Using hypotheses to improve our content review process
Using hypotheses to improve our content review process
Content designer Lauren Stopps writes about a project to improve the content team's internal review process.
Technology, innovation and data: helping us protect the environment and respond to flooding
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Martin Whitworth, Deputy Director for Mapping, Modelling and Information and Deborah Yates, Open Data National Lead, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Open data
The technology revolution is also a data revolution! In less than ten years there has been an explosion of new mobile devices, which has increased everyone’s capacity to consume data on the go.
I spy someone in the #defradatafunction
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Beck Strickland, 'Everything Data', the Environment Agency, David Buck, Engagement, OpenDefra and Stefan Janusz, Communications, Defra Data Programme, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Open data
Last year, Defra group was set a challenge: a target to release at least 8000 new open datasets in one year.
How communities of practice will help to transform Defra
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Emily Webber, Communities of Practice Lead, Digital Transformation, Posted on:
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Defra digital
It’s an exciting time to work at Defra. There are lots of great digital services being built and fantastic people building them.
Forever fixing Flake-y data? Give your data a confidence Boost
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Simon Dimbylow, Data and Infomation Technical Specialist, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Open data
Here's an extra (Mal)teaser: what have chocolate bars got to do with data quality?
Demonstration Test Catchments Open Data
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Murray Hart, Senior Scientific Officer, Natural Environment Policy Directorate, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Open data
The recent Defra Science and Innovation Fair showcased a number of projects producing a wealth of data, much of which has been made open. The Demonstation Test Catchments project looks at monitoring controlling pollution from agricultural run-off. You can find open …
What an archive: 7 million plant specimens
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David Buck, Engagement, OpenDefra, Mike Rose, Head of Engagement, OpenDefra and David Cope, Director of Strategy and External Affairs, Kew Gardens, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Open data
Imagine losing 7 million plant specimens in a fire. Kew’s plant store (herbarium) faces this risk. The ‘server room' as it’s known, holds 250 years worth of international plant data. To lose generations of passion, love, care and meticulous attention …
Becoming an #OpenCulture
My organisation is going through change. This really is not unusual as for the majority of my public sector career so far there has been a series of large, individual “change programmes” rolled out and implemented. However the difference with …
Defra Science and Innovation: Science at Fera
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Rick Mumford, Director of Science at Fera, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Open data
Last Friday marked a milestone for me, as on that day twenty years ago, I walked through the doors of MAFF Central Science Laboratory (CSL) in Harpenden, to start my new job as a plant virology diagnostician. Plenty has changed …
More floods, droughts and heatwaves: a future to prepare for...
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Rosalind West and Molly Anderson, Climate Change Adaptation, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Earth Observation, Open data
July 2016 saw the publication of the evidence report for the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 (CCRA2017) by the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) of the Committee on Climate Change. Their report provides an independent assessment of the risks and opportunities …
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