Guest blog: How shipbuilding can chart a course for maritime 4.0
Guest blog by Matthew Medley, Industry Director, A&D Manufacturing at IFS solutions.
Updated: Thu Jul 07 2022
Large Hadron Collider takes first data in record-breaking run
The world's most powerful particle accelerator is ready to start delivering proton collisions to experiments at a record-breaking energy level.
Updated: Thu Jul 07 2022
Quantum encryption spacecraft closer to launch
Speqtre, an innovative secure communications cubesat, has passed a major milestone in its journey to space.
Updated: Thu Jul 07 2022
The Defence and Security Accelerator launches the Ideas Marketplace
The Ideas Marketplace is an online networking Collaboration Platform for innovators to discuss, collaborate and share ideas to meet defence and security challenges.
Updated: Thu Jul 07 2022
IEA - Government risks stifling innovation in the digital sector, warns new research
This level of interference in the digital sector could undermine competition, reduce investment and deter UK start-ups
Updated: Wed Jul 06 2022
IFS - Big rise in claims means disability benefits bill 70% higher than expected and claimants on average waiting five month
The number of people on disability benefits has been steadily rising - from 2% of the working-age population in the early 1990s (591,000) to 6% in 2020-21 (2.2 million) - in spite of a 2013 reform which explicitly aimed to reduce numbers.
Updated: Wed Jul 06 2022
The International Regulatory Cooperation IRC strategy launched to drive international collaboration
On 1 July, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published the UK's international regulatory cooperation (IRC) strategy, outlining the steps the government is taking to increase collaboration and learning with international partners to improve the UK's domestic regulation, and showcase leadership in shaping international regulatory cooperation.
Updated: Wed Jul 06 2022
The night sky in July
Look out for noctilucent clouds and possible meteors over the UK during the summer nights.
Updated: Wed Jul 06 2022
Using 'cooperative usability testing' with our expert users
As User Researchers we care about getting the most from our testing by using the best research method for the task. Here's how and why 'cooperative usability testing' harnesses the knowledge of our expert users.
Updated: Wed Jul 06 2022
Air Vice-Marshal highlights Dstls unique contribution to supporting air power
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory hosted an Air Systems Showcase demonstrating the impact of its research portfolio across UK military aviation.
Updated: Tue Jul 05 2022
Choosing the right training and certification to invest in
Blog posted by: Emma Arnaz-Pemberton - Director of Consulting Services, Wellingtone Project Management, 01 July 2022.
Updated: Tue Jul 05 2022
Norwegian gas strike shows the danger of the UKs dithering on domestic drilling, says IEA energy analyst
Andy Mayer, energy analyst at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs comments on the strike action by Norwegian offshore workers
Updated: Tue Jul 05 2022
Update on UKs emissions reduction progress
The Climate Change Committee is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act (2008), with the purpose of advising and reporting on the Government's progress on tackling climate change.
Updated: Tue Jul 05 2022
Data Sharing: Getting the UK back on the right track
In this paper, techUK and members set out policy recommendations to set the UK back on the right track to be a world leader in open data.
Updated: Mon Jul 04 2022
Podcast - the second series of 'Think digital, act human': job application do's and don'ts
Here is the second series of our 'Think digital, act human' podcast. In this episode, host Adaobi Ifeachor, speaks to Vita Shapland-Howes about recruitment in the civil service. Tune in to hear about name-blind recruitment, negotiating salaries, essential criteria and more.
Updated: Mon Jul 04 2022
When to pull the plug on a project what PRINCE2 says
Blog posted by: Pedro Bertacchini - Senior Project Manager, 01 July 2022.
Updated: Mon Jul 04 2022
HM Treasury to publish a critical third party regime
Following a new package published by regulators last year on operation resilience and outsourcing, HM Treasury published its proposal for mitigating risks from critical third parties to the finance sector.
Updated: Fri Jul 01 2022
M_o_R 4 Risk management knowledge for everyone
Blog posted by: Nick Thomas, Trainer/Consultant at Route to Knowledge and M_o_R reviewer, 28 June 2022.
Updated: Fri Jul 01 2022
Network Services in recent months
For people who don't know me, I am Nava Ramanan, Deputy Director - Head of Networks, Voice, Video and Hosting Services for the Ministry of Justice. In this blog I am going to highlight what we are doing within the ...
Updated: Fri Jul 01 2022
Online sales tax would worsen cost of living crisis, warns IEA paper
An online sales tax would help commercial landlords at the expense of consumers
Updated: Fri Jul 01 2022
Adam Smith Institute - Slim Down the Cabinet Office to Ensure Value for Taxpayers
Reduce the Cabinet Office headcount and simplify its structure to ensure greater efficiency says think tank
Updated: Wed Jun 29 2022
Digital planning reform - an overview
The digital planning reform team in DLUHC have been working over the last couple of years to investigate how digital and data could improve on what we have now: saving time and money for both end-users and planning authorities, and better connecting the public to the issues and decisions made on their behalf.
Updated: Wed Jun 29 2022
Government publishes Digital Health and Care Plan
Announced earlier this year by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care at the HSJ Digital Transformation Summit, the Government has now published the Digital Health and Care Plan. This follows the publication of Data Saves Lives: Reshaping Health and Social Care with Data.
Updated: Wed Jun 29 2022
JRF - New evidence of the year of financial fear being endured by UKs low-income families
2022 has seen low-income families going without essentials, building up arrears and taking on debt just to get by
Updated: Wed Jun 29 2022
Why we're stopping the head of digital role 1 year on
James Reeve takes us through 12 months of progress and why everyone in our leadership team needs to lead for digital transformation - not just one person.
Updated: Wed Jun 29 2022