Noctilucent Clouds and meteor showers: the night sky in July 2024
July provides an opportunity to see two meteor showers, Noctilucent Clouds and even the core of the Milky Way galaxy.
Updated: Thu Jul 11 2024
Call for Contributions techUK Data Centres Programme - Early Careers and Apprenticeship Survey
UK operators struggle with both short-term and long-term skills shortages. The techUK Skills, Diversity & Inclusion Working Group is commissioning this survey under the remit of the Data Centres Council, to scope utilisation of the apprenticeship levy and experience of uptake in the sector and to identify areas for improvement.
Updated: Wed Jul 10 2024
IEA - National Wealth Fund risks wasting taxpayers money, says IEA expert
Professor Len Shackleton, an Editorial and Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs responses to the government's announcement of the National Wealth Fund
Updated: Wed Jul 10 2024
techUKs Data Centres Council welcomes Vantage Data Centres Jinl Fourie
techUK is delighted to welcome Jinél Fourie - Director of Public Policy for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Vantage Data Centers - to the UK Council of Data Centres. She replaces Bruce Stephenson as Vantage Data Centres' representative.
Updated: Wed Jul 10 2024
The Kings Fund responds to Wes Streetings speech at the Future of Britain Conference
Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst, The King's Fund responds to Wes Streeting's speech at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Future of Britain Conference
Updated: Wed Jul 10 2024
Adam Smith Institute - Tax Freedom Day: Tax Burden Is The Highest Since Current Records Began
Taxpayers worked for 161 days for the Taxman this year
Updated: Tue Jul 09 2024
DSIT bolstered to better serve the British public through science and technology
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) will expand in both scope and size bringing experts in data, digital and AI from the Government Digital Service (GDS), the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) and the Incubator for AI (i.AI) to unite efforts in the digital transformation of public services under one department.
Updated: Tue Jul 09 2024
Knowing what we need to do is not the same as actually doing it
The new government has tough choices to make if it is to achieve its stated ambition of delivering growth
Updated: Tue Jul 09 2024
The Kings Fund - Is the NHS broken and what does that mean?
Wes Streeting, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, used his first statement in office to say that ‘the NHS is broken'. So, is it? What a question to have to consider.
Updated: Tue Jul 09 2024
Unlocking collaboration: new ways of working in our delivery community of practice
In this blog post, Dave O'Gorman, Head of Delivery, sheds light on an innovative approach to asynchronous working in the department's delivery community of practice, and illustrates how they've used it to improve their community onboarding process.
Updated: Tue Jul 09 2024
IEA - Chancellor right to emphasise growth and planning reform, says IEA spokesperson
Matthew Lesh, Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs comments on Rachel Reeves first speech as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Updated: Mon Jul 08 2024
Powering the next generation of rocket scientists
The national Race2Space competition, in which students from universities across the UK will hot-fire rocket engines they have designed and built, is well underway at the Westcott Space Cluster.
Updated: Mon Jul 08 2024
Scaling data standards to support local government
One major challenge councils face is unconnected technology solutions that can't share data with each other. This has a real world impact, as described by a council officer during our Future Councils pilot: "We have a disjointed view of our ...
Updated: Mon Jul 08 2024
CSJ - Labour must address the root causes of UKs troubles
Andy Cook, Chief Executive of the Centre for Social Justice, commented on the General Election
Updated: Fri Jul 05 2024
Innovation Navigator: Accelerating AI, data and advanced computing projects
Report from GM Business Growth Hub
Updated: Fri Jul 05 2024
My Path to Product Management
Nearly five years ago, I joined LAA Digital as a Junior Business Analyst.With much to learn, I found myself surrounded by a supportive team eager to lend their expertise. Their willingness to guide and offer help enabled me to connect ...
Updated: Fri Jul 05 2024
Tech Climbers Yorkshire 2024 Entries Report
Report from Tech Climbers Yorkshire
Updated: Fri Jul 05 2024
Getting the Public Sector Future-Ready - Guest blog by Oliver Hester at FDM
Read FDM's blog on the digital skills gap and its impact on reducing organizational efficiency.
Updated: Thu Jul 04 2024
OFEME symposium to be biggest so far
The fifth annual event will bring together themes including quantum, AI, electronic systems, antennas and space technologies.
Updated: Thu Jul 04 2024
IFG - The next government has just days to avoid a prisons emergency: heres what it could do
The next government must immediately decide how to free up thousands of prisons places.
Updated: Wed Jul 03 2024
IFS: Levelling up: its time to step up
The gap in employment rates between the best- and worst-performing areas is at its widest since 2005, says Christine Farquharson.
Updated: Wed Jul 03 2024
techUK co-signs a letter urging the next government to modernise the UKs data protection framework
techUK, along with several other leading business groups, industry leaders, and experts, has co-signed a letter urging the next Government to modernise the UK's data protection framework through a set of reforms that foster innovation for economic and societal growth, while maintaining high data protection standards.
Updated: Wed Jul 03 2024
How the next Government can help the UK tech sector thrive internationally
techUK is delighted to see that each of the key manifestos highlighted the importance of international trade in boosting the UK economy, improving productivity, creating jobs, and augmenting commercial and diplomatic relationships around the world.
Updated: Tue Jul 02 2024
The Kings Fund: Scenes in Channel 4 Dispatches AE episode truly harrowing
Chief Analyst at The King's Fund, recently commented on Channel 4 Dispatches Undercover A&E: NHS in crisis, Siva Anandaciva.
Updated: Tue Jul 02 2024
IFG - How Keir Starmer can knock down the 10 biggest barriers to Labours 2030 clean power plan
A potential Labour government will face 10 big barriers to hitting its 2030 clean power target - and would need a plan for week one, month one and its first 100 days in power to overcome them, says a new Institute for Government report.
Updated: Fri Jun 28 2024