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A Levels and university admissions fact check
This week students up and down the country got results from their A Levels, T Levels and vocational and technical qualifications that are used for progression to university, employment and other routes. We’ve seen a number of claims about results …
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS)
I'm Kate Harrison, Finance Director at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and I recently had the pleasure of visiting the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) in Canada. The UK Armed Forces have trained here since 1972, so my visit with …
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Energy infrastructure: Consulting on Sizewell C environmental permits
Alan McGoff, who advises on new nuclear build policy and strategy at the Environment Agency, talks about the importance of engaging with the public on a national infrastructure project and the impact of the project on the local and national environment.
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Broadcasting from the Crown Court
Following a change in the law, broadcast news channels can now air judges’ sentencing remarks from the Crown Court for the first time. Find out how we prepared for it.
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The road ahead - a site visit to the A12 and A14 road improvement schemes
Project Delivery Advisor, Dan Samaila, from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) shares his insightful visit to the A12 and A14 road improvement schemes. Why do we need more roads? This is a common question in the aftermath of the …
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From Software to Battlespace: Reimagining how Defence does DevSecOps with D2S
In this blog, Hayley Patterson, the Service Owner for D2S, introduces the new Defence DevSecOps Service (D2S) and what it will mean for Defence. D2S has been launched as part of the Defence Digital Foundry’s aim to accelerate the delivery …
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Driving responsible innovation in self-driving vehicles
Self-driving vehicles have the potential to radically transform the UK’s roads. But to enable their benefits and achieve the government’s ambition to ‘make the UK the best place in the world to deploy connected and automated vehicles’, developers and manufacturers …
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Check, check, check; new rod licence app continues to bring benefits
Service Manager Joe Simpson explains how Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement Officers (FEOs) have been making leaps and bounds in licence checking, thanks to a new app designed and built by Defra’s ‘I Want to Fish’ digital team.
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Kickstarting your digital career at DVLA - a year in industry
Computer Science students from our 2021 to 2022 Year in Industry cohort reflect on their experience during their placement year at DVLA.
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Protecting big spacecraft from the harshness of space
Exploring how Keronite has evolved traditional optical coating processes for extra-large space structures
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What’s in a name – why categorising products precisely matters for trade remedies
What’s the difference between ‘Bicycles, tricycles and quadricycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor with a continuous rated power not exceeding 250 watts’ and ‘Cycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor’? They both have a unique commodity …
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How new funding will help to support England’s tree seed production
Seed sourcing is an essential part of tree production and a secure, diverse supply of tree seed is key to creating healthy, resilient woodlands. Find out how we're supporting the sector with a new grant.
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5 lessons we're learning to improve accessibility at DIT
We share how we're working towards making all our content, products and services accessible and promoting the importance of accessibility.
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Synalogik Receives Queen’s Award For Innovation From HRH The Duke of Gloucester
SYNALOGiK are a leading provider of data aggregation, automation and risk identification software solutions for compliance and fraud investigations. Following their achievement of a Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Innovation earlier this year, Synalogik held their presentation ceremony at Hub8 …
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University admissions and A Level, T Level and VTQ results – what do the stats show?
Today young people up and down the country are getting their A Level, and for the first time T Level results, alongside results for other Level 3 vocational and technical qualification (VTQs) used for progression to university, employment, apprenticeships and …
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How SearchLand is using our data to help land developers
SearchLand aims to help property professionals make better informed property and land decisions. Find out how the start-up has benefited from 12 months of invaluable financial and practical support from the Geovation Accelerator Programme.
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How A Levels, GCSEs, T Levels and other qualifications have been graded in 2022
It’s vitally important that when young people have worked hard to get qualifications like GCSEs, A Levels, T Levels and vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) like BTECs, the grades they receive reflect what they know, understand and can do. If …
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Future Farming Podcast: Tenants, landlords and our new environmental schemes
In episode 9 of the Future Farming podcast, Defra's farming strategy lead, Briony Turner, talks to land use adviser Harry Greenfield of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and farm adviser Lynette Steel, of the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) about new environmental schemes.
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Environment Agency warns of significant surface water flooding from thunderstorms in London and south east
The Environment Agency has teams out on the ground ready to support local authorities in responding to potential floods and is urging the public to take care.
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Let's talk PQiP
As a probation officer, you can change people’s lives for the better. We sit with probation officer, Anna, who tells us about her time on the PQiP programme and life in the Probation Service. What made you apply to become …
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Why access is key: succeeding in work with a visual impairment
We hear from Paul Arnold, ICO Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, who shares his story of being a leader with a visual impairment. Paul is responsible for the strategy, leadership and performance of the Information Commissioner’s Office. He …
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Why working flexibly works for me and my family
Jo Irving shares her thoughts on how working flexibly and being a homeworker too has enabled her to balance a busy home and work life, one which has responsibilities that include fostering children.
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Over 2,500 driving instructors opt for engagement call before their standards check
Since launching our voluntary approved driving instructor (ADI) engagement call in October 2021, we’ve now completed over 2,500 of them. David Collings, Head of Enforcement Delivery, explains how they work, the feedback we’ve had, and his advice about the call.
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Join us for Design System Day 2022
GOV.UK Design System is holding our Design System Day conference in September. We invite our users and owners of design systems to join in the conversation.
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Looking for guidance on your next steps after exams? Here’s some advice from a National Careers Service adviser
Julie Taylor, National Careers Service careers adviser provides some important advice for students receiving their exam results this month.
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Reflecting on the Role Models panel
As part of the ‘Role Models’ campaign, which aims to increase diversity at all grades in the Project Delivery Profession, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority recently hosted a panel discussion in Birmingham, ‘career transitions into project delivery beyond Whitehall’. Above, …
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A simple guide on words to avoid in government
Sam Gregory is on a mission to root out jargon in government. He's here to explore the worst offenders and offer the best alternatives. As civil servants, our choice of terminology makes a huge difference to how the public understands …
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Minister Double: Water companies must do more to reduce leakage
There has been positive pick-up of Water Minister Steve Double’s calls for greater investment from water companies to address leakage, at a time when water resources are in the spotlight as parts of the country move into drought. Writing for …
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GSE Profession Talent Strategy and Action Plan
The GSE Profession has provided more details about our approach to supporting GSE members to progress their careers. The Talent Strategy and action plan builds on the goals and objectives set out in the GSE Profession Strategy 2021. The strategy …
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Share your experience of Find a Grant with us, please
As Find a Grant approaches 20,000 people having used the pilot service, we now want to know if you want something like this for the long-term.
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Environmental Stewardship: an update
We recently wrote to everyone with Environmental Stewardship agreements to outline some changes that we plan to introduce in 2023. Rather than offering agreement holders an extension of a single year, we're offering extensions of 5 years. This change, shaped by feedback, gives greater certainty and clarity to people in existing agri-environment agreements. It also …
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Harnessing the power of science, engineering and technology
Lord Browne of Madingley, Co-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, former CEO of BP and Co-Founder and Chairman of BeyondNetZero, discusses his experience as a business leader now advising government. The Prime Minister’s Council for Science …
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The impact of removing jQuery on our web performance
In this blog post, we explain the technical details of removing the jQuery library from GOV.UK’s public facing applications and the performance impact it had for our users.
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Event 3 October: Untapped potential for public policy from design research
Join the our next event bringing together university academics and government practitioners to talk about policy design.
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Environment Agency takes action to rescue fish during dry weather
The prolonged dry weather is affecting many rivers and lakes across much of central, south-west, south-east and eastern England.
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Moving from social media to content design: transferable skills and attitudes
Do you work in social media but have an interest in content design? Or maybe you’re a content designer and wonder what social media is like? They’re more similar than you might think.
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Environmental land management: a forward look
Through our new environmental land management schemes, we will pay farmers and land managers to enhance the natural environment alongside food production. In this post, I'll share more information about how we expect Local Nature Recovery to work.
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It’s complex, not complicated
Jeffrey Allen from the Ministry of Justice writes about the complex nature of public services and how to design them.
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Nicola scores a net win at the Commonwealth Games
After 12 days helping to make the Commonwealth Games go like clockwork, how has life been for our volunteers? Civil servant Nicola Lazenby from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy joined the volunteers (aka the Commonwealth Collective) as …
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How and why we removed jQuery from GOV.UK
Removing jQuery from GOV.UK was a huge yet manageable task that led to improved code and performance gains across the site. This is how and why we did this work.