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World Cancer Day: our journeys are unique, but we thrive when united

World Cancer Day: our journeys are unique, but we thrive when united

This year the Civil Service Working Through Cancer Network will show support for World Cancer Day on 4 February by focusing our events on the unique human story behind every cancer diagnosis, and how by uniting we are stronger and …

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A short guide to better career health – in 7 resolutions

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 13 January 2016 - Categories: General
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If you're looking for work-focused resolutions this New Year, we have a few suggestions that might help.

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Top tips for giving effective feedback

Posted by: Felicity Harvey, Posted on: 13 January 2016 - Categories: Leadership Statement
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Felicity Harvey's tips for leaders and managers on giving effective feedback include advice crowdsourced from delegates at Civil Service Live 2015.

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New Master’s degree to support better policymaking

Posted by: Chris Wormald, Posted on: 12 January 2016 - Categories: Better policymaking, Civil Service Leaders, Professions
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Head of Profession Chris Wormald introduces a new qualification for policy professionals.

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Civil Service priorities - what we’ve achieved, and what’s ahead

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 11 January 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Jeremy Heywood at CS Live London 2015

Jeremy Heywood looks back at 2015 and outlines his priorities for the Civil Service in the coming year.

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Civil servants in the 2016 New Year's Honours list

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 6 January 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Our Civil Service
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Jeremy Heywood congratulates the civil servants recognised in the New Year's Honours list.

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Our apprenticeships challenge

Posted by: Jake McClure, Posted on: 6 January 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Learning
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Jake McClure explains what the Civil Service is doing to help the Government meet its target of 3 million new apprentices by 2020.

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2015: the year the data revolution got serious

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 22 December 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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The UK's National Statistician, John Pullinger, looks at a new wave of innovation in government data that could help make life better and easier for us all.

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Fast Track to success: Civil Service apprenticeships and why they are so important

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 21 December 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Jeremy Heywood explains how the growing Fast Track Apprenticeship scheme supports one of his key priorities as Head of the Civil Service.

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Getting better by failing fast – Civil Service Learning’s new booking service

Posted by: John Fitzpatrick, Posted on: 21 December 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Learning
Detail from a cartoon illustration of the 'fail fast' concept by Civil Service Learning

Civil Service Learning's new booking system was the first cross-government internal service assessed against the Digital Service Standard. CSL head of digital John Fitzpatrick describes what happened.

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Christmas in Kabul

Posted by: Karen Pierce CMG and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 18 December 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
The Christmas Tree in the Kabul Embassy

...as usual But other than these two days, it will be business as usual for the mission. We will be back at work by Sunday, 27 December, pushing forward work...

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