced a prototype and then tested it with school staff. Courtney Brtightwell tells us how it went.
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Our ‘effective delivery’ principle in action: Updating a scientific e-licensing service
How our technical teams are taking a service design approach to ‘effective delivery’.
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What I’ve learned as a user researcher in BEIS
If you're new to user research in government, find out what helped our user researchers get started.
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UK NSC recommends introduction of targeted lung cancer screening
The UK NSC has recommended that the 4 UK nations should move towards implementing a targeted national lung cancer screening programme, integrated with smoking cessation services.
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How Crimestoppers works with the Environment Agency to fight waste crime
Crimestoppers is an independent charity that gives people the power to speak up to stop crime, 100% anonymously. Anyone can contact us 24/7, 365 days a year, online and by phone.