A little kindness goes a long way
To celebrate National Random Acts of Kindness Day Defra Digital Senior Content Designer Danielle Vincent shares her experiences of giving and receiving kindness during lockdown.
From crunching numbers to making a real difference to people’s lives
Ilia Phoursa, a former financier turned Defra business analyst, lifts the lid on the importance of analysis in helping shape digital solutions, and how achieving a good work life balance can make all the difference.
Rod licences, waste exemptions and mass working from home – a year like no other
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Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital
Defra Chief Digital Officers Myra Hunt and Harriet Green reflect on a year like no other for Defra Digital, as Covid-19 shaped the work we did, where we did it and how we worked with each other.
Sharing the parental burden has been such a joy
To celebrate International Men’s Day senior delivery manager David Thomas shares his experiences of one of the most segregated areas in our society - raising children.
Let’s talk about……how we’re feeling
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Sally Davis, Content Designer, Posted on:
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Defra content design, Defra digital
As International Stress Awareness Week gets underway one of our content designers, Sally Davis, opens up about her own experiences of managing stress and offers some tips for spotting the signs and dealing with them early.
Waste carriers: don’t call us, we’ll email you
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Andrew Hick, Lead Test Engineer and Iris Faraway, Lead Developer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services
Andrew Hick and Iris Faraway, from the Ruby Waste Services team, explain the changes they and their team have been making recently to remove the pain from waste carrier renewals.
Fitting my work around my life: why flexible working works so well for digital professionals
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Tim Tamimi, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation, Smarter working, Software tools
To celebrate National Work Life Week, software developer Tim Tamimi explains why he’s such a flexible working enthusiast.
Staying Cyber Aware: The 10 steps to cyber security – how are we doing it?
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Brinda McDonald, Defra Senior Security Adviser, Posted on:
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Data protection, Defra digital
Cyber security is rarely far from the headlines these days. With so many of our people currently working from home the cyber security challenges and risks challenges are potentially greater as Brinda McDonald, Defra Senior Security Adviser, explains.
Metadata: a thin line between love and hate
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Andrew Newman, Head of Data & Information Access, Posted on:
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Data Transformation
Over the last 18 months I've been building a new Data and Information Access team in Defra. The team brings together data sharing and library functions.
Maintaining catalogues of good quality metadata is critical to them all. But over the last few months I've come to realise I have a love/hate relationship with metadata and the hate is winning.
Climate change: are ICT and digital services part of the solution or the problem?
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Adam Turner, Government and Defra Sustainable Technology Lead, Posted on:
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ICT sustainability
To mark the launch of the Greening government: ICT and digital services strategy 2020 to 2025, Adam Turner explains about this publication, the journey so far and how sustainable ICT is part of the solution, as well as the problem, when tackling climate change.
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