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One Big Thing 2023: putting the ‘big’ in big data!

OBT learning highlights

The Civil Service launched One Big Thing on 4 September 2023, as a new annual initiative for civil servants to take shared action each year around a reform priority.  Our theme for 2023 was data skills and we committed to …

Building the first policy campus beyond Whitehall

Sheffield policy building

A new government campus will help Sheffield become a powerhouse for policy making and talent development, in line with the Capability and Place missions as part of A Modern Civil Service. In June, the Government’s first policy campus launched in …

Embedding a culture of innovation

A trio of civil servants at a sprint event.

In our previous article Building an Innovative Civil Service we talked about how innovation is fundamental to continually deliver value to the public. Innovation can be abstract and we want to highlight how important culture is in fostering psychological safety …

Meet the Modern Civil Service: Ravi Chand

Ravi Chand, Director of Places for Growth

Hello! Welcome to the second interview in the Meet the Modern Civil Service series. The aim of this series is to showcase the people in the civil service who are innovating change, whether that be through being a learning champion, …

Project Simplify: Keeping it simple

Project Simplify supports an Innovative Civil Service which is focused on rewarding and encouraging our staff to find innovative solutions to problems in order to deliver better outcomes for the public. Since the Machinery of Government change to create the …

A Skilled Civil Service: the Policy Profession

Policy profession showcase in the South West

A guest blog by Toyin Owolabi, Policy Profession HR Business Partner Civil Service policy professionals live and work in locations all across the UK. Some are based in cities, others in more rural areas. Regardless of location, they live alongside …

A Skilled Civil Service: Reforming the Fast Stream

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A Fast Stream poster

The Fast Stream has long been the Civil Service’s flagship emerging talent development programme. It rivals the best graduate programmes in the UK, currently sitting in the number two spot of the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers. Every year around …

Skilled: Meet the ONS Data Science Campus - data science for the public good

Image of Penny Holborn and Mary Gregory

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. The ONS Data Science Campus was set up in 2017 with a mission to enhance understanding …