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GDF Supplier Day – we need you
RWM Commercial Manager Paul Hinson reflects on a day of constructive discussions with potential suppliers to the UK GDF programme.
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Flying high! Using drones to collect evidence of illegal waste sites
Kim Mynard, Regulatory Officer at the Environment Agency, discusses harnessing the power of drone technology to help take action against those causing harm to our environment. When I joined the Environment Agency about two and a half years ago, little …
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Small data thinking in a big data world
The benefits of small data thinking in a big data world is examined in this latest blog. The process of verifying data has been central to analytical modelling for decades, but does this approach apply to big data?
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Environment Bill storm overflows amendment coverage
Today we are looking at media coverage of the announcement that the Environment Bill will be strengthened further to tackle water pollution.
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The Camera That Mistook a Woman’s Jumper for a Car
It sounds like a book that the genius neurologist, the late Dr. Oliver Sacks might have written but it’s a true surveillance story that caught the attention of industry professionals last week. Suppliers, manufacturers and installers at the Global MSC …
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Supporting Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) professionals to progress
How we plan to transform progression routes for digital, data and technology professionals in government
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Me and the pink elephant
To mark OCD Week, Alexia Cowley myth-busts a condition which is often misunderstood and provides top tips for anyone experiencing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I’m going to ask you to try out one thing. Don’t think of a pink elephant. I …
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Black History Month and the WRES have something in common
Posting a blog about the social care workplace race equality standard (WRES) during Black History Month gives this endeavour particular resonance. Four weeks of recognition, celebration and awareness raising of black culture helps us appreciate its incredible contribution to the cultural richness of our world. Our workplaces have benefited too, but not always at the individual level.
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Simplifying conveyancing: making our digital channels easier to use
Making our digital channels easier to use and enabling the transfer of digital data across organisational boundaries will reduce requisitions, progress calls and speed up completion of cases.
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Creeping it real this Halloween
As Halloween approaches, now is the time that trick or treaters everywhere are planning their spooky costumes. Here are our tips on staying safe from poor quality counterfeits and 'creeping it real'.
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How the Covid-19 pandemic has shaped a new way of managing my level 7 Master degree apprenticeship
Alexandra Pyatt, Senior Apprenticeship Policy Manager in the Apprenticeship Service, talks about her journey of a Level 7 Senior Leaders Master’s Degree Apprenticeship.
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Explaining the Single Justice Procedure in the magistrates’ court
535,000 cases were heard by magistrates via the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) in 2020. It's an accessible, proportionate, effective and more efficient way – for both the defendant and the courts – to hear less serious cases that will not …
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How the Digital, Data and Technology team champion wellbeing, inclusion, and collaboration
Find out how we use technology to boost remote collaboration and stay well-connected
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COP26: Time for talks at green summit... then action
Clare Nasir looks at why the evolving landscape of climate science fuels a note of optimism for Glasgow When I first heard the announcement that the Nobel Prize in Physics winners were climate scientists, Fatboy Slim’s epic album You’ve Come …
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How HMRC user researchers stay at the top of their game
I’m Sara Woodman a Senior User Researcher and I lead Learning and Development for HMRC User Research. As a user researcher, I am part of a team that work on some of the largest digital transformation programmes undertaken by government. …
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Education Secretary writes to parents about vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has written an open letter to parents, carers and guardians about the the importance of children aged 12 to 15 getting the vaccine - and how we've made it even easier for them. Dear parents, carers …
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Defra response to Environment Bill storm overflows amendment coverage
Today we are looking at media coverage of an amendment to the Environment Bill related to sewage discharges from storm overflows.
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Making our design system a useful tool for teams
Our Home Office digital team have produced a Design System to improve on how we build services that are fit for everyone. Read how we did it.
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How school leaders can benefit from a free recruitment service
David Earnshaw talks about his experience as a school leader, during the COVID-19 pandemic and why he’d recommend Teaching Vacancies to help with recruitment.
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Rewilding the Marches Mosses – Britain’s third largest raised bog
By Dr. Joan Daniels, MBE, Natural England’s Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project Officer, at Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve. For 30 years, I have been lucky enough to lead Natural England/Natural Resources Wales rewilding of the centre of …
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WRES: a uniquely personal perspective
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) is among 18 local authorities (LA’s) signed up to the social care workplace race equality standard (WRES) initiative. The WRES has identified flawed and excluding systems where change is required. Read this personal view on what this endeavour could mean for respecting, celebrating and empowering our racially diverse care sector.
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Why is an environmental data dashboard like a wheeled suitcase?
Anyone working in environmental science knows that understanding how the environment is faring, and how this has changed over time, is hugely complicated. Everything is interconnected; a change in one part of an ecosystem can have knock-on impacts elsewhere. Defining …
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Bigger, better, more joined-up conservation on farms
If you want to encourage more of the right wild plants and insects on a group of farms, what parts of your farm should you target to get the best results? This is the question conservation scientist Dr Robert Hawkes explored with colleagues from the University of East Anglia, the Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network and Defra.
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The Global Food Safety Incidents and Emergency Response Conference 2021
Reflections on the Global Food Safety Incidents and Emergency Response (GFSIER) Conference 2021 and its significance for international collaboration, by Head of Incidents and Resilience, Philip Randles.
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The MMO and climate change
Climate change is bad news for everyone, from the prospect of fewer and smaller fish in the sea to the communities that will be affected by coastal erosion and flooding. I don’t think there has ever been such awareness of …
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How education plays a key role at COP26 and in the fight against climate change
Next month the COP26 climate change conference will be hosted in Glasgow, with leaders from across the globe, joining to discuss ways to combat the effects of climate change. The UK government will be taking a leading role in this …
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Digital applications – making the future a reality
Deputy Director for Digital Services Eddie Davies explains how digital applications will make registering land and property quicker and easier by making error checking and processing times faster.
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Celebrating 5 years of Unity at DVLA
This year is the fifth anniversary of Unity, one of DVLA’s Staff Network Groups. Co-chairs Rebecca and Robia share some of their highlights from the past 5 years.
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Leadership: Extraordinary is the new ordinary
Spike in gas prices, fuel queues plus a global climate crisis is all in a day’s work for BEIS. It’s why Sarah Munby puts agility and teamwork at the heart of modern leadership. I’m a year and a bit into …
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Environment Bill strengthened to protect nature and tackle waste
Today we are looking at media coverage of our new amendments to help improve and strengthen the Environment Bill.
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Achieving Net Zero: Keeping people and nature in mind
This month we’ll see world leaders come together in Glasgow for COP26 and I hope they are able to agree bold carbon targets to limit future climate change. The evidence is clear: the climate is already changing, and it is …
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We’ve created a new guide for content design recruitment
GDS is a great place to be a content designer. We’ve written a recruitment guide to help you make your application.
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Our graduate programme: Ashley’s experience
Our Tax Specialist Programme (TSP) is an intensive, three-year scheme for high-potential graduates looking to tackle the most challenging aspects of tax work in HMRC. The programme enables all graduates, even those with non-tax related backgrounds to develop a good …
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5 reasons to love our colleges
Colleges are uniquely inclusive environments, offering the chance to build skills which suit your goals, and forge lasting links with your community and local employers. Whether you’re a young person just starting out in your career, an adult boosting …
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Social care reform is a shared endeavour
Involving people with lived experience will be an essential element of social care reform, as will the wise counsel of the many organisations supporting them. Jackie O'Sullivan, Mencap’s Executive Director of Communications, Advocacy and Activism, reflects on a positive meeting with Department of Health and Social Care colleagues, as sector engagement gets fully underway.
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Celebrating construction and facilities management award successes
This month, DIO and our industry partners are celebrating several successes in prestigious award schemes across the British construction and facilities management sectors. At the 2021 Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) Impact Awards, our partners Mitie and Sodexo were recognised for their delivery …
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How I became a Delivery Manager with MoJ Digital
As a civil servant of nearly 20 years, I thought all of Government was the same. However, just over 4 years ago I discovered a place where things are done a little differently. I work for the Ministry of Justice …
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Schools Sustainability Day, 2nd November 2021
Arati Patel-Mistry, Stakeholder and Engagement Manager in the Schools Commercial Team, talks about what schools can look forward to at the upcoming Schools Sustainability Day.
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Incident on the River Mimram
On Monday 18 October, the Environment Agency investigated an incident on the River Mimram when it was reported that a stretch of water had turned purple following heavy rain. They found some small patches of purple colour noticeable in places, …
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How to break through in the Civil Service: our top tips
Colleagues from the Department for International Trade’s Digital, Data and Technology team share their tips for career progression and promotion Are you stuck in a career cul-de-sac? If so, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Our Diversity and Inclusion group recently …