tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communicationsNews and communications from Open Innovation Team (OIT)2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00HM Governmenttag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/applications-now-open-for-oits-2025-policy-fellowship2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00Applications now open for OIT’s 2025 Policy FellowshipThe 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-open2024-10-22T10:48:17+01:00Applications for Policy Masterclasses are now openAn update on the policy training courses OIT offers academicstag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/sign-up-to-hear-about-our-events-for-civil-servants2024-10-22T10:48:11+01:00Sign up to hear about our events for civil servantsOur new season of Outside:In is here!tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/open-innovation-team-launches-its-updated-strategy2024-08-21T14:05:40+01:00Open Innovation Team launches its updated strategyWe want to increase our impacttag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/applications-open-phd-placements-with-open-innovation-team-20252024-05-01T00:00:00+01:00Applications open - PhD Placements with Open Innovation Team 2025We are now accepting applications from PhD students for placements beginning in January 2025tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/open-innovation-team-launches-new-government-evaluation-service2024-03-07T11:13:14+00:00Open Innovation Team launches new government evaluation serviceWe’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-2023242023-11-07T10:22:28+00:00Applications open for Open Innovation Policy Fellowship 2023/24The 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-placement2023-05-10T00:00:00+01:00What 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-academics2023-04-24T11:43:00+01:00Policy training for academicsOur Policy Masterclasses are now available in person and online. Delivered by experienced officials, this course gives an insider’s view of how policy workstag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-fellowship-for-civil-servants-launched2022-11-21T10:25:11+00:00New fellowship for civil servants launchedMiSoC fellowship for civil servants brings together academics and policy-makers to help answer specific policy questionstag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/partner-with-the-open-innovation-team2022-09-23T13:43:16+01:00Partner with the Open Innovation TeamWe are now inviting bids from UK universities wishing to partner with us for the next three to five yearstag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/feedback-on-our-work2022-08-17T13:50:34+01:00Feedback on our workClients rate us 4.8 out of 5tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/call-for-officials-to-pilot-new-equalities-duty-training2022-07-27T13:35:40+01:00Call for officials to pilot new equalities duty trainingAn opportunity for officials to trial our new equalities training in Septembertag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/investigating-virtual-reality-for-the-college-of-policing2022-07-22T09:38:47+01:00Investigating Virtual Reality for the College of PolicingA 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-work2022-07-06T11:58:32+01:00Expert contributions to our workMore than 1,200 experts have contributed since 2019tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/support-for-equalities-impact-assessments2022-06-07T14:40:00+01:00Support for Equalities Impact AssessmentsWe can help colleagues across government assess the potential equalities impact of policy decisionstag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/bringing-expert-insight-into-uk-government2022-05-17T14:38:00+01:00Bringing expert insight into UK governmentSign up to the Outside In events series for civil servantstag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/energy-policy-briefings-ensure-better-collaboration-with-uk-academics2022-01-24T16:41:00+00:00Energy policy briefings ensure better collaboration with UK academicsThe 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-20212022-01-07T00:00:00+00:00Diversity in recruitment � update January 2021An 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-team2021-12-08T09:07:00+00:00Improving Diversity in Recruitment at the Open Innovation TeamReflections on our journey to have a fairer and more inclusive recruitment process