‘Sensitive and highly functional’: Historic Whitehall building wins accessibility accolade
01 May Science & Engineering

‘Sensitive and highly functional’: Historic Whitehall building wins accessibility accolade

DSIT HQ wins award following refurb which included introduction of power-assisted doors, step free-access, accessible showers and changing rooms and universal single-sex toilets
by Tevye Markson
What can policy professionals learn from evidence-based policing?
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What can policy professionals learn from evidence-based policing?
DSIT seeks job-share partner for UK Space Agency boss
14 Apr Science & Engineering
DSIT seeks job-share partner for UK Space Agency boss
MHCLG recruits for new ‘chief construction and scientific adviser’ role
16 Mar Science & Engineering
MHCLG recruits for new ‘chief construction and scientific adviser’ role
DHSC offers £200k for 'outstanding' leader to head medicines regulator
30 Sep 2024 Science & Engineering
DHSC offers £200k for 'outstanding' leader to head medicines regulator
Candidates must be able to respond to "unprecedented evolution in medicines and medical technology", including genomics and AI
Vallance: 'I wouldn't have been a minister for Sunak'
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Vallance: 'I wouldn't have been a minister for Sunak'
Former chief scientific adviser speaks as hunt for next UK Research and Investment chief exec resumes
Ethics in policymaking should not just be a tick-box exercise
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Ethics in policymaking should not just be a tick-box exercise
It takes time to embed ethics into policymaking. Danielle Hamm from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics suggests three approaches that could help
'We help keep the skies safe': Looking back on 170 years of the Met Office
01 Aug 2024 Science & Engineering
'We help keep the skies safe': Looking back on 170 years of the Met Office
Today's Met Office has capabilities Admiral Fitzroy could never have imagined when he proposed the concept of a Meteorological Department in 1854
Book review: Neil Lee’s Innovation for the Masses is an ideal book for policymakers
22 Jul 2024 Science & Engineering
Book review: Neil Lee’s Innovation for the Masses is an ideal book for policymakers
Can we drive innovation and also build greater equality? This solution-focused guide suggests so
ONS team wins stats prize for 'considerable' improvements to local data
11 Jul 2024 Science & Engineering
ONS team wins stats prize for 'considerable' improvements to local data
Judges also praise cross-government refugee study which linked data from different departments
Patrick Vallance made science minister as Starmer calls in external experts
08 Jul 2024 Science & Engineering
Patrick Vallance made science minister as Starmer calls in external experts
Former chief scientific adviser joins ministerial team alongside James Timpson and international law expert Richard Hermer KC
Skills deficit leaves departments 'too reliant on suppliers' for major projects, MPs say
15 May 2024 Science & Engineering
Skills deficit leaves departments 'too reliant on suppliers' for major projects, MPs say
A lack of project-management, technical and engineering skills is undermining projects, PAC report warns
Remove trading funds from civil service pay remit process, union urges Exclusive
21 Feb 2024 Science & Engineering
Remove trading funds from civil service pay remit process, union urges
Prospect also calls for "rapid review" of all ALBs and the case for including them in the pay remit
Civil service union backs call for new science Fast Stream
15 Feb 2024 Science & Engineering
Civil service union backs call for new science Fast Stream
Prospect throws weight behind chief scientist Dame Angela McLean’s proposals for a “mid-career” programme
McLean eyes Fast Stream for ‘mid-career scientists’
14 Feb 2024 Science & Engineering
McLean eyes Fast Stream for ‘mid-career scientists’
Government chief scientific adviser says new programme would supply a pipeline of expertise for civil service
‘If you're not a bit anxious at that point, something's wrong’: Perm secs on setting up DSIT, DBT and DESNZ
07 Feb 2024 Science & Engineering
‘If you're not a bit anxious at that point, something's wrong’: Perm secs on setting up DSIT, DBT and DESNZ
A year on from the MOG changes that shocked us all, the three departments' perm secs reflect and share their priorities for the year ahead