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International Women’s Day – women in Defence, #BalanceforBetter

Posted by: Tamsin Morgan, Posted on: 7 March 2019 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion
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Tamsin Morgan describes how her preconceptions of women's role in the MOD were challenged when she joined the department last year.

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11/11/18 - Armistice Day: how “we will remember them”, a century on

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 7 November 2018 - Categories: General
Poppies falling in front of First World War memorial at Ypres

Revisit stories of the First World War, including the part played by civil servants in the Civil Service Rifles, and find out where you can get involved in events to commemorate Armistice Day.

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The humanist factor

Posted by: Roger Hutton, Posted on: 22 June 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion

To mark World Humanist Day, Roger Hutton, Humanist Champion at the Ministry of Defence, explains what humanism means to him.

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Personal disability stories: Part 2

Posted by: Sir Philip Rutnam, Home Office Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service Disability Champion, Posted on: 11 January 2018 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion, Health & Wellbeing
Father and son at Twickenham stadium

Civil Service Disability Champion Philip Rutnam introduces the second in a series of blogs in which civil servants with disabilities tell their stories.

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An update on the Armed Forces Covenant

Posted by: Stephen Lovegrove, Posted on: 19 December 2017 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Stephen Lovegrove looks at activity under the Armed Forces Covenant in 2017, what's to come, and how we can all support it.

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Unveiling the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 9 March 2017 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
The Queen with man in suit and clergyman with memorial sculpture

The new memorial to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan recognises the contributions of all those who took part, both military and civilian.

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What it means to us to be nominated for a Civil Service Award (2)

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 21 November 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service

More reactions from civil servants shortlisted for a Civil Service Award?

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Learning from Chilcot

Posted by: Stephen Lovegrove, Posted on: 8 September 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Civil Service Leaders
Front cover or Iraq Inquiry Report

Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, reflects on the findings of the Iraq Inquiry Report and looks at how his own department is responding.

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Precision within epilepsy

Posted by: Claire Bonney, Posted on: 11 July 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Visualisation of neurons firing in the brain

Claire Bonney was born with epilepsy. She says that because of the condition she has developed a way of working that fits perfectly with her job.

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My apprenticeship route to Permanent Secretary

Posted by: Jon Thompson, Posted on: 15 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Jon Thompson kicks off National Apprenticeship Week by explaining what being an apprentice did for his career.

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