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Budget 2013 – implications for Civil Servants
I thought it would be helpful for staff if I laid out the implications of yesterday’s Budget for the Civil Service. Each department will be communicating in more detail soon, so I would recommend...
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Fit for the Future: How the Student Loans Company went digital to deliver
The Civil Service Reform Plan calls for departments to be less bureaucratic, faster and do more online. For the Student Loans Company this became an urgent priority when their world changed – and in...
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Civil Service Learning- building a more effective Civil Service
“The move towards other types of learning such as e-learning courses will be a profound change for most.” Effective learning and development is critical to the success of the Civil Service Reform Plan....
View ArticleThe Policy to Delivery Continuum: getting your policies delivered
A new peer to peer learning session available in the Cabinet Office called “The Policy to Delivery Continuum: getting your policies delivered” It’s a practical session that aims to answer these...
View ArticleMinistry of Justice Policy Group
Like many departments, the MoJ faced the challenge of balancing reductions in resource and headcount with increased business demands. The MoJ’s Justice Policy Group shares how their policy teams became...
View ArticleMinistry of Justice Rehabilitation Programme
The MoJ is transforming rehabilitation by building a system that benefits from innovation, versatility and local expertise. They explain how they brought together the skills and experience of probation...
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Improving skills for the internet age
Improving skills for the Internet age DWP Knowledge Team (NEST) noticed that many employers now only advertised their jobs and recruited online. The team set out here how they responded to these...
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The Capabilities Plan- improving skills across the Civil Service
Una O’Brien, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, launches the Civil Service Capabilities Plan It goes without saying that we live in a changing world and that the Civil Service cannot...
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Digital Defra
Elayne Phillips from Defra explains how they analyse and use their digital channels. In Defra, we use a Gorkana Radar system to monitor and engage with key topics on social networks with stakeholders,...
View ArticleSpending Review 2013
Yesterday the Chancellor announced the Spending Review 2013 which will have implications for all departments and civil servants. I wanted to update you on the key elements which will affect you. The...
View ArticleNew Whitehall central buying service to save more for taxpayers
The creation of a new commercial service to strengthen the government’s business-like approach to how it buys goods and services will maximise public sector buying power and generate more savings,...
View ArticleOliver Wright from The Independent takes a look at the Policy School
The challenge for the group of young “fast track” civil servants was deceptively simple: design a strategy for the local council to improve the health and lives of pensioners living in Harrow. Their...
View ArticleCivil servants not resisting change: Cabinet Office permanent secretary
Richard Heaton defends colleagues, saying departments have things set up in a ‘particular way that is hard to shift’ Jane Goodman, from The Guardian, covers Richard Heaton’s appearance at the Commons...
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Crown Representative Rob Wilmot #CSuncovered Twitter Q&A Thursday 12-1pm
Rob Wilmot, Crown Representative for software On Thursday 15 August 2013 Crown Representative Rob Wilmot (@robwilmot) will be answering questions via Twitter on how Civil Servants can improve their...
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Modern-day shepherd
Simon has a busy job looking after the rare breeds of sheeps and cattle at Parsonage Down Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Wiltshire is a working farm owned and managed by Natural...
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Beneath the surface
Ed positioning a time capsule as part of a flood defence scheme in Nottingham For the work I do to be worthwhile, I have to be able to feed back what we’ve found to the local community. There’s no...
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Sensitive to sharks
Elasmobranch Policy Advisor Jamie Rendell on his quest to protect our marine species As part of the Marine Species Conservation Team, I’ve worked primarily on sharks, skates and rays for about a year...
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The fight against rabies
AHVLA Veterinary Scientist Dr Dan Horton on trying to control the ‘forgotten’ disease If you think rabies is now an uncommon disease, think again. Each year, as many as 55,000 people die from rabies...
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Time for turkey
Veterinary Team Leader Carmen Marco on the busy Christmas season As a Veterinary Team Leader, knowing how to work with people is as important as knowing how to deal with animals. The rapport you create...
View ArticleFast Stream graduate recruitment programme 2014 is now open
The Fast Stream is a programme for University graduates with the ambition and the talent to lead the Civil Service of the future. The scheme consistently appears in the top ten of The Times’ Top 100...
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