Supporting Civil Service colleagues through loss

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How Civil Service colleagues support each other through loss Supporting staff experiencing bereavement and loss is a key Civil Service health and wellbeing priority.  In part seven of Adam Land’s bereavement series, Charlotte Bedford talks about the Bereavement Network she …

UK's quest to be a global science superpower

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Sir Patrick Vallance, National Technology Adviser and Government Chief Scientific Adviser

Science and technology are, perhaps more than ever, transforming people’s lives writes Sir Patrick Vallance.  In order to thrive in an increasingly competitive world, countries must apply science and technology strategically and embed it in their policy- and decision-making.  The …

We’re Levelling Up Careers in the Civil Service

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Alex Chisholm

Following the newly-launched Levelling Up White Paper, Alex Chisholm explores how moving thousands of Civil Service roles and creating more opportunity around the country will help us to build A Modern Civil Service.  Last week the Government launched the much …

Tinnitus: From banging tunes to burglar alarms

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Alan Dillon, Head of Chancery from the British Embassy Muscat, on his experience of living with the hearing condition, tinnitus. ‘Buzzing, whooshing, humming, ringing, throbbing, hissing, music, singing.’ Dr Seuss could have hardly described it better had he rewritten his …

Inside Policy: Unlocking the potential of young people

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Since 2014, the Civil Service has provided around 6,000 work placements every year to jobless youngsters. Here, Debbie Alder explains how Movement to Work helps crack the vicious ‘no experience - no job’ cycle to help youngsters nail their first …

World Cancer Day: Big wins from small acts of kindness 

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World Cancer Day 2022

Ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, Seonaid Webb tells how small kindnesses can help make such a difference to colleagues facing cancer. Over the past two years, the impact of COVID-19 on people affected by cancer has been …

CS Awards: PM's Award for Exceptional Public Service

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CS Awards 2021: the Prime Minister's Award for Exceptional Public Service winner is Rizwan Ahmad

Rizwan Ahmad paved the way to help more than 5,500 young East Londoners join the Kickstart scheme. Rizwan Ahmad was “proud, privileged and humbled” to scoop the inaugural Prime Minister's Award for Exceptional Public Service. Rizwan saw off stiff competition …

Civil Service Awards 2021: Is AI helping you go on holiday?

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CS Awards 2021: the Best Use of Data and Technology winner is the DAP Project from HM Passport Office

Whether it’s augmented reality, NFTs, or the impending arrival of the Metaverse, we’d be forgiven for getting lost in this modern digital age. But for a team in HM Passport Office, the power of technology is being harnessed to help …

Civil Service Awards: Vaccines rollout, call to arms

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CS Awards 2021: the winner of the Programme of the Year Award is The Vaccines Programme from DHSC and BEIS

The primary call to action for the last two years has been to roll up your sleeves and get jabbed, but how much do you know about the team behind the needles? On the whole, the public has responded with …

Civil Service Awards: Data modelling isn't a crystal ball

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CS Awards 2021: the winner of the Science and Innovation Award is the SPI-M Secretariat

The government has often talked about “following the science” - but how? One way is by utilising the Scientific Pandemic Influenza group on Modelling (SPI-M), all made possible by a small team of brilliant civil servants.  The SPI-M Secretariat is …