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Woodland creation: supporting your business and the environment
If you are a farmer or landowner in England, you can apply for woodland creation grants to support tree planting projects of all shapes and sizes. In this post, we’ll explain how planting the right trees in the right place can diversify your business, boost income, support food production, and enhance the environment. We’ll also share links for you to find out about the grants on offer.
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Building local innovation partnerships to aid the race to net zero
ACE and Newcastle University have successfully co-hosted an ACE Research Network (ARN) and community event focused on how the fields of digital, data and security can contribute towards reaching net zero.
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My social work journey: from experience to practice
On a recent visit to Harrow council, I was delighted to meet their cohort of apprentices and to hear about their amazing journeys towards qualifying as social workers or occupational therapists. I am delighted to introduce Angie Beaumont as our guest blogger to tell us about her experience.
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What do a Communications Officer, a Shellfish Scientist and a Fish Health Inspector have in common?
Answer: They all graduated from a Zoology degree at the University of Exeter in 2016! With the start of a new academic year, this time often comes with big decisions and a lot of uncertainty. Perhaps you’re making decisions on …
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Championing responsible innovation: reflections from the CDEI Advisory Board
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation leads the Government’s work to enable trustworthy innovation using data and artificial intelligence. At the CDEI, we help organisations across the public and private sectors to innovate, by developing tools to give organisations …
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Scientific dispensation request granted for King Scallop fishing trial
MMO has granted a scientific dispensation to MacDuff Shellfish Ltd to carry out a two day scallop fishing trial off the South East coast of England. The trial will take place in October 2023 and test the feasibility and potential …
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UK Space Agency to bring its 'Space for Everyone' STEAM tour to Plymouth
The UK Space Agency is delighted to announce that it will be docking its 72 ft model rocket in The Piazza, Plymouth, from 28 September to 2 October.
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Woodland management techniques
This visual guide explores ways to manage your woodland to make it healthy and resilient to the impacts of climate change, pests, and diseases.
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Celebrating National Inclusion Week 2023
National Inclusion Week is taking place this year from 25 September to 1 October. The theme for 2023 is Take Action Make Impact, a call for everyone to think about what actions they can take that make a positive and lasting …
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Nature Returns
Dr Tim Hill, Chief Scientist at Natural England, tells us about the launch of Nature Returns. Today, 25 September 2023, Natural England is launching Nature Returns. Nature Returns is about collaboration across government and the private sector to explore head-on …
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5 ways to get the most out of Freshers’ Weeks
The end of summer marks the beginning of a new journey for many students, with thousands packing their bags to start their studies at university. As well as meeting new people and socialising, Freshers’ Week is an opportunity for students …
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Powers of Attorney Bill receives Royal Assent
[English] - [Cymraeg] Authored by Amy Holmes, Chief Executive and Public Guardian We have recently reached a key milestone in our journey to modernise lasting powers of attorney. As a result of the hard work of Stephen Metcalfe MP and …
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Introducing public design
Andrew Knight, Head of UK Policy Design Community, invites designers to participate in the Public Design Review.
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Applications open for Royal Society Pairing Scheme
What is the Royal Society Pairing Scheme? The Royal Society Pairing Scheme is a long-standing collaboration between the Government Science & Engineering (GSE) Profession and The Royal Society. Each year 30 research scientists and engineers are paired with UK parliamentarians …
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Citizen Science in East Anglia
Citizen science initiatives provide invaluable data about our water environment and complement our own monitoring and assessment work, enabling a greater understanding of the issues we face and how together we can take action going forward. John Findlay, who works in the East Anglia analysis and reporting team at the EA, writes here about his role and the data his team is collecting.
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Science Sparks: igniting interest in the community
Sarah Stewart, Science Stakeholder Engagement and Events Manager at APHA describes how she is building our APHA Science STEM Ambassador Group, recent events we have attended and how you can invite an ambassador to your event.
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Get ready for Self Care Week
Self Care Week returns 13-19 November this year. It's the annual, UK-wide awareness week run by the Self Care Forum, a charity aiming to further the reach of self-care in the population, making it everyone’s everyday habit and culture, to think and practice self-care.
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Learning from Canada - Q & A with Jamie Matear
Q & A with Jamie Matear, Director of Siting Coordination at Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Jamie visited Nuclear Waste Services earlier this year as part of a collaboration and learning visit. We sat down with Jamie to find …
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Take the adult social care workforce wellbeing survey
In collaboration with Skills for Care, Ipsos, and The University of Kent, a national survey was recently launched to learn more about how we can improve support for the adult social care workforce. Have you had your say yet?
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Changes announced to better protect England’s chalk streams
New changes have been brought to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) to help better protect England's chalk streams
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Working to improve Yorkshire’s globally rare habitats
The Environment Agency’s Amanda Foster looks at work to improve chalk streams in Yorkshire.
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Farming podcast: Learning more about SFI in 2023 with the NFU
In this episode of the Farming podcast, Jonathan Marsden, Head of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) talks to Claire Robinson, Senior Countryside Adviser for the National Farmers Union (NFU). The pair discuss what you need to know as a farmer to get ready for SFI this year.
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The Engineering Profession at the Home Office
Being a part of our Engineering Profession means you’ll enjoy access to new and exciting technology, clear career pathways and support to keep learning and growing.
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Creating a Wildlife Corridor in the River Lugg
Jude Ward, Biodiversity Technical Specialist, West Midlands The Environment Agency maintains a number of flood and coastal defence assets across 7000km of river. It’s my job as a biodiversity technical specialist to ensure these assets are maintained, repaired, and created …
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Get Winter Strong: why having a flu vaccination matters
Despite the recent hot and sunny weather, winter is coming, and with it comes an increased risk of catching flu. Flu can leave many of us feeling dreadful and laid up in bed for days, but for certain groups, the …
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Why there’s lots of design in content design
Well-designed information is likely to have been through a content design process - a digital discipline we’re committed to at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
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Undertaking GOV.UK's largest software infrastructure project
The team moved GOV.UK to a container based platform, which makes GOV.UK more secure, easier to scale and eliminates repetitive tasks for developers.
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Launch of reformed Better Regulation Framework
The Regulatory Policy Committee welcomes the launch of the reformed Better Regulation Framework, in which the RPC will continue to offer independent scrutiny of the evidence supporting regulatory proposals.
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Get Winter Strong: revisiting respiratory infection guidance for a safer season
What is the latest guidance on COVID-19? Ahead of winter 2023, we take a look at the current advice on what we can all do to help stop the spread of COVID-19, influenza (flu) and other respiratory infections that peak during the colder months.
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Government response to House of Lords report on the water industry
Today, we are responding to a letter from the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee on regulation of the water industry.
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Sustainable navigation for the African Great Lakes and Rivers
The Southern African and Islands Hydrographic Commission (SAIHC) established a sub working group in February 2021 for the African Great Lakes and Rivers, after recognising the in-land waterways’ importance to the region’s transport and trade.
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How we are transforming student finance with the Lifelong Learning Entitlement
Getting an education doesn’t stop when you leave school. We want to make sure people have the opportunity to learn, upskill and retrain over the course of their lifetime with our Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) plan. Under the plans, people looking to …
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Brook House Inquiry: Home Office Statement
Home Office statement following the publication of the Brook House Inquiry report.
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Join our Scientific Advisory Committees
We hear from current members of our Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) to find out about their roles, and to hear about their experience of being a SAC member.
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UK Space Agency to bring its 'Space for Everyone' STEAM tour to Glasgow
The UK Space Agency's Space for Everyone tour is coming to Glasgow!
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How nurses can support patient safety through reporting adverse incidents
On World Patient Safety Day, Holly Coole, registered mental health nurse and senior manager for digital mental health at the MHRA, discusses how the safety of medical products is monitored and how all nurses can help ensure potential issues are …
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Why Professional Care Workers' Week matters
As the much-anticipated Professional Care Workers’ Week in 2023 gets underway, Chief Executive, Karolina Gerlich, is thrilled to share why The Care Workers Charity promotes this vital week of awareness and appreciation.
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Encouraging population growth for hen harriers as 141 chicks recorded in 2023
Today we are looking at media coverage of Natural England’s announcement on hen harrier breeding figures for 2023.
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The Forestry Commission’s new approach to consultation on forestry applications
We asked the Secretary of State for Defra to withdraw the 1984 Ministerial Direction on consultation of forestry applications and associated Ministerial Statements. Here we explain what that means.
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Redesigning the DDaT Capability Framework
The Capability Framework articulates standards of capability in digital, data and technology roles. It was originally developed in 2017 and now updated beta version has been launched. Read about what's been changed, the user research behind the changes and other planned developments.