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Want to manage exciting tech projects? Join our graduate Dynamic Development Scheme
In our final post of this series, Prath tells us what it’s like to work as a Project Support Officer on our graduate Dynamic Development Scheme.
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Right tree, right place, to support water and wildlife
Michael Rogers is Head of Conservation at Eden Rivers Trust. In this guest blog, Michael looks at how trees can benefit our watercourses, and shares experiences from the Croglin Valley in Cumbria to show the importance of planting the right tree in the right place.
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Teachers, your hard work is so appreciated: thank you for transforming children’s lives!
On National Thank a Teacher Day, we’re celebrating education staff for the huge impact they have all across England. Here are some of our favourite thank you messages from students, parents and colleagues so far.
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Civil Service Live: What's on and what to expect
Civil Service Live is just around the corner with six dates spanning five cities in June and July 2022. Lorraine McBride’s here with a run-down on what’s on. After two years online, Civil Service Live (CSL) is back with an …
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Reinvesting in our fisheries through the Fisheries Improvement Programme
Chris Middleton, Fisheries Technical Officer, East Anglia explains how fishing licence income is reinvested in fisheries across England Have you ever wondered how the Environment Agency invests fishing licence income? It is certainly something I often get asked by anglers …
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Want to work on digital services at the heart of Government? Applications for the Home Office Digital Career Development Programme are now open
Katrina Murphy recently joined the Home Office Digital Career Development Programme as a Product Manager. Read more about the programme, including how to apply.
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Media coverage of Government plans to introduce Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) bill
Today we are looking at media coverage of Defra’s planned introduction of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) bill
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How we’re working with the Open University to help more people access higher and technical education where they live
People are set to benefit from high-quality higher education in their hometown, as the Open University partners up with further education providers to create more training to fill skills gaps and raise job prospects. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Improving the criminal justice process for victims and witnesses
Have you ever stopped to consider what the criminal justice system looks like through the eyes of a victim? Or a witness?
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How we’re supporting Defra to adapt to blended working
Christiaan Olivier, Project Manager in the Defra MyWorkppace team, explains how the team has been working on a digital delivery project which is enabling Defra to transition to a blended working model, following the gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions over the past year.
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Getting a GRIP on Civil Service Change
If you're a civil servant, we want your ideas to help shape innovation and drive progress across the Civil Service. Around 58% of Civil Service staff are at grade EO and below, which equates to around 270,000 colleagues. We see …
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Why mental health support is so important in the Youth Estate
Dr Varinder Panesar is a forensic psychologist in the Wellbeing Team at Feltham Young Offenders Institute (YOI) in West London. She shares why understanding the role of trauma and creating a safe, mental health-informed environment can be game-changing for youth …
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What works to promote academic-policy engagement?
Although there has been huge growth in academic-policy engagement activity, there is no evidence that this is leading to an increase in evidence use by decision-makers. There is an almost total lack of empirical evidence about what works, and little …
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Building partnerships for nature and people’s recovery
Poor mental health costs the UK an estimated £118 billion per year (around 5 per cent of UK GDP). On an individual level, one in four adults and one in 10 children experience mental illness. The government has recently published …
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Our work to tackle spiking attacks on university students
Spiking is when people illegally drug victims, often by putting substances in their drinks or even by injecting them. In the last two years we’ve seen a rise in reports of spiking and, while the true scale of the issue …
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Information on monkeypox and our investigation into recent cases
UKHSA is urgently investigating a number of monkeypox cases recently identified in the UK. You can find our updates on this GOV.UK page. Monkeypox is a viral infection usually associated with travel to West Africa. This is the first time …
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GDS Advisory meets with suppliers in Manchester hub
Government Digital Service Advisory held an event with their commercial suppliers on 11 May at the GDS offices in Manchester. Working together with suppliers, they discussed innovative ways of improving processes and management tools.
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How we’re supporting families in need and keeping children safe
This week, the results of a yearlong piece of work into children’s social care has been published. We are setting out initial new measures in response to recommendations set out in Josh MacAlister’s independent review of children’s social care, which …
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Further funding for farmers, foresters and growers to innovate
The Farming Innovation Programme provides research and development funding to farmers and growers who want to develop and use new, innovative methods and technologies. The aim of the fund is to support farmers to become more productive, environmentally sustainable and resilient to the global food security challenges of the future. You might remember that alongside UK …
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Let’s thank our teachers for educating, inspiring and moving mountains for future generations
Alastair Field, headteacher at Roundhay School’s Primary Campus in Leeds, shares why he believes a key part of his role is to spread the word about his fantastic team and the remarkable things they do for their students.
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Avoiding the IP hackers: top tips on keeping your IP cyber-safe
Have you ever wondered how safe your intellectual property is when stored on your computer? We invited Paul Peters of the Wales Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales to give us some tips on how we can help make our IP cyber-safe.
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How to make your school more water efficient
Laura Walton is the Water Efficiency and Education & Awareness Lead for DfE’s Schools Water Strategy. In this blog, Laura introduces the strategy and gives some tips on how you can increase your water efficiency to help reduce your bills.
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Data and dashboards
We look at how GAD is supporting the work of the government’s National Situation Centre. Actuarial skills provide timely data, projections and analysis so that the most informed decisions are taken in a crisis.
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Farming Investment Fund: a new grant
Before we launched Improving Farm Productivity in January, we made the manual available for people to look at on GOV.UK. Feedback suggested you found this helpful. So, ahead of its launch in June, we are making the manual for the next theme available today: Adding Value. In June, you can apply for a grant for buildings, …
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Right People. Right Training. Right Job
The Civil Service has a wealth of learning and development and career opportunities across the UK. Ensuring such prospects don’t pass you by can sometimes be challenging, but here’s how you can avoid the pitfalls. The Civil Service is a …
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Recently graduated? Kick-start your tech career in the Home Office
Are you a graduate looking for a Data or Performance Analyst role in the Home Office? Our Dynamic Development Scheme may be the perfect fit for you.
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New ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created to protect rare wildlife in Somerset
Today we are looking at media coverage around our Natural England announcement of the declaration of a vast new ‘super nature reserve’ spanning across large parts of Somerset, created to protect rare wildlife and aid nature recovery.
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Prof Sir Mike Richards delighted to launch expanded remit of UK National Screening Committee
New chair Professor Sir Mike Richards officially launches the expanded UK NSC with a video message.
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In-person at the Space Propulsion Conference
Last week (8-13 May) the UK Space Agency sponsored the Space Propulsion Conference 2022 in Estoril, Portugal.
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Empowering people with learning disabilities to make end of life plans
Beth Britton, one of three consultants on MacIntyre’s Dying to Talk Project, explains how this project is aiming to open up conversations about death and dying for people with learning disabilities.
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Championing space at the Symposium
Hosted among the iconic red sandstone formations and mountain views of Colorado Springs in the United States, I attended the 37th Space Symposium last month alongside colleagues from the UK Space Agency. We were joined by partners from the Department for …
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Using the National Tutoring Programme to support students with SEND
Deputy Headteacher, Rebecca Kingston explains how their school have partnered with MyTutor through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) to support students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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How to land a job as a junior designer or researcher
If you’re considering a route into user-centred design in government but don’t know where to begin, our guide on how to land your first junior role will help.
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International Clinical Trials Day
Today we honour clinical trial professionals globally and volunteers who take part in clinical research Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world to recognise the day that James Lind started what is often considered the first randomized clinical trial …
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GSE Connect: Women Supporting Women in Government Science and Engineering
Introducing… GSE Connect On 11 February 2021, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the GSE Women’s Working Group began piloting a new scheme to support women in the GSE profession. GSE Connect is a networking and peer …
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Named care workers: the case for expansion across adult social care
In 2018, the Social Care Institute for Excellence was part of a Department of Health and Social Care project looking at how people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs - and their families - can be in control of decisions about their own future. It's time to take that learning further.
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On target to tackle invasive species
A look into our Invasive Species Management Project
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Introducing the new Tree Production Capital Grant
Jack Clough, Grant Manager at the Forestry Commission introduces the new Tree Production Capital Grant.
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Government funding backs scallop fishing industry breakthrough
On today's blog we look at coverage around the development of a world-first, environmentally-friendly technique for catching scallops - supported by the UK Government’s Seafood Innovation Fund.
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Part 2: making sure pupils are ready for test, and that no test goes to waste
Loveday Ryder, DVSA CEO shares what we're doing to help make more tests available for driving test candidates.