How you can 'inspire the future'
In announcing a new Social Mobility Plan, Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock urged civil servants to volunteer just an hour a year to inspire young people. Here's what it involves.
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Mutual respect and trust - the secret of successful job sharing
May El Komy and Nerissa Steel explain why being in a job share gives them confidence they can do justice to their job and have a comfortable work/life balance.
Racial discrimination - shake it off and step up!
Iris Anderson tells how academics, senior leaders, civil servants and a rapper and poet came together to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - and the message they sent out.
Devolution is genuinely fascinating (even without the offer of cake)
Do you know which was the first legislative body to have equal numbers of male and female members? Find out this and other fascinating facts thrown up by Devolution Learning Week.
Social mobility - more support to progress
Geraldine Clement welcomes two new staff networks to support social mobility - support that, coming from a lower socio-economic background, she would have welcomed in her early Civil Service career.
Devolution: should I worry?
This is Devolution Learning Week. As Andy Robinson from the Department of Transport says, being more informed can allay any fears about what it means for you.
Devolution and You - how to get the most out of ‘interchange shadowing’
What's it like working in other administrations? Louise and Rob, from the Scottish and Welsh governments, took part in the first-ever One Civil Service Interchange Shadowing Week and tell us what they learned.
I'm a civil servant, and I'm... a criminal barrister
Lisa Boocock, who is blind, describes her working life as a criminal barrister in the Crown Prosecution Service.
Devolution and You – a view from Wales
On St David's Day, Jeff Lloyd from the Wales Office gives a Welsh perspective on devolution and its impact on civil servants.
The Civil Service Fast Stream vs Oxford: which is more socially diverse?
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Charlotte Dring, Private Secretary to DCLG Perm Sec Melanie Dawes, looks at her career in the Civil Service in the light of the recent Bridge Group report.