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How could you make a difference to 10.2 million people?
This week Matthew Brebner tells us what it’s like answering calls and customers’ questions during the Self Assessment peak. It’s HMRC’s largest annual campaign, bringing in funds for vital public services, including the NHS. This year, 10.2 million customers completed …
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HRA Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) website alpha assessment
Read the alpha assessment report for the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) website from the Health Research Authority.
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Join our session for civil servants in the East/South East/London region on overcoming imposter syndrome on Friday 4 March 2022.
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The Future Farming Resilience Fund: an opportunity for advice providers and a call for farmer feedback
One of the ways we’re supporting farmers is through the Future Farming Resilience Fund. Through the fund, independent advisers can provide free business advice to farmers in England. In this post, I’ll share 2 new pieces of information about the fund. The first is a new opportunity for advice providers. The second is a request for farmers to give us feedback on the advice they’ve received through the fund.
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: A Career in Science
Starting out I was told aged 13 that I should consider becoming a biology teacher by my school careers advisor. Biology was one of my favourite lessons at school and this planted the seed that I could go on to …
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) announces winner of Vet of the Year Award
Collin Willson, who is the current British Veterinary Association (BVA) Welsh Branch President and has been in the profession for 49 years has been named as the FSA’s Vet of the Year for 2022. The accolade recognises the hard work …
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Have we lost connection?
Who was the last person you felt really close to? The two of you just clicked. You got one another immediately, and it was all just so easy. A real connection is a wonderful thing, it’s precious, and it’s something …
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Our plans to tackle the Covid-19 backlog
No institution has felt the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic more than the NHS, writes Health Secretary, Sajid Javid. Through our plans for elective recovery, we will make sure that you have the support and investment you need, now and in the future.
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Minister Pow visit to the River Wye
Today we are looking at media coverage of Minister Pow’s visit to the River Wye in Herefordshire.
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National Apprenticeship Week 2022: being a chartered surveyor apprentice at DIO
My name is Sam Rix and I have been working with the DIO for over three and a half years now, including various apprenticeships. I spent the first two and a half years of my career working in the DIO’s …
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Dr Alex George's five top tips for good mental health and wellbeing
To help mark Children’s Mental Health week, Dr Alex George, the Government’s Youth Mental Health Ambassador has set out his top five tips top tips for good mental health and wellbeing.
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Women in Science: A Reflection
Gender equality is integral to achieving thriving nature for people and planet and addressing the twin crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change, yet fewer than 30% of the worlds scientific researchers are women (UNESCO Science Report). Despite the efforts …
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Vaccinations for clinically vulnerable children and young people– your questions answered
This post was last updated on Tuesday 26 April 2022 to reflect the latest guidance. We understand that some parents and carers have concerns about COVID-19 vaccinations for children and young people. We have listened carefully to their worries and, …
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Managing attendance in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
"We take pride in building strong relationships with our students and our families. The concerted effort by all our staff to ensure that these relationships are maintained is the heart of our approach to attendance."
In this blog, principal Andria Singlehurst shares how her school has supported pupils and their families to maintain good levels of attendance throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apprenticeships at the Planning Inspectorate
For National Apprenticeship week Recruitment Officer Duncan Phillpotts highlights how the Planning Inspectorate provides an attractive and viable employment route into planning careers and the wider Civil Service through its apprentice schemes
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A career in science - past, present and future
I was told aged 13 that I should consider becoming a biology teacher by my school careers advisor. Biology was one of my favourite lessons at school and this planted the seed that I could go on to study it in higher education.
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Why I chose to be a data scientist
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Savitri talks about her love of data and what it's like to be a data scientist at Companies House.
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Podcast – Think digital, act human: neurodiversity is a superpower
Laura Croft and Simon Hurst give us some fascinating insight about how the wiring in their brains helps them to flourish as digital professionals.
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Celebrating #WomenInScience at the FSA
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we hear from 8 of the many women in the FSA who use science every day to keep food safe, on their roles and how they got into STEM.
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Celebrating our female scientists
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Learn more about the important scientific work being carried out by our female scientists in the current avian influenza outbreak in this blog and accompanying video.
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Kicking plastic out of sport - Webinar
Join the Plastics and Sustainability Team to discuss how sports venues, events, community clubs and participants can reduce their avoidable plastic and carbon footprint.
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Dragons' Den, Episode 6, Series 19
Tensions ran high this evening as the Dragons clashed horns and entrepreneurs fought fiercely to sell their business concepts and secure investment. But with high tension comes great products, and the first entrepreneurs to enter the Den certainly had something unique to offer.
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New year, new standards for investigational medicines
New GMP requirements from 31 January 2022 Monday 31 January 2022 saw the Clinical Trial regulation (CTR) come into force in the European Union, and with it, the Commission guidelines on good manufacturing practice for investigational medicinal products for human …
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How well do vaccines protect against Omicron? What the data shows
*Data presented in this blog is accurate as of Thursday, February 10, but is subject to change over time. For the latest data on vaccine effectiveness, read the UKHSA’s Vaccine Surveillance Reports, published weekly. Since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines …
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How well do you treat your bees?
What beekeepers need to know about medicines. Using a combination of management methods and medicines in the right proportions is crucial. As a food producer, you are responsible for the quality and safety of your honey.
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Welcome to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate Blog
If you’re a maker, supplier or user of veterinary medicines - this blog is for you. We will also use this space to enhance our regulatory guidance with insight into the workings of the VMD.
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New e-learning resources from the VMD
Learn about the work of the International Office who have been busy over the past year creating e-learning resources to enhance our training offer, primarily aimed at lower- and middle-income countries. Our first e-learning course on the surveillance of residues of veterinary medicines in foods of animal origin is aimed at policy makers in those countries.
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Supporting the mental health of our SEND pupils as they enrol with us
Melissa Sellers and Simmone Appleton from Pennine Academies Yorkshire talk us through how they support their pupil’s mental health during enrolments to their specialist provisions.
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Child-family cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia
As part of our work to develop a new approach to ethics to help guide the work of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), we tested the proposals by looking at family cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).
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How we are making apprenticeships more accessible
Apprenticeships help young people secure great careers. But at the moment they don’t suit all industries in the same way. That’s why, during National Apprenticeship week, we have set out next steps for a new flexible apprenticeship scheme that will …
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Beyond the brake test – are you taking action?
There’s much more your brake testing reports can tell you than just a pass or fail. Here, Vehicle Policy Specialist, Richard Clements, explains why you need to understand them.
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Remote Working and Opportunities: An Apprentices Journey
In November 2020, I joined the Ministry of Justice as a Level 4 Cyber Security Apprentice, and now over a year later, I am reaching the final stages of my apprenticeship. It’s been a journey, I didn’t have any formal …
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What sorts of things might help you prepare for exams?
Exams can cause a mixture of feelings – hope, excitement, pressure – but the experience we tend to associate most with exams is worry or stress. Feeling some level of apprehension around exams is normal. When something feels important to …
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Watch Episode 1: Land Management Plans and the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. In this video, find out how participants Liz and Bryan, used land management planning to prepare their farm business for the future.
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Consultations launched on bathing water status for Isle of Wight and Oxford sites
Today’s blog looks at coverage of consultations launched to seek views on two new proposed bathing waters.
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Why libraries are so keen on apprenticeships and the Kickstart scheme.
To mark National Apprentice Week, Isobel Hunter, CEO of Libraries Connected writes about how important apprentices are to libraries.
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Reflecting on early help
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s National Director for Regulation and Social Care, discusses findings from a recently published report by Research in Practice, commissioned by Ofsted. The term ‘early help’ is used to describe different kinds of activities, from support for parents …
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Scanning the horizon for the innovations of the future
Jan Murdoch, Lead Horizon Scanner in our Technology Innovation team, shares his thoughts on the emerging technologies to watch out for this year and why they matter to Defra.
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Putting international trade remedies to the test
Authorities around the world use different approaches to decide whether to put in place trade remedy measures. This blog post explains each of the 5 considerations in the UK’s approach and compares them with the practices of some other selected countries that conduct similar tests.
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How we put our users at the heart of our vision
At the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) one of our core roles is to award funding to organisations who do the detailed delivery work to achieve policy objectives. For example, the Towns fund delivers £3.6 billion to …