Building our product management community: from sceptics to superfans

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James Corbett is a Product Manager for Delivering Sustainable Futures at Defra and Helen McMullan is a Lead Product Manager for Regulatory Services at Defra. In this blog they reflect on how formalising a product community has unleashed the power of shared ownership, collective growth, and fostered sense of belonging

Spotlight on Talent Development – meet summer intern Kiril Korzikovas

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Summer intern Kiril Korzikovas shares his experience of completing the Civil Service Summer Internship Programme here at Defra digital data technology and security. I’m Kiril, a second-year student studying Economics and Russian at the University of Sheffield. I started my …

What to keep in mind this World Day for Health and Safety at Work

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An infographic entitled ‘ Steps we can all take to improve our workplaces and how we work’.

On World Day for Health and Safety at Work, which this year focuses on exploring the impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health, Laurie Doyle reflects on the growing reality that, while many people are familiar with workplace risks such as trips, fires, or musculoskeletal injuries, rising global temperatures mean that employees are …

“Everybody has to start somewhere” - why I chose an ICT career with Defra

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On International Girls in ICT Day, Associate Cloud Engineer Niamh Bergin explains why she has chosen a career in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and she reflects on some of the challenges she has faced and overcome, personally and professionally, including feeling the effects of imposter syndrome.