tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications News and communications from Open Innovation Team (OIT) 2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/applications-now-open-for-oits-2025-policy-fellowship 2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 Applications now open for OIT’s 2025 Policy Fellowship The Open Innovation Team (OIT) is inviting applications for its 2025 Policy Fellowship programme, an academic mentoring scheme for UK-based public officials. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/applications-for-policy-masterclasses-are-now-open 2024-10-22T10:48:17+01:00 Applications for Policy Masterclasses are now open An update on the policy training courses OIT offers academics tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/sign-up-to-hear-about-our-events-for-civil-servants 2024-10-22T10:48:11+01:00 Sign up to hear about our events for civil servants Our new season of Outside:In is here! tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/open-innovation-team-launches-its-updated-strategy 2024-08-21T14:05:40+01:00 Open Innovation Team launches its updated strategy We want to increase our impact tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/applications-open-phd-placements-with-open-innovation-team-2025 2024-05-01T00:00:00+01:00 Applications open - PhD Placements with Open Innovation Team 2025 We are now accepting applications from PhD students for placements beginning in January 2025 tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/open-innovation-team-launches-new-government-evaluation-service 2024-03-07T11:13:14+00:00 Open Innovation Team launches new government evaluation service We’ve recently launched our new evaluation service for colleagues in government. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/applications-open-for-open-innovation-policy-fellowship-202324 2023-11-07T10:22:28+00:00 Applications open for Open Innovation Policy Fellowship 2023/24 The Open Innovation Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications for 2023/2024. The fellowship helps officials answer a specific policy research question. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/what-do-phds-think-about-our-placement 2023-05-10T00:00:00+01:00 What do PhDs think about our placement scheme? With well over 100 PhD placements since 2016, we’ve gathered thoughts from alumni. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/policy-training-for-academics 2023-04-24T11:43:00+01:00 Policy training for academics Our Policy Masterclasses are now available in person and online. Delivered by experienced officials, this course gives an insider’s view of how policy works tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-fellowship-for-civil-servants-launched 2022-11-21T10:25:11+00:00 New fellowship for civil servants launched MiSoC fellowship for civil servants brings together academics and policy-makers to help answer specific policy questions tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/partner-with-the-open-innovation-team 2022-09-23T13:43:16+01:00 Partner with the Open Innovation Team We are now inviting bids from UK universities wishing to partner with us for the next three to five years tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/feedback-on-our-work 2022-08-17T13:50:34+01:00 Feedback on our work Clients rate us 4.8 out of 5 tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/call-for-officials-to-pilot-new-equalities-duty-training 2022-07-27T13:35:40+01:00 Call for officials to pilot new equalities duty training An opportunity for officials to trial our new equalities training in September tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/investigating-virtual-reality-for-the-college-of-policing 2022-07-22T09:38:47+01:00 Investigating Virtual Reality for the College of Policing A case study of our recent work for the College of Policing on the use of virtual reality (VR) headsets in police training. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/expert-contributions-to-our-work 2022-07-06T11:58:32+01:00 Expert contributions to our work More than 1,200 experts have contributed since 2019 tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/support-for-equalities-impact-assessments 2022-06-07T14:40:00+01:00 Support for Equalities Impact Assessments We can help colleagues across government assess the potential equalities impact of policy decisions tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/bringing-expert-insight-into-uk-government 2022-05-17T14:38:00+01:00 Bringing expert insight into UK government Sign up to the Outside In events series for civil servants tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/energy-policy-briefings-ensure-better-collaboration-with-uk-academics 2022-01-24T16:41:00+00:00 Energy policy briefings ensure better collaboration with UK academics The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is working with the OIT and UKRI to provide energy policy briefings for UK academics. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/diversity-in-recruitment-update-january-2021 2022-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 Diversity in recruitment � update January 2021 An update on our continuous improvement program for diversity in recruitment tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/improving-diversity-in-recruitment-at-the-open-innovation-team 2021-12-08T09:07:00+00:00 Improving Diversity in Recruitment at the Open Innovation Team Reflections on our journey to have a fairer and more inclusive recruitment process