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Where next for technology in government?

Posted by: Matthew Rycroft, Posted on: 30 November 2018 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Civil Service Leaders
Dr Gavin Smith, Matthew Rycroft CBE, Daniel Ronen, Dr Joseph Barnard, Alex Caccia, and Professor Charlotte Watts beside a prototype of an aid-delivering drone at DFID Whitehall Occasion: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) display for staff. Three British UAV innovators and a British data analysis unit showed staff their technology and pilot projects with DFID.

Department for International Development Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft sets out the challenges and opportunities for government in harnessing the potential of technology.

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How I launched my career in space

Posted by: Robyn Haigh, Posted on: 10 October 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion
Roby Haigh standing side by side with astronaut Tim Peake

Robyn Haigh, an apprentice at the UK Space Agency, tells how she took the first steps in the job of her dreams.

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I'm a civil servant... and I work on space programmes

Posted by: Dr Alice Bunn, Posted on: 16 March 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Photo of Dr Alice Bunn surrounded by planets from a model solar system

Dr Alice Bunn, Director of Policy at the UK Space Agency, explains how space programmes have an impact on our daily lives in ways we don't even realise.

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