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Discover opportunities within the Counter Fraud Profession
Discover opportunities for civil servants within the Counter Fraud profession by attending our 2 day live online event on 13 and 14 July.
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A decade of progress for the Government Sustainable ICT Project
Defra Chief Digital and Information Officer Chris Howes reflects on the results from the 2020 Sustainable ICT Annual Report and shares his thoughts on where ICT can play its part in addressing the climate crisis.
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Celebrate the first International Neonatal Screening Day today, 28 June 2021
Professional and patient organisations and health systems around the world are celebrating International Neonatal Screening Day for this first time today.
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Nominate a project for the Sanctuary Awards!
Nominations for the MOD Sanctuary Awards close on 31 July and we’re looking for entries in the Net Zero and Resource Efficiency Award as well as the Sustainable Procurement and Construction Award.
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Strengthening space ties between the UK and Japan
Today, the UK Space Agency signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), taking a new step in space cooperation between the UK and Japan. Dr Graham Turnock (CEO of the UK Space Agency) and President …
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Covid-19 vaccines - Frequently asked questions
Covid-19 vaccines - Frequently asked questions - Updated Frequently asked questions answered by Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam Professor Jonathan Van-Tam (‘JVT’) was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2017. He leads on health protection. What …
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“Byte-ing Back Better” - Introducing a Q-FAIR approach to Geospatial Data Improvement
Callum Irving, Senior Data and Standards Advisor, shares the Geospatial Commission’s ambitions to improve access to better location data by making it Q-FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable and of the right Quality that is fit for purpose. Building on …
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Giving assurances
If you’ve not come across DHSC's Regional Assurance team, its members act as two-way information sharers between the Department and local areas.
They use their experience of the adult social care sector to provide informed assessments to the Department and the Minister for Social Care. They also provide opportunities for the sector to influence and inform DHSC about the way current policies are working in the regions.
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Introducing the service design playbook
The service design playbook is a resource to help designers and digital teams navigate designing public services. The goal of the service design playbook is to help designers that are new to service design in government understand how to apply …
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Breastfeeding Celebration Week – supporting mothers who breastfeed
This week is Breastfeeding Celebration Week, and this year we’re focusing on how partners and the wider family can support new mothers to breastfeed.
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Dragons’ Den Episode 12, Series 18
This week we saw some fiercely passionate entrepreneurs fighting for their businesses despite some tough questioning from the Dragons. From recyclable shoes to a finalist in MasterChef: The Professionals, I was on the edge of my seat...but who managed to secure an investment?
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What do PTAs do and why should you join one? PTA members answer your questions
This week is Parentkind’s National PTA Week. To mark the week we put your questions to the chair and secretary of a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) from a school in Gloucestershire to find out more about what they do, why …
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What does an engineering mindset bring to policy making?
The Engineering in Policy network asked this question to engineers and those with an interest in engineering. We hoped that we could prompt a conversation about the importance of having engineers in the room at key points in the policy …
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Coverage of Defra and Natural England’s announcement on protected landscapes
In today’s blog, we look at the coverage for our ambitious proposals to create and improve protected landscapes across England.
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Building for the future at HMCTS
Since returning to the Ministry of Justice as Permanent Secretary earlier this year, I have been struck by the great progress HMCTS has made, both in both keeping justice moving throughout the past year, and also on its reform journey this past decade.
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Transforming Accommodation Services for our Armed Forces families
David Brewer’s recent blog set out DIO’s new approach – through the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) programme - to delivering efficient and effective hard facilities management services across the Built Estate, as existing contracts come to an end. That journey …
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Opportunities expand for teaching partnerships
Teaching partnerships, to improve placement opportunities and the quality of learning and development students experience on placement, have been a great success. So much so, government funding, channeled through the Department of Education and the Department for Health and Social Care, is now being expanded.
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We’re hiring interaction and service designers!
In Cabinet Office, we are looking for designers to join us and work on services that matter and are genuinely user-centred.
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How we drive uptake of DIT's products with our users
Hear from the publishers behind Digital Trade on their top tips for DDaT professionals
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Knowledge Assets Launch Event
The Knowledge Assets team recently held a digital launch event to introduce their ambitious programme of work to a cross-Whitehall audience. We welcomed a host of expert speakers, including: Minister Solloway, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Dr Andrew Mackintosh, …
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Trainee teachers have really gone above and beyond this year
From supporting the teaching of classes or bubbles to delivering remote education - this year’s trainee teachers have shown creativity, versatility and resilience. We asked trainees from Teach North/Outwood Institute of Education to tell us about some of their standout moments from the last year.
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Might oaks from little acorns grow…?
A year in the life of Bella Murfin and Naomi Matthiessen, job share Directors for the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Programme in Defra.
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Public service: A duty worth celebrating
Today, 23 June, is Public Service Day. To mark this important day, inspectors Menaka Sahai, Heidi Cruickshank and Richard Schofield share their thoughts on why they became an inspector and how the public service that they deliver is important for the nation.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Plastic-Free July
Get involved with Plastic-Free July! Find out how to give your unwanted items another life or clean up your neighbourhood with a litter pick. Events organised by CSL NW Environment Network.
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Increasing our pace from the start
Our Early Engagement Team plays an important role in promoting the benefits of our Local Land Charges service and accelerating the number and pace of local authority migrations. Team leader Jamie Winch explains how they're building working relationships with councils across England and Wales.
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GSE Role Modelling: It's OK not to be OK
This post discusses how it’s ‘OK not to be OK’ as a role model. Being a ‘positive’ role model does not mean you must only be positive when something is not right. Inspire and empower others by speaking up and challenging when the need arises, or when support and help is required.
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The road to Royal Air Force Reserves
When I was 23, I walked into a military camp for the first time in my life to be interviewed for a job as an admin assistant at the Headquarters of the Surgeon General. I was met by a large, tattooed Scottish Army Major who shook my hand and welcomed me at the start of my career ‘behind the wire’.
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Why I’m Proud to be a Reservist
23 June is Reserves Day - a chance to recognise the remarkable contribution of civilians who give up their spare time to serve in the armed forces. Civil Servant James Waller shares his pride to be a Naval Reservist. There …
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International Women in Engineering Day 2021
Today is International Women in Engineering Day. It’s a day where we celebrate the amazing work of women within the engineering sector. According to the Engineering UK 2018 report, only 12% of all engineers in the UK are women. We …
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Women in Engineering Day 2021
Nishtha Chopra, Higher Radiation Protection Scientist, discusses her career in science as we look to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day on Wednesday 23 June.
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Queen’s Award for Enterprise – Double Winner!
Pi has been awarded 2 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, one for International Trade and the other for Innovation.
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Transforming our services: Appeals, applications and examinations
Stephen Read introduces the work to improve our 3 service areas and how it will make it easier for customers to do business with us.
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Pride at HMRC, Harry's Story
We celebrate Pride Month every June to recognise the progress made for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) people, as well as marking the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. In June of 1969, a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, …
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Giving nature a digital hand
Tracey Friday, a product owner in the Digital Transformation team at Natural England working on delivering digital services for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), shares her experience of being on the ‘other side’ of the customer-supplier fence.
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GSE Opportunities: Systems Thinking Level 7 Apprenticeship
A new two-year, blended approach apprenticeship starting in January 2022 is being delivered by the University of Exeter. The apprenticeship has been designed for the public service to improve the quality and use of evidence-based scientific advice to government, and …
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Coverage of Amazon waste allegations
On today's blog we are looking at the regulations to make sure all retailers take greater responsibility for electricals.
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Care Home Open Week preview: Beacons of hope
For almost a decade, care home open days have seen care homes all over the country open their doors to families, friends and local communities. This year’s event, which takes place across a week (28 June - 4 July), has particular significance, providing an opportunity to reunite care homes with their local communities, while celebrating the incredible care colleagues who have remained on the frontline throughout the pandemic.
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Retail banking: how we’ve made switching easier
There are many benefits to switching your current account to another bank or building society. Peter Hill explains why switching can be a great idea, and the work we’ve done to make the process easier and simpler for you.
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Happy World Humanist Day
What is humanism? Humanists hold a naturalistic worldview. To mark World Humanist Day on 21 June, Liz Lutgendorff sheds light on what it means to live without following a traditional religion. Even though non-religious people make up more than half …
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Grow your career in the South West
Are you aware of the Civil Service Careers website? It contains a wealth of information on the range of departments and career opportunities in the south west for you to develop your career.