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Achieving happiness is my ‘happy place’

On International Day of Happiness, Interim Executive Assistant Imogen Moorhouse took a few moments to reflect on the things she does for a happy workday, including starting the day on a positive note.

March 20, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

How quality sleep can help maintain good mental health

On World Sleep Day, Capability Development Analyst Katey Melici shares her reflections on the difficulties she often experiences with sleeping, the negative impacts this can have, and how she mitigates these.

March 18, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

Why I chose a career as a junior developer in Defra

In the latest of our Blogs celebrating National Careers Week, junior developer Holly Adamson tells us how her fascination with languages and gaming led her to a career in Defra.

March 11, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

Breaking the bias – why I’m celebrating International Women’s Day

Stella Power, Chief Operating Officer in Defra’s Digital, data and technology function, shares her career experiences as we celebrate International Women’s Day, the theme of which this year is #BreakTheBias.

March 8, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

How I forged my career in Defra

As National Careers Week gets underway, our Head of Strategic Resourcing and Organisational Development Maggie Bosniak shares her reflections of a 25-year career working in various parts of Defra group and highlights the many opportunities for young people to join us.

March 7, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

Beyond incremental change: How (and why) we’re setting the pace for sustainable technology

Will McGeehin, our Interim Deputy Director for Digital Technology Strategy, tells us how Defra has opened his eyes to the possibilities of truly sustainable technology and the many challenges that come with IT going green.

March 4, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

Why I’m celebrating World Book Day

On the 25th anniversary of World Book Day, Defra librarian Abbi Smith shares her passion for reading and explains how this passion has been passed to her 10-year-old son, Walt, who is already an avid reader himself.

March 3, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

How we created a new security training course for the Civil Service

Bob Mistry and Tony Green, from the Defra security team, share their experiences of working with partners throughout the organisation to develop a new online security training course that will be used by hundreds of thousands of civil servants across government departments in the future.

March 1, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

Scanning the horizon for the innovations of the future

Jan Murdoch, Lead Horizon Scanner in our Technology Innovation team, shares his thoughts on the emerging technologies to watch out for this year and why they matter to Defra.

February 10, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales

You’re hired – celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2022

We’re marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2022 with a post from Workforce Management Lead, Claire Thomas Hawnt, who tells us about the many opportunities we have for budding apprentices.

February 7, 2022adminUncategorizedDEFRA, Digital, GOV, Wales