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Home Office in the Media: 17th April 2018
Today’s main Home Office story in the media is the apology made by the Home Secretary Amber Rudd to the “Windrush” generation of migrants and police officers' mental health.
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Celebrating votes for women: the early years
Continuing our celebrating votes for women series, Flavie Vial, an APHA statistician, explores the achievements over the last 100 years of the many women scientists within APHA and its predecessors. This blog looks at the early years (1930-1949).
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How GDS is enabling DCMS colleagues to break into coding
In November last year, colleagues from DCMS got in touch with us to find out about the work we do with Codebar, a non-profit organisation that runs coding workshops for under-represented people in tech. They wanted to run something similar for colleagues who were interested in learning to code. Here's what happened next.
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Risk assessment process for good and outstanding schools
Modern technology is playing its part, when it comes to data and risk assessment.
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The Walking Challenge is Back
Ever wondered how much exercise you get in an average day? It might be a lot more (or a lot less) than you think! What we do know is that keeping active improves our wellbeing.
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Home Secretary statement to Parliament on the immigration status of the Windrush generation
The Home Secretary has today (Monday 16 April) announced a new team to help Commonwealth citizens confirm their status in the UK.
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Lucky numbers
One of your most important numbers, is your company's authentication code.
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Collaboration makes us stronger
The Government Chief Commercial Officer on how cross-government collaboration is the key to the effectiveness of the Government Commercial Function and of other functions and professions.
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Education in the media: Monday 16 April
Today’s blog looks at national primary school offer day.
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Defence in the Media: Monday 16 April 2018
Today’s defence-related news continues to be dominated by reaction to the airstrikes carried out by the UK, US and France against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s chemical weapons facilities. Airstrikes against Syria There is further widespread coverage of the air strikes …
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Monday 16 April: Commonwealth unites to end scourge of plastic
On the blog today we summarise coverage of the Prime Minister's announcement on the Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance.
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Prince’s Trust get started with apps
Hi, I’m Martin Butler, an IT apprentice in HMRC Digital. Together with an apprentice colleague, Ben Mowatt, I recently had the chance to help some young people develop their digital skills.
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Plastiphobia?
I’m feeling rather of a villain of late, something an Innovation Lead at Innovate UK might not usually want to reveal. Why? Because for over 30 years I’ve been involved in innovation with polymers and I wholeheartedly value them; yet …
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We're hybrid hosting
I’m James Barton, Head of Transformation for Technology Services in DWP Digital.
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"Britain welcomes all and allows anyone to succeed"
50 years on from Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, Lead Commissioner Sara Khan reflects on how far Britain has come.
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Defence in the Media: Sunday 15 April 2018
Today’s defence-related news continues to be dominated by reaction to the airstrikes carried out by the UK, US and France against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s chemical weapons facilities. Airstrikes against Syria An opinion piece by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson featured …
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Talking Points webinars this week
We have 3 more live webinars this week on the 17th, 18th and 19th.
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Immigration Minister: Immigration status of the Windrush generation
The Voice has today carried an opinion piece from the Immigration Minister on the immigration status of the Windrush generation.
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Defence in the Media: Saturday 14 2018
Today’s defence related news features widespread coverage of the precision strikes by RAF jets and our close allies on Syrian chemical weapon installations.
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Modern Slavery conviction- Minister Statement
Two men have been found guilty of human trafficking offences under the Modern Slavery Act.
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Celebrating One Year of iShadow
This month we are celebrating the job shadowing initiative iShadow turning one and as part of that we would like to take a look back at how iShadow started and what has made it successful.
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How should you contact the Marine Management Organisation?
The MMO handles a wide range of queries and correspondence. What is the best way to contact us?
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Where could distributed ledger technology be a good fit for government?
In an earlier blog post we explained how distributed ledger technology (DLT) can provide transparency and accountability. In this post we’re going to take a closer look at how to decide whether DLT might be a good fit for a policy problem.
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Friday 13 April: Wild animals in circuses, Green Brexit and LARAC report
On the blog today we look at coverage on wild animals in circuses, look into Green Brexit's environmental benefits and review coverage of a Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee report.
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Education in the media: Friday 13 April 2018
Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the quality of apprenticeships and the work underway to create apprenticeships in a wide range of professions.
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Defence in the Media: Friday 13 2018
Today’s defence related news includes coverage of GCHQ's director, Jeremy Fleming's appearance at the Cyber UK conference and remembering Bomber Command.
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Digital internships: putting passion to practical use
User researcher intern Craig Beaton tells how he's building on his research qualifications with a career at the Home Office.
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Civil Service Live - Be like Brian
Registration opens soon for Civil Service Live 2018, so we asked Brian McGuinness from the Disclosure and Barring Service how he and his organisation benefitted from attending last year’s event.
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Helping students in Southampton and Portsmouth
Volunteer to help prepare students for the world of work by sharing your knowledge and experience.
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Applied Generals and Tech levels this summer
This summer thousands of students will be receiving results for qualifications that are recognised as level 3 Applied Generals or Tech levels. They are offered by a range of awarding organisations, and include branded qualifications such as BTECs and Cambridge …
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Changes to the school inspection window
Updates to inspection handbooks reflect changes to the timing of inspections.
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Data Science: rewiring the UK’s biggest government department
Hi, I’m Phil Chapman, a Data Scientist at DWP Digital. And I’m Ed Guccione, a Senior Performance Analyst.
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Cyber Security team SMiShing defences shortlisted in Digital Leaders 100 Awards
We've been shortlisted in Digital Leaders of the Year Awards 2018 in the category of 'Cyber Resilience Innovation'. Donald Wooller tells us about the innovative work the team do.
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GSE Opportunities: Civil Service Live, Deputy Head of Geography Vacancies, and Sharing Your Career Story
This blog post is a collection of vacancies, events and learning and development opportunities for people working in Government Science and Engineering.
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‘Check if a vehicle is taxed and has an MOT’ vehicle enquiry service: celebrating success
Following on from my last blog, I’m pleased to tell you that our vehicle enquiry service, ‘Check if a vehicle is taxed and has an MOT’ has now reached live status!
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The future of construction
Imagine if the schools we built as a nation helping pupils achieve better educational performance just from the way they were designed. What if UK homes were all built with integrated energy generation and storage meaning most people had zero …
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Friggatriskaidekaphobia
Find out how to avoid bad luck this Friday the 13th.
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Factsheet on the rights of Commonwealth citizens
We value the contribution made by former-Commonwealth citizens who have made a life in the UK. We are aware that concerns have been raised by some individuals who have resided in the UK for an extended period but feel they may …
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Thursday 12 April: Old plastic lingers on in our environment
On the blog today we look at a report that volunteer beach cleaners in Cornwall discovered a 1980s crisp packet and a 1950s washing up liquid bottle.
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Education in the media: Thursday 12 April 2018
Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at a parents’ right to withdraw their children from religious education, and the latest figures on the uptake of 30 hours free childcare. Religious Education Yesterday, Wednesday 11 April, the Association of Teachers …