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Improving access to justice across HMCTS
Luc Altmann, HMCTS Head of Insight shares how we’re assessing access to justice in our reformed services and using the information to improve outcomes for court users.
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Internships with the Regulated Industry team – Amani’s story
In the first of a new series all about internships, we hear from Amani about their experience as an intern with the East Midlands Regulated Industry team
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Promoting progressive AMHP anti-racist practice
It is an honour to host guest blogs from social workers, researchers and people with lived experience of health and social care. This blog addresses core challenges for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and others involved in anti-racist mental health practice.
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Improving school attendance
Persistent school absence is one of the most significant ongoing impacts of the pandemic. The latest data shows that nearly 1 in 4 pupils were absent for 10% of school sessions in autumn 2022, nearly double the position in 2019. …
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Migrating our data from GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
After learning that GOV.UK’s hosting platform PaaS is being decommissioned, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register team decided to migrate all their hosting to AWS. In this post, Barry, Developer, explains what they did.
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“Reach Out” – Domestic abuse service in Redbridge
Background Reach Out is Redbridge Council’s in-house support service for any adult or child aged 16 or over who is experiencing domestic abuse. The service provides practical help and emotional support to victims/survivors, including children and young people who have …
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Working together to tackle attendance in rural communities
Read about how schools have been sharing daily attendance data with DfE and making use of the Monitor Your School Attendance (MYSA) service - a free, secure tool that helps them visualise the data and monitor, manage and improve pupil attendance.
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Helping veterinary surgeons keep dogs and humans free from Brucella canis
Brucella canis, is an emerging issue for UK pets, owners, and the veterinary profession. The Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) for the UK, Scotland and Wales have issued recommended advice to veterinary surgeons on Brucella canis. The advice is advisory and …
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One Year On: The OFAC-OFSI Enhanced Partnership
October 2023 marked one year since the launch of the OFAC-OFSI Enhanced Partnership, an ongoing commitment from two of the world’s leading financial sanctions implementation authorities to deepen their collaboration. Over the last year, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions …
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The fight against antimicrobial resistance: progress and challenges
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - when microbes evolve to resist the medicines designed to kill them - is an urgent global threat. In England, resistant infections rose by 4% in 2022 after decreasing during the pandemic. Action is needed to curb …
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Biodiversity Net Gain for land managers – step by step flowcharts
With the January launch date around the corner, the market for Biodiversity Net Gain offers many potential opportunities for land managers, but what steps do land managers need to take to sell to this new ecosystem service market? Katie Gowers, BNG’s metric policy lead at Defra, has put together some helpful flowcharts to guide land managers through the process, and to consider the different sale options.
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Join our SFI webinar for arable farmers and horticultural farmers
On Monday 4 December, we held a webinar for arable farmers and horticultural farmers in England to learn more about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). In this post, I'll share a link to the webinar recording.
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Day in the life of a Monitoring Officer
The environment agency (EA) regularly monitors inland and coastal waters as part of its EA2025 commitment to ensure healthy air, land and water. Here, one of the EA’s dedicated monitoring officers, Hannah Pihama, explains why this area of work is so vital.
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We Are Strategic Command with Ellis Paterson
In Episode 2 of We Are Strategic Command, Ellis speaks on her transition from a background in law to a pivotal role in shaping strategies for UK Defence. Join us for the second episode of We Are Strategic Command, and …
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Coverage of NAO report on resilience to flooding
Today we are responding to coverage of the National Audit Office’s report on resilience to flooding.
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My experience in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme
What is the Royal Society Pairing Scheme? Every year, the Royal Society Pairing Scheme, in partnership with GO-Science, brings together 30 scientists with 30 Parliamentarians and Civil Servants to build stronger links between academia and policy makers. I had just …
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How pupils and schools are benefiting from Artsmark in Ellesmere Port
For Artsmark Celebration Week we’re shining a light on the amazing work of schools who’ve received Artsmark accreditation for their commitment to arts and cultural education. Emily Reid, assistant headteacher at St. Bernard’s School in Cheshire, shares details on the Artsmark journeys of schools across Ellesmere Port.
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Launching “Systemic” - A game for applying systems change thinking to policy
This blog launches “Systemic” – a game that simulates how policy-making systems function and possible shifts that can be made to improve policy outcomes. Systemic has been inspired by the world of board games, and was co-created by Policy Lab …
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Delivering cross-government data support
Find out more about how CDDO is working to equip civil servants for a digital future and the cross-government data support available.
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Work experience in the Department for Education
The time is coming for myself and others to discover where our futures can take us, which can be an extremely overwhelming feeling! The pressure to have a clear career plan at such an early age is something I found difficult throughout secondary school. However, with help from the Department for Education, these decisions were less daunting than I thought.
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How the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria is shaping the future of nuclear waste management
Over the last six decades, Mike Pigott and his team, and their predecessors, have been successfully managing the disposal of low-level radioactive waste at the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria. With 65 years of experience in safe radioactive waste …
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Tripods: Building a Connected Delivery Profession
Introducing Tripods This blog explores the transformative impact of 'Tripods', a novel approach that connects Delivery Managers from other government departments. They meet regularly to share experiences and support each other. It’s a small idea that’s had a big impact …
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Supporting social workers on their development journey to leadership
The Pathways programme is a fantastic opportunity to develop the leadership skills of social workers. Rochelle, a social worker and team leader tells us about her experience of the programme.
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ACE helps university achieve security research centre ambition
Being part of the ACE Research Network (ARN) has provided a springboard for Oxford Brookes University to launch a new security and defence research centre.
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How does it feel to be an award-winning Early Career Teacher?
Daniel Callaghan, Teacher at Thorpe Primary in Bradford, won the Silver Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year at the National Teaching Awards 2023. In this blog, he talks about his experience as an Early Career Teacher (ECT) and shares some top tips.
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Celebrating 10 years of tree-mendous citizen science
Observatree uses citizen science to help spot pest and disease threats to UK trees. Learn more about the first 10 years of Observatree, from APHA’s Jane Barbrook.
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Keeping your property safe
Guard against property fraud during International Fraud Awareness Week.
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Anti-bullying week 2023: 5 ways we support schools to deal with bullying
Bullying in school or college can have a devastating effect on children, young people and their families. We’re committed to helping schools tackle bullying, supporting them to create a calm environment where everyone feels safe. Here are 5 ways we’re …
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Unlocking excellence: the Digital Assessment Framework unveiled
Learn more about Digital Assessment Framework which will enable departments to benchmark their performance and progress against the Digital Functional Standard.
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Chair's stakeholder message - Highlighting food safety and standards resource challenges
Alongside Food Standards Scotland (FSS), we have published their annual ‘Our Food’ report, which reviews food standards across the UK for 2022. This is the second report since the UK left the EU and is an independent and evidence-based annual assessment of food standards across all four nations.
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Landscape Recovery: ‘We want to prove that this works and it can work across the country’
In this post, the team behind the Evenlode Landscape Recovery Project share their plans to restore streams and rivers, protect threatened native species, improve natural habitats and adapt to climate change while continuing to productively farm and create new revenue streams for farmers in the area.
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Tell us what you think of the UK NSC’s web pages
Please complete a short survey to help us make sure the UK NSC web pages are fit for purpose and meet the needs of all our stakeholders.
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A week in the life of a Private Secretary to the GCSA
Japan and the Republic of Korea Edition Embarking on a Civil Service journey When I first decided to pursue a science career in Government, I never imagined that my first job in the Civil Service would be as one of …
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Learning lessons from (almost) a decade of MPA monitoring in English waters: where are we now and what happens next?
In recent years it has become clear, both in the UK and globally, that interventions are urgently needed to protect our precious marine wildlife and safeguard the resources provided to us by the sea. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are tools …
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How we’re building a community of AI enthusiasts in Defra
David Lau and Ethan Summers share some insights into their work to develop an AI (Artificial Intelligence) Community of Interest for colleagues in Defra who are interested in building, and sharing, their knowledge of this rapidly expanding technology.
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Chemistry Week 2023: GSE member profile
GSE member profile: Jodie Worsley, GO-Science Taking place from 5 to 11 November, Chemistry Week is a celebration of the chemical sciences. To show the impact of chemistry in government, we caught up with Jodie Worsley, who studied chemistry, and …
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Improvements to the CPH application form
Following the launch of the County Parish Holding (CPH) PDF application form last year, we’ve made significant improvements to this service - customers can now apply for a CPH number using our new online form. Anyone keeping livestock in England, …
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The ground-breaking Environment Agency project helping to restore nature and reduce flood risk in Teesside
Situated in one of the North East’s industrial centres, the River Tees Estuary has been heavily adapted by human hands over the last 200 years. While vital for jobs and the economy, this has led to the loss of 90% of the intertidal habitat that once existed.
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Holistic intervention to support a child with special educational needs return to school and engaging parents as part of the process. A family’s perspective
Family Details Mum and Dad live with their daughter Jayne aged 12 and son John aged 14. What happened and what support was put in place? Jayne attends a Secondary school for pupils that caters specifically for children with learning …
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Generating new scientists and biosecurity champions!
This October, APHA exhibited at New Scientist Live, one of the largest festivals of science in the UK. Learn more about how we inspired visitors to help us to protect animal and plant health on our interactive stand.