7171posts
-
Innovative Approaches to User Research Recruitment Challenges
User researchers help teams understand the people who will be using Government services. We investigate who the users of a service are, what their experiences have been and what they need. We then consider how we can meet those needs through design and delivery of services.
-
Celebrating success: Joseph takes home Apprentice of the Year Award
Joseph is on a mission to inspire. At the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards hosted in Birmingham on 5 October, the judges were unanimous in naming him Apprentice of the Year 2023, beating more than 140 other nominees. We caught up with …
-
Your business property’s valuation
This is the third part of our series on understanding your business rates. Here we look at what to do if you think your rateable value is incorrect.
-
Menopause in Construction: Improving support for women in the industry
To mark Menopause Awareness Month, the Equality Hub is shining a light on employers like Willmott Dixon who are showing leadership in the construction sector in supporting women experiencing the menopause. With around 74,000 women working in the construction sector …
-
What a content designer does in discovery: Part Two
In the second post of this two-part blog, Defra content designers, Ruth Fryer and Sandeep Dhaliwal mention artefacts, approaches, analysis and how to finish discovery and prepare for alpha.
-
Sunday Telegraph article about Natural England’s position on housebuilding
An article in the Telegraph (14 October) picks up on comments made by Natural England chair Tony Juniper on X (formally Twitter) regarding media reports about the role of housebuilding on scrubland. The Telegraph also includes criticism from some quarters that Tony is opposed to housebuilding.
-
Sunday Telegraph article about Natural England’s position on housebuilding
An article in the Telegraph (14 October) picks up on comments made by Natural England chair Tony Juniper on X (formally Twitter) regarding media reports about the role of housebuilding on scrubland. The article suggests Tony is criticising housebuilding policy set out by Labour at its recent party conference. The Telegraph also includes criticism from some quarters that Tony is opposed to housebuilding.
-
My new property is not registered yet!
Land registration protections, what to do when your property isn’t registered and fast-track applications explained.
-
Secondary school applications deadline 2023: How and where to apply
The deadline for secondary school applications is approaching, and for your child to be in with the best chance of being offered a place at one of your preferred options, you need to send in your application before then. It’s …
-
Recognising your excellence: A recap of the GSE Professional Recognition Week
GSE Professional Recognition Week The GSE Professional Recognition Week has come to an end, thank you so much to all who attended. Professional Recognition Week provided a space to introduce the GSE Professional Recognition Offer to our GSE Members who …
-
Celebrating 25 years of BCMS with Lee McMullen
It’s 25 years since the formation of the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), which is responsible for maintaining the central online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain. This is the Cattle Tracing System (CTS), which animal keepers use …
-
Everything you need to know about phonics in schools
Phonics is an effective way of teaching children to read. By ensuring high quality phonics teaching, we want to improve literacy levels and give all children a solid base to build on as they progress through school. According to our …
-
Make a difference – lead with the Environment Agency.
We need dynamic and diverse leaders now more than ever. Worsening storms, more frequent floods and heatwaves, longer droughts, faster coastal change, significant species loss and greater pressures on water, land and air – climate change is happening now. We …
-
The Strategy Series: Innovating to reduce, reuse and recycle
We’re onto the third instalment of our Strategy Series where we dissect our 2030 Corporate Strategy with the help of our Nuclear Waste Service (NWS) experts! Our Corporate Strategy will help us to move forward in new, innovative ways with …
-
Times article on Environment Agency inspections
An article published in The Times today covering Environment Agency inspections has said checks on water companies and individuals are drawing too much water from English rivers and aquifers have fallen over the last four years. At the same time, …
-
Join the DLUHC Digital Recruitment Days in the West Midlands
Are you looking for a career that combines social impact, innovation and purpose? Join our Digital Recruitment Days on 1, 2, 8 and 9 November in Wolverhampton. This event is a gateway to great career opportunities at DLUHC Digital.
-
Thriving for the Future: Seizing the moment for trees, woods and forests
We've published our new corporate strategy setting out how we will deliver, for the environment, for the economy and for society, Richard Stanford, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, explains more.
-
What DVSA’s strategy and vision looks like for vehicle testing
In our latest Moving On blog post, Gordon Thomson explains what our strategic plan to 2025 and vision to 2030 looks like for vehicle testing. He shares some of the proposed positive changes around going paperless, making our data more accessible, and more.
-
Chief Executive’s message to stakeholders - New consumer advice on CBD
Emily Miles, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency, shares news of our new cannabidiol (CBD) advice for consumers - that healthy adults should limit their consumption to 10mg of CBD per day.
-
Working as a lead technical architect at Companies House
Mike works as a lead technical architect at Companies House. Read on to find out what he likes most about the role.
-
Social care and cyber-crime
Digital technology can improve care and efficiency – but a cyber attack can devastate a care provider. This National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Mel Judd, South West Regional Coordinator for Better Security, Better Care, outlines some essential issues care providers should consider.
-
What are the latest rules around COVID-19 in schools, colleges, nurseries and other education settings?
This article was first published on 14 December 2022 and continues to reflect the latest guidance. Respiratory infections, including the common cold and COVID-19, are common in children and young people, particularly during the winter months. For most children and …
-
Watch: a test and trial update from Aqualate Mere
In this film, we return to Aqualate Mere in Staffordshire to learn more about the tests and trials experience of Aqualate Castle Holdings. Farmers in the catchment share what they learned about blending public and private finance for greater environmental good. They focused on commercial agreements between private organisations and local farmers.
-
Applications are now open for the Science and Engineering Fast Stream
Society faces many challenges which science can help solve. The Covid-19 crisis in particular highlighted the essential role of scientists and engineers in improving the quality of government decisions, to ensure scientific evidence underpins policy and that it is effectively communicated. …
-
What a content designer does in discovery: Part One
In the first post of a two-part blog, content designers Ruth Fryer and Sandeep Dhaliwal explain what the discovery phase is for, and why some teams need to think about content design from the start.
-
How the Environment Agency uses data to protect our water resources in a changing climate
After spending almost 20 years collecting data in the West Midlands to respond to climate change challenges, like flooding and drought, I still love the job I do as much as when I first got called to interview for the Environment Agency.
-
‘Behind the Scenes’ at the Forestry Commission: Managing Ips typographus….. five years on
Ips typographus was first identified in the UK in 2018. Since then multiple teams at the Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Defra have been working together to manage this invasive pest. Here's how.
-
A new home for National Infrastructure Planning
Oliver Blower is leading the improvements to the Inspectorate’s Applications Service. In this post he explains the developments being made to the online service for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs).
-
DIAG presents Biology Week
The 16 to 20 October marks the Royal Society of Biology’s (RSB) Biology Week, which aims to celebrate and raise the profile of the innovative work that bio-scientists across the world are doing every day to overcome some of our …
-
Engineering the future
Meet Daniel Gilmore, a chartered engineer at Sellafield. who tells us why the nuclear industry is the perfect choice for those looking for a career in engineering.
-
Off-site BNG: what can you do after 30 years?
If you’re planning to sell off-site biodiversity units for mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) you will need to commit to managing the habitat for 30 years. The habitat works will need to be legally secured through either a s106 agreement …
-
Transformation II: spotlight on trade marks, designs and tribunals
It’s been more than two years since we launched our five-year ‘One IPO Transformation’ programme. Following the launch of our second consultation, Transformation II, we asked IPO Transformation lead, Natasha Chick, for an update.
-
How we’re helping look after the mental health of children and young people
Schools and colleges play an important role in promoting and supporting the positive mental health and wellbeing of pupils and students. To help those working with children understand the bigger picture when it comes to children’s wellbeing, we’ve published our …
-
Choice and control in the adult social care sector
In the last ten years, landmark legislation and policy frameworks have sought to create social care systems which are more person-centred and support individuals to have greater choice and control. Find out about IMPACT's work turning the evidence of this into action.
-
Black History Month 2023: Saluting Our Sisters
October is Black History Month, and across the Defra Group we are celebrating the twin themes of ‘Eliminating prejudice is everyone’s business’ and ‘Saluting Our Sisters’- honouring the achievements of Black women. Black History Month is a time to celebrate …
-
Our friends in the north: UK NSC hosts annual Nordic Screening Network meeting
The UK NSC hosted the annual meeting of the Nordic Screening Network, sharing learning with screening colleagues from Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
-
Chief Executive’s message to stakeholders - Food Fraud Working Group
Emily Miles, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency shares the latest from the Food Fraud Working Group, including a new freephone number to report food crime - 0800 028 11 80.
-
Ken's career journey
Throughout October we will be covering Black History Month, sharing stories from those inside the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). We spoke to HMP Whitemoor’s Kenneth 'Ken' Tangie about his career journey with HMPPS. Ken taught French and English …
-
The value of international collaboration: my reflections on meeting fellow Chief Veterinary Officers in Asia
As the United Kingdom’s Chief Veterinary Officer, I recently had the pleasure of representing the UK overseas and collaborating with our international partners, including fellow CVOs from across the G7 group of nations (pictured). On this trip I was joined …
-
Maximising safe public access on Salisbury Plain Training Area
Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) is the UK’s largest military training area, covering 11% of Wiltshire and a small part of Hampshire. Ensuring the fine balance between providing a place for our Armed Forces to train safely and maintaining public …