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The mystery of Rat Island’s skeletons
The element of secrecy and security that surround most Ministry of Defence sites lends them an air of mystery. A result of this is that many of them are also associated with urban myths – some more believable than others.
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Care Home Open Week: a good reason to throw a party!
After what can only be described as an uncertain and difficult 18 months, Care Home Open Week was a fantastic opportunity to focus on the positives and have some fun.
Many of the people supported at Precious Homes have found the pandemic hard. Changes to routine can be a challenge for autistic people, and isolation from friends, family and support systems add to an already confusing situation. Precious Homes staff made sure Care Home Week was enjoyed by everyone.
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Get ready for the new GSE Profession Strategy
The GSE Team has been working hard with a diverse range of stakeholders to find out exactly what you want to be included in our new GSE Profession Strategy. The strategy reflects our priorities for years to come and is …
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Read, Talk, Share – How the Reading Agency helped libraries tackle loneliness
Read, Talk, Share – How the Reading Agency helped libraries tackle loneliness.
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Field trials for TB vaccine and skin test kickstarted in England
In today’s blog, we look at the launch of the world’s first clinical field trials of the BCG vaccine and DIVA skin test.
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Innovation with a Big Bang
A pedal-powered firework launcher, a self-filling bird bath, a robotic ball boy – these are just a few of the amazingly impressive entries that we shortlisted for the Intellectual Property Office Award for Outstanding Innovator at this year’s Big Bang. …
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Peatland Discovery Grant launched to support the next waves of peatland restoration
The importance of peat for nature and for our climate have been making the headlines in recent weeks. With growing interest in restoring our peatlands, I am delighted to report that we are launching a new Discovery Grant today (7th …
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Uncovering previously unrecognisable fingerprints
Head of Intellectual Property, Graham Farnsworth, Dstl: “The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is a proven national asset that provides innovative solutions to help protect the armed forces and keep the public safe. It collaborates with experts in academia …
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Member Communications Update
Since March 2021, the GSE Profession Communications Team has undertaken several projects to develop our communications offering and improve our member’s experience. We provide an overview of what we have achieved, what we are working on and future developments. What …
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Making links easier to see and read on GOV.UK
We are making some visual improvements to links on GOV.UK to make them more accessible and easier to read.
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Zoonoses Day 2021: The Year of the Ferret
In this blog find out how APHA helped protect human health by investigating the role of ferrets and COVID-19.
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Care Home Open Week: the poetry of personalised care
Often, when people think about moving into a care home, they might picture bingo at 3pm, lounges filled with old people watching endless re-runs of Corrie and early bedtimes. At Maycroft Manor in Brighton, they pride themselves on doing things differently. Care Home Open Week was no exception.
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Parents, pupils, teachers and students. Find out what step 4 of the covid roadmap means for you.
On 19 July the country is expected to move on to Step 4 of the Government’s roadmap and further restrictions will be lifted. As the Prime Minister set out, this means that from that point most of the restrictions we …
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Facts about the Borders Bill
The Nationality and Borders Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on Tuesday 6 July 2021. It’s the first step in putting our New Plan for Immigration into law. First published in March 2021, the plan is based on three fair …
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Digital land registration – a vision for the future of digital conveyancing
The pace of digital change is accelerating. At HM Land Registry we are investing in more digital, intuitive services that help our customers to complete and submit applications that are right the first time.
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Trend Deck – evidence of future change for UK policy makers
The Government Office for Science Futures team provides a suite of futures resources to help UK government officials and others develop policies and strategies that create long-term benefits for society. Informed by the UK cross-government horizon scanning community, Trend Deck …
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Breaking through the grade barrier: how can you get promoted in the Civil Service?
Colleagues share their tips for career progression and promotion
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Making all forms on GOV.UK accessible, easy to use and quick to process
The Collecting Information From Users team explains how their project will help to tackle the long tail of PDF forms on GOV.UK, and how you can get involved.
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Smoking attributable deaths in England: When the information changes
New estimates on the deaths and hospital admissions caused by smoking are around 15% lower than previously published but what does this tell us about smoking in England?
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Spotlight on APHA’s zoonotic disease research
The 6th of July marks World Zoonoses Day - an opportunity to raise awareness of those diseases that affect both humans and animals. The origin of diseases has been on everyone’s mind over the past 18 months, particularly those that cause epidemics. Here Dr. Nick Johnson of the newly formed Vector-Borne Diseases group within APHA’s Virology Department discusses what a zoonosis is and what APHAs role is in responding to them.
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Are you a part time member of staff in the North West of England?
We will be launching our next Reach programme on 21 September 2021. The CS Local North West Reach programmes are for AA, AO, EO or HEO part time and/or term time workers and are designed to help encourage staff to reach their full potential.
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Securing loads and maintaining safe roads
Guidance for drivers and operators on load security.
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B-SEN Speaker Series: Making the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine
Find out more about the next B-SEN Speakers Series discussing the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine in the early days of 2020. The event is on the 14th July, 15:00 - 16:00.
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Podcast: Powering decisions with data
In the latest episode of our podcast hear how we're harnessing the power of data to improve our services.
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Our Growing Community
As the Going Forward into Employment community continues to grow, we meet some of those people who have set up schemes over the last year. Glenda Devonald launched a life chances scheme in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial …
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Dragons’ Den, Episode 13, Series 18
Peter Jones returned to the Den with renewed vigour this evening after his period of absence. From an app that tracks carbon footprint, to reduced-sugar jams and a patented pooper-scooper, the Den was set alight with intellectual property…but which inventions had the Dragons chomping at the bit?
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Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: invisible disabilities
A look at a creative way to engage colleagues in thinking about hidden disabilities.
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Designing a national booking service for COVID-19 vaccination appointments
The team behind the COVID-19 vaccination booking service shares how it developed an inclusive service that works for all users in a short time.
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Take 5 Minutes - and Help Beat Meeting Fatigue
Adrian Chesson offers some simple tips on how taking just five minutes can create a little bit of space to give a big boost to your wellbeing. I am proud to be part of a team here at the Office …
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Message from Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to NHS staff
Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, offers his thanks and support to all those working in the NHS.
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CDEI convenes expert group to advise on Online Safety Data Initiative project
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) takes the lead on this blog, talking us through its process for convening the Online Harms Expert Group: a multi-disciplinary group of academics, civil society, technologists and regulators who are providing advice and challenge to the Online Safety Data Initiative (OSDI).
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Interim Office for Environmental Protection launches
Today we look at coverage of the launch of the Interim Office for Environmental Protection.
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Cancer Research UK’s role in supporting health professionals on informed choice in NHS screening
In this guest blog, CRUK explains how health professionals have an important role to play in supporting people to make an informed choice to access cancer screening.
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Using applications to help us collect data on wild animals
In this blog Graham Smith, Lead Scientist for Wildlife, describes how APHA has been involved in developing new technology to help experts and the general public monitor mammal populations across Europe, and how you could get involved to build the database of wildlife records.
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If a pupil tests positive, does their whole class or year group or other bubble then have to isolate as well?
It will not always be the case that the whole year group or bubble has to isolate if a pupil in that bubble tests positive for COVID-19. Our guidance is clear that schools should be identifying close contacts of positive …
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Taking decisive action on illegal vehicle breakers
Delphine Dauba-Pantanacce, Director, Legal Counsel, Global Regulatory at eBay, discusses the work the online marketplace is doing with the Environment Agency to educate sellers of used vehicle parts. Now more than ever, customers are looking for affordable but environmentally conscious …
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Meet the UK NSC: Bob Steele, chair
In the first in a series of profiles of UK NSC members, we hear from the chair, Professor Bob Steele.
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Developing accessible services: ‘It’s a team sport’
Find out how the Accessibility and Digital Inclusion team work closely with colleagues including software engineers to ensure our services can be accessed by all.
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DVLA develops new fast online tachograph service for drivers
Lorry and bus drivers can now apply for a tachograph card using DVLA’s new online service. Dudley Ashford, Evolve Programme Manager, takes us behind the scenes on the development of this service.
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In conversation with: The Insolvency Service
Jane Walters from Companies House and Neil Freebury from The Insolvency Service discuss efforts to tackle fraud and criminal activity in the UK business sector.