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An employer that cares for its carers is one I care about
Our Chief Economist Gian Paolo is one of the many carers working for HM Land Registry who benefit from a variety of support, including flexible, part-time and job share hours, and now have their own staff network too.
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Update on the engineering and manufacturing route review
I’m delighted to be able to provide an update on how we are moving forward with our engineering and manufacturing route review. 58 occupational standards, which set out the key knowledge, skills and behaviours employers expect to be covered by …
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Join the next meeting of the Continuous Improvement Network
Join the next meeting of the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Continuous Improvement network to share your experiences and personal reflections.
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Preview of Civil Service Live
Over the past 12 months, the majority of civil servants have worked from home, but the world of work is fast changing with hybrid working on the way, reports Brian Stanislas. The ‘Moving Forwards Towards Hybrid Working’ session being delivered …
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Dragons' Den, Episode 11, Series 18
Passions were running high in tonight’s episode with some fiery questions from the Dragons, surely leaving some of the entrepreneurs feeling hot under the collar. Tonight’s episode was jam packed with Rockstar spirits, nursing bras, immersive adventure-themed home work-outs, heat-free …
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GSE Opportunities : Defra Deputy Director Roles ×2
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK Government Department responsible for safeguarding the UK's natural environment, supporting its world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. The broad remit of this Department …
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GSE Opportunities : Government Office for Science (GO-Science) Roles ×5
The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) is currently recruiting for 5 roles across the organisation.
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GSE Opportunities : European Space Agency Astronaut ×2
GSE Opportunities : The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently recruiting astronauts - including applicants with a physical disability. Don't miss out on this unique job opportunity. Closes 18th June 2021.
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Job Opportunity: Inspector, Animals in Science Regulations Unit, Home Office
Find out about new role available in the Home Office as an Inspector and how to apply.
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What our training offer is teaching us about the needs of local government
Earlier this year, we launched a library of online training courses to support our local government colleagues to learn and develop their digital skills while working remotely. A core part of this training offer is a selection of funded courses: …
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5 reasons why it is important to map the ocean floor
James Carey outlines 5 reasons why better mapping could help us to understand the basics of our ocean ecosystem and help us protect it – and one reason why mapping could compromise our environment.
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Provide CIC - delivering Care with Innovation and Compassion
In response to the latest surge in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and the extreme pressures on the health and social care system, Provide CIC are again prioritising the delivery of their services to allow their teams to better support the NHS response across Essex with care, compassion and innovation.
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Carers Week: my personal perspective
Lyn Romeo has just returned to her role as Chief Social Worker for Adults, alongside Fran Leddra, following time out to care for her elderly mother who sadly died recently following a long illness. On returning to the role, Lyn finds it highly fitting for her first blog, to be posted during Carers Week.
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How we’re taking action to keep young people and children safe in our schools
After the Everyone’s Invited movement shone a light on worrying stories of sexual abuse in our schools, we asked Ofsted to carry out a review.
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Social Care WRES: In praise of the phase!
A new beginning for racial equality in social care The social care workforce race and equality standard (SCWRES) officially launched on 1 April 2021 across 18 local authorities (LAs), the first phase of a timely and crucial programme committed to …
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Remote hearings: their role in extending access to justice
When the impacts of COVID-19 first hit the UK, we had to respond quickly and ramped up the use of remote hearings, working with the judiciary and legal professionals. This meant cases continued during the height of national lockdown. From …
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Silver Linings: Mind Wellbeing Index 2020/21
The CMA has been awarded a Silver rating by the mental health charity Mind in its 2020/21 Workplace Wellbeing Index! In this blog, Adam land discusses the work we've been doing to support the wellbeing and mental health of staff at the CMA and what it means to be awarded a Silver rating in Mind’s Index.
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Coverage of the England Woodland Creation Offer
In today's blog we look at widespread coverage of the Forestry Commission's England Woodland Creation Offer, which provides greater financial incentives for landowners and farmers to plant and manage trees.
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Coronavirus testing - how schools and colleges are encouraging participation
We are collecting and sharing examples of initiatives and strategies that have worked well for schools and colleges in delivering testing and driving up participation. We understand that the way schools and colleges operate vary significantly. This may mean that …
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Disability and Diversity in Leadership
DCMS Permanent Secretary and CS Disability Champion Sarah Healey reflects on the success of this new programme. As the Civil Service Disability Champion, one of my priorities is to ensure we continue to provide opportunities for disabled colleagues to progress …
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A year of Shared Channels Experience: our path to truly user-centred services
Director of Shared Channels Experience, Cheryl Stevens, looks back on the first year for her team and their ambitions to improve user experiences, create a detailed view of the user and improving security.
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Our inspections of professional development for teachers – what to expect
Helen Matthews, our Specialist Adviser, Initial Teacher Education, explains Ofsted’s role in quality assuring national professional qualifications and the early career framework.
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Government marks World Ocean Day with marine commitments
In today's blog we look at the government's marine commitments as the UK advances its role as a global leader in marine protection.
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Launch of the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Environment Network
Join us for the launch of the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Environment Network and help to drive tangible changes within and outside the Civil Service.
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Accelerating public sector data science and visualisation
The Data Science Accelerator mentoring programme is expanding to offer a new data visualisation branch. Applications for both open on 14 June.
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New Animal Welfare Bill launched to protect pets, livestock and wild animals
In today’s blog, we look at the launch of our Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
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How DIT Developers keep UK businesses up to date with tariff changes
“Working with such a complex data model has been a rewarding challenge!” Find out how changes are tracked in the UK Tariff
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MOD’s Universal Soldier
Move over Van Damme, the MOD looks at the realities of Human Augmentation in a new paper. It’s all very 2000 AD At the start of the millennium, the year 2000, a video game company called Edios Interactive released an …
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The Blue Belt Programme: looking back on 2020/2021
Kylie Bamford, Head of Marine Conservation for the UK Overseas Territories, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: The Blue Belt Programme supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection and sustainable management of marine environments across the …