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An opportunity for officials to trial our new equalities training in September
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We are now accepting applications from PhD students for placements beginning in January 2025
We can help colleagues across government assess the potential equalities impact of policy decisions
This month we held a special event that gave officials the opportunity to look at some of the latest academic research on the impact of COVID-19
The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is working with the OIT and UKRI to provide energy policy briefings for UK academics.
Sign up to the Outside In events series for civil servants
The Open Innovation Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications for 2023/2024. The fellowship helps officials answer a specific policy research question.
A case study of our recent work for the College of Policing on the use of virtual reality (VR) headsets in police training.
MiSoC fellowship for civil servants brings together academics and policy-makers to help answer specific policy questions
An outline of the academic engagement programme commissioned by the NLC
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How the Open Innovation Team uses your data
An update on our continuous improvement program for diversity in recruitment
Information on policy training courses that OIT can offer academics
The Open Innovation Team's impact on UK Government policy making
An outline of how we supported the UK's geospatial strategy
The Open Innovation Team’s PhD placements build skills and provide students with an insight into what it is like to work in government
With well over 100 PhD placements since 2016, we’ve gathered thoughts from alumni.
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