Making it easier to access and use earth observation data

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Andrew Newman and earth ovservation

We've opened our new Earth Observation Data Service to users across Defra. This data has the potential to change our understanding of the environment.  Andrew Newman explains how this is working and how we are making this data openly available.  

Chloe in the community: a volunteer’s ‘lockdown’ story

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Chloe volunteering

Volunteering has been a release and source of comfort for many during lockdown, both for those volunteering and for those needing help and support. To mark this year’s Volunteers' Week, one of our user researchers, Chloe Westerman, describes her experiences of volunteering during the past couple of months.

Learning in lockdown: moving L&D online

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Learning at work logo

To coincide with ‘On Air, Online’ - Learning at Work Week, Joya Snowden, Defra Capability Development lead supporting the Digital Data and Technology Services (DDTS) function, tells us how her team has been developing their learning offer to provide options that can be accessed by colleagues working at home.

DDaT conference: striving for a more sustainable IT future

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Antonia Panayotova with other deleagtes at the DDaT conference

Sustainability has long been a priority for the UK. The issue continues to be high on the political agenda. But how many of us have ever considered how IT equipment is recycled, or how IT services might be delivered in a more sustainable way?

Apprenticeships: not so much ‘You’re fired', more ‘You’re hired’

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Dana and her fellow apprentices

When people hear the term apprentice some will immediately think of the hit BBC TV reality game show 'The Apprentice’, in which budding entrepreneurs compete for the chance to win a big prize. The concept of apprenticeships has been around a long time though. And earlier this month Civil Service apprentices up and down the …