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Diversity in the Government Legal Service – Guest blog from Jonathan Jones, Treasury Solicitor

Posted by: Jonathan Jones, Posted on: 30 October 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion

Jonathan Jones, Treasury Solicitor, discusses the importance of diversity in the Government Legal Service.

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I'm a public servant and I... work for the British Antarctic Survey

Posted by: Dr Melody Clark and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 30 October 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Dr Melody Clark

...you listen to the press. I work as far away from London as you can get. I work for the British Antarctic Survey as a senior scientist and project leader....

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Courses to improve your commercial skills

Posted by: CS Learning and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 28 October 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, Commercial skills
Infographic of commercial skills courses available on CS Learning

...and guides available on the website to help civil servants develop their commercial skills. This has been broken down by grade to make it easier for civil servants to find...

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50 years of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser

Posted by: Professor Sir Mark Walport and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 27 October 2014 - Categories: Better policymaking
Sir Mark Walport with environmental engineers at Fox Creek

...Office for Science (Go-Science) is to bring together policy officials with the external expertise they need. Helping government make informed decisions This role is of vital importance as the Scientific...

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Why is the People Survey important

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 24 October 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
People Survey 2014 poster

With only a few days left to take part, Sir Jeremy explains why the survey is such an important tool to help improve our working lives.

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Why is the People Survey Important?

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 23 October 2014 - Categories: Uncategorized
Poster for People Survey 2014

...we can all share learning. For example, the Department for Work and Pensions’s “DWP Story” has played an integral role in the improvements in DWP’s leadership and managing change scores...

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Set up a job share network in your department in 4 easy steps

Posted by: Deborah Brooks and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 23 October 2014 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
pledge card with 'Find my department's job share network' written on it

...love to hear how these are working. But if your department doesn’t have one yet, I hope this will spur you on to start one. Please do get in touch...

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Why can’t my satellite TV providers be more like HMRC?

Posted by: Mark Lowcock, Posted on: 20 October 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, More digital

Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development, discusses the role of digital in the Civil Service.

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Life in the Royal Navy Reserves

Posted by: Jeremy Olver, Posted on: 20 October 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service

To celebrate Trafalgar Day we've dug into the archives to find out what life is like as a Royal Navy reserve, and how the skills learned in the Reserve Forces are transferrable to the Civil Service.

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5 tips The Beatles taught me about commercial skills

Posted by: Gary Edwards, Posted on: 16 October 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, Commercial skills
a sign saying 'commercial' with post-it notes reading 'Help' underneath

You might not know it, but you could be making commercial decisions for your department. DWP's Gary Edwards reveals his top 5 commercial tips - as taught to him by The Beatles.

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