Embracing flexible work to bridge the Gender Pay Gap this Equal Pay Day
The Fawcett Society have highlighted the need to embrace flexible work across the economy to help close the gender pay gap for Equal Pay Day 2023.
Updated: Wed Nov 22 2023
Inclusive language by design
Designing inclusively ensures we do not unintentionally exclude or disadvantage the people we build our services for. Sarraounia and Cara share how we're guiding inclusive language by design.
Updated: Wed Nov 22 2023
Landmark sci-tech deal with the Republic of Korea to boost cooperation in critical technologies such as AI and semicondu
Landmark commitments on AI, semiconductors, space and more form a key part of new UK-Republic of Korea Accord.
Updated: Wed Nov 22 2023
Reflections from the 2023 Tech Against Trafficking Summit
Last week techUK went to the Big Apple to join representatives from the tech sector, law enforcement, civil society and government at the annual Tech Against Trafficking Summit.
Updated: Wed Nov 22 2023
UK and South Korea launch FTA negotiations and sign a Science and Tech deal Whats in it for tech?
The United Kingdom and South Korea bilateral relationship is poised for a significant leap forward as the two countries yersterday launched negotiations on a new trade deal. This comes as the UK and South Korea also sign a Science and Technology deal to boost cooperation in AI, quantum computing, semiconductors and space technology.
Updated: Wed Nov 22 2023
Working Collaboratively Across Professions
Working in a multi-disciplinary team is important to deliver great services. Equally, it is important to make time for community. There are lots of ways we work in collaboration with our users and professionals in DfE (Department for Education). Our ...
Updated: Wed Nov 22 2023
Investigatory Powers Amendment Bill briefing
The government has recently announced its intention to legislate to update the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), via the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill.
Updated: Tue Nov 21 2023
The National Audit Office report highlights delays in delivering on Levelling Up
The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report on the value for money of the Levelling Up funding for local government including the Towns Fund, the Levelling Up Fund and the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Updated: Tue Nov 21 2023
Threat Modelling of MoJ Forms - A Light Touch Approach
Any service can face a number of threats. A way to surface these is to run through a threat modelling assessment. Running through the process can help to prioritise and make decisions based on data the output gives us. There ...
Updated: Tue Nov 21 2023
World first AI robot for tackling the pothole problem
At Daresbury Laboratory, UK start-up Robotiz3d is combining artificial intelligence (AI) with advanced robotics to tackle the pothole problem.
Updated: Tue Nov 21 2023
Dstl and Google Cloud Hackathon: new era of defence AI innovation
Google Cloud and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) team up to deliver a first-of-its-kind hackathon.
Updated: Mon Nov 20 2023
Climate Action at COP28 Campaign Week 2023
Welcome to techUK's Climate Action at COP28 Campaign Week!
Updated: Fri Nov 17 2023
Virtual hangar to serve as shared repository for aviation concepts
The 'hangar', or the Aviation Concepts Environment (ACE), will open up to Dstl, Front Line Commands and invited industry partners.
Updated: Fri Nov 17 2023
Work experience in the Department for Education
The time is coming for myself and others to discover where our futures can take us, which can be an extremely overwhelming feeling! The pressure to have a clear career plan at such an early age is something I found difficult throughout secondary school. However, with help from the Department for Education, these decisions were less daunting than I thought.
Updated: Fri Nov 17 2023
Four ways to maximise the benefits of digital, data, and technology in health and care before the next election
Victoria Atkins MP has been named as the new Health and Social Care Secretary. With a daunting task ahead, technology will be key to meeting government targets before the next election.
Updated: Thu Nov 16 2023
Migrating our data from GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
After learning that GOV.UK's hosting platform PaaS is being decommissioned, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register team decided to migrate all their hosting to AWS. In this post, Barry, Developer, explains what they did.
Updated: Thu Nov 16 2023
Reflections on Transforming with Digital
From Justice Digital, Policy, and beyond, we have been uniting forces in an exciting 'Transforming with Digital' collaboration campaign co-sponsored by Gina Gill (CDIO) and Jerome Glass (DG Policy). The world is changing - fast. Earlier this month the UK ...
Updated: Thu Nov 16 2023
IPPR - Rwanda ruling: Time to forget about Rwanda and focus on fixing UK asylum system, says IPPR
Marley Morris, IPPR associate director for migration, trade and communities Responds to today's Supreme Court ruling that sending thousands of migrants to Rwanda would be unlawful
Updated: Wed Nov 15 2023
IPPR responds to latest inflation figures: Cost of living crisis not over
Dr George Dibb, head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR responds to today's CPI figures showing prices rose by 4.6% in the year to October
Updated: Wed Nov 15 2023
NCSC publishes Annual Review 2023
The National Cyber Security Centre warns of ‘enduring and significant' threat to the UK's critical infrastructure.
Updated: Wed Nov 15 2023
The Chancellors Autumn Statement: an opportunity to boost confidence in the UK tech sector and the wider economy
techUK's submission to the Autumn Statement points to a cautiously optimistic outlook amongst techUK members, but to turn this into growth for the tech sector and the wider economy the Chancellor must focus on competitiveness, investment, productivity and public services.
Updated: Wed Nov 15 2023
Climate Change Agreements CCA for Data Centres
Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) were set up by the UK Government to encourage greater uptake of energy efficiency measures amongst companies in energy intensive industries.
Updated: Tue Nov 14 2023
Sharaz: doing high-profile maths
Sharaz is one of our graduates in Cyber and Information Systems (CIS) who joined with a Masters in Mathematics.
Updated: Tue Nov 14 2023
techUK Report: Biometrics in Digital Identity
An excerpt from a techUK report on Biometrics in Digital Identity.
Updated: Tue Nov 14 2023
Tripods: Building a Connected Delivery Profession
Introducing Tripods This blog explores the transformative impact of 'Tripods', a novel approach that connects Delivery Managers from other government departments. They meet regularly to share experiences and support each other. It's a small idea that's had a big impact ...
Updated: Tue Nov 14 2023