‘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
Bring science and engineering in early – a new strategy to support officials across government
06 May Science & Engineering
Bring science and engineering in early – a new strategy to support officials across government
What can policy professionals learn from evidence-based policing?
22 Apr Science & Engineering
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
Thinker Taylor: the policing chief scientific adviser on police dogs, facial recognition and digital forensics Exclusive
28 Mar 2022 Science & Engineering
Thinker Taylor: the policing chief scientific adviser on police dogs, facial recognition and digital forensics
Paul Taylor was named the first national policing chief scientific adviser last year. He tells Beckie Smith how he’s working to improve the way science and technology is used in policing – and the “Del Boy moments” he’s had along the way
Dstl kickstarts regional expansion with Newcastle office
28 Mar 2022 Science & Engineering
Dstl kickstarts regional expansion with Newcastle office
Defence R&D lab is investigating opportunities to open more hubs around the UK
Read the March 2022 edition of Civil Service World
17 Mar 2022 Science & Engineering
Read the March 2022 edition of Civil Service World
Defence Equipment & Support chief exec Sir Simon Bollom on the "pinnacle" of his 40-year career and experts reflect on cyber threats in this month's Security & Policing focus
New Dstl chief exec appointed
23 Feb 2022 Science & Engineering
New Dstl chief exec appointed
Paul Hollinshead joins from the Defence Nuclear Organisation, "bringing a tremendous amount of experience"
Treasury pushes for free Covid testing to be scrapped despite SAGE warnings
14 Feb 2022 Science & Engineering
Treasury pushes for free Covid testing to be scrapped despite SAGE warnings
Removing tests could make it harder to take precautions and could disproportionately impact vulnerable people, experts say
Darpa exec named first boss of Advanced Research and Invention Agency
03 Feb 2022 Science & Engineering
Darpa exec named first boss of Advanced Research and Invention Agency
BEIS hires British-born deputy of US organisation Darpa to lead new “high-risk, high-reward organisation”
Learning from moonshots: what a mission-oriented approach to policymaking really looks like
02 Feb 2022 Science & Engineering
Learning from moonshots: what a mission-oriented approach to policymaking really looks like
From industrial strategies and booster campaigns to levelling up, government announcements are full of "missions" at the moment. Theo Curtis, an economist at the business department, digs behind the buzz
WATCH: Steve Glass on the work of the Vaccine Taskforce and maintaining 'tenacity under pressure'
28 Jan 2022 Science & Engineering
WATCH: Steve Glass on the work of the Vaccine Taskforce and maintaining 'tenacity under pressure'
The winner of the Cabinet Secretary's Outstanding Leader Award shares how the task force delivered Covid-19 vaccines under extraordinary circumstances and on a massive scale, and lessons for the future
Home Office appoints panel to advise on 'scientific' ways to verify age of asylum seekers
07 Jan 2022 Science & Engineering
Home Office appoints panel to advise on 'scientific' ways to verify age of asylum seekers
Ethical concerns have been raised over the plans for medical age assessment
Whitty knighted in New Year's Honours celebrating government scientists and medics
04 Jan 2022 Science & Engineering
Whitty knighted in New Year's Honours celebrating government scientists and medics
UKHSA and MHRA heads also recognised, along with new Scottish Government perm sec
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
26 Nov 2021 Science & Engineering
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
Simon Case pledges to “recruit more Kate Binghams” after former Vaccine Taskforce boss’s criticisms
Government scientists seek real-world insight for net-zero policymaking
15 Nov 2021 Science & Engineering
Government scientists seek real-world insight for net-zero policymaking
Project will look at how social and behaviour changes will impact the government’s 2050 ambitions