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University Placement: My first week at HMRC digital
University placement student Ioana Pintilie reflects on her first week as an Assistant User Researcher with HMRC digital...
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Health Matters - Your questions on cervical screening
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – on the subject of “Making cervical screening more accessible”– will help you and other health professionals by compiling key facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions. Where we can, we’re also committed to …
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Home Office in the media: 20 September 2017
Today's Home Office related coverage includes previews of the Prime Minister's speech on tackling terrorist content on the internet, and a rise in 999 calls.
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Tablet loans in Leeds
Ian McArdle, acting Digital Engagement Librarian for Leeds Libraries, writes about their project to loan tablets to community organisations throughout Leeds and work with them directly to boost digital inclusion
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Farewell and Best Wishes
A short farewell from Leo Castledine, retiring Head of CS Local and welcoming Kathie Bates as she takes the lead
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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Circle CIC: Tackling Social Isolation amongst Older People
The issue of Social Isolation amongst older people is a growing problem in the UK and worldwide. We have received international recognition and acclaim for our work in reducing this problem.
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Defence in the Media: 20 September 2017
News of potential medals for the campaign against Daesh features prominently in the media today, following the Defence Secretary's visit to the Middle East.
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Two for One offer for civil servants in Cumbria
As part of our Autumn Discovery Session programme we are pleased to be able to release tickets for a unique event for Cumbria
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Education in the media: 19 September 2017
Today’s news review looks at a report on the number of hours of science teaching primary school pupils receive. Primary School Science Teaching Today, Tuesday 19 September, the Wellcome Trust has published a report looking into the number of hours …
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Working in the DWP Digital User eXperience Command Centre
I’m Chris Simmons, an infrastructure operations engineer in DWP Digital. I currently work on Activity Control, which is a part of the User eXperience Command Centre (UXCC). The UXCC is a 24/7 function, supporting our live IT service operations.
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Cell and gene therapies set to revolutionise the healthcare system
Cell and gene therapies are a revolution in medicine that allow a patient’s cells and tissues to be engineered to restore normal function and reverse the effects of disease.
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Helping citizens choose how their data can work for them
I’m Adrian Atley, an Enterprise Service Architect in DWP Digital. Across government large amounts of data are created, securely stored and processed. However there is currently a lot of duplication across services and organisations, even where those services share the …
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Home Office in the media: 19 September 2017
Today's newspapers report on warnings over the threat of extremist content online and the UK's future security co-operation with the EU.
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Let's fund teams, not projects
(Let me be clear up front: this is a potentially controversial post. It proposes radical change in the way we do things. But I feel strongly about it, and I think this needs to be said.) Over the last few …
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Accessibility and me: Rani Nayyar
For this latest piece in our Accessibility and me series, we talk to Rani Nayyar about how she uses Dragon accessibility software at work.
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We're changing for a purpose - and listening too
Susan Acland-Hood reflects on what she has learnt since she started as CEO of HMCTS last November. Susan explains her plans to write a set of blog posts that outline what we need to do, what we’ve done so far, what our plans are, and how to get involved in shaping HMCTS’s reforms for the future. This blog post focuses on her first-hand observations of our courts and tribunals system, its strength and value, but also the deep challenges it faces and the reasons why she believes only radical reform can make it flourish for the future.
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Developing the index of civil service effectiveness
Jeremy Heywood welcomes the growing collaboration on creating an international framework for measuring civil service performance.
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GovWifi: ready to make more connections
GovWifi is a single wifi login which can be installed by government departments over their existing infrastructure. Users register once, they don’t need to remember a password or sign in to different networks when they move between buildings. Simply put: it makes it easier for people to do their work.
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Defence in the Media: Tuesday 19 September 2017
Today's defence-related news includes the Prime Minister's announcement of UK Canadian joint training in Ukraine, an update on the UK's military support in the wake of Hurricane Irma and ahead of Hurricane Maria and the purchase of Typhoon aircraft by …
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We need to talk about domestic abuse
Let's talk some numbers. Domestic abuse claims the lives of 2 women a week. There are an estimated 6.5 million adults who have suffered domestic abuse. And police in England recorded 421,000 domestic abuse crimes last year. What that means …
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Do you know your heart age?
Have you seen the latest version of our Heart Age Test?
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Education in the media: 18 September 2017
Today’s news review looks at the welcome increase in the number of teenagers who go on to university as well as religious education lessons in secondary schools.
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MOT services we’re working on: 18 September 2017
Over the past few weeks, we’ve made some changes to improve the MOT testing service. Thanks for your feedback on the previous posts, I hope they’re giving you a better idea of the work that goes on behind the scenes.
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Libraries kick-starting the next generation of entrepreneurs
Isabel Oswell, Head of Business Audiences at the British Library, writes about Start-up day 2017.
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Come and join us at StackTech 3 in October
StackTech is a cross-government unconference that brings together technologists to discuss common issues and solutions. The event is a great opportunity to network and meet new people. Our third StackTech will be held on 24 October from 09:30 to 16:00 …
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Veterans excavating First World War training trenches
Hi, I’m Alex Sotheran and I’m a DIO archaeologist. I am lucky enough that some of my work involves Operation Nightingale, a programme which facilitates archaeological digs for sick, injured and wounded service personnel and veterans. Operational Nightingale is …
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Defence in the Media: Monday 18 September 2017
Today’s defence related news includes reports that the Defence Secretary and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah, signed a Statement of Intent concerning Qatar’s proposed purchase of 24 Typhoon aircraft, continued coverage on Operation Ruman in the Carbbean …
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Celebrating the communication of science
Jane Goodger talks about how we communicate our science and highlights some noteworthy achievements in recent months.
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Getting ready for the next cross-government product managers conference
If you're a product person working in government, book your place at the next product manager meet up...
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Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening handbook for antenatal laboratories updated
We’re pleased to announce the publication of an updated version of the antenatal laboratory handbook for the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme.
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Pride of the Civil Service Awards - deadline extended
We launched the awards in July, we have been made aware of a few issues accessing the form therefore we have decided to extend the deadline...
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The National Minimum Wage and the tax avoidance cycle - Talking Points meetings
We have two meetings this week – one on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the other on the tax avoidance cycle. The NMW Talking Points meeting is on Thursday 21 September 2017, from 11am to midday. The tax avoidance cycle and how to get out of it, takes place on Friday 22 September 2017, at midday to 1pm.
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The work I want to do
After spending 1.5 years on another graduate scheme, Nathan left and found the right fit for him on the SDIP and Fast Stream.
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Operations vs Policy
Elloise talks to us about her second placement for the Fast Stream on the Audit Social Care policy team for Department of Health.
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40, engaged and a cat called Squidget
Amanda isn't what most people would expect from a fast streamer but for us, all talented people are welcome.
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Making the cut
Despite not going to University, Marcus had what it took to go the in-service route into the Fast Stream. He offers his experience and advice.
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From teacher to fast streamer
After leaving teaching, Philip talks about how proud he is of deciding to join the Fast Stream.
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Today is sports day
Emily talks about her time at MOD and how much fun regional postings can be on the Fast Stream.
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Home Office in the media: 18 September 2017
There continues to be widespread coverage of the investigation into the Parsons Green terrorist attack. The papers also preview a position paper on the UK's future security co-operation with the EU due to be published today.
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Driving extraordinary business outcomes
DWP is currently delivering the biggest changes for more than 60 years, helping more people move into and progress in work, whilst supporting the most vulnerable.