Case studies: Real-life examples of government activity

The Fuel Handling Plant is a critical part of the UK’s nuclear infrastructure. It safely receives, stores, and processes nuclear fuel from EDF’s reactor fleet on the Sellafield site.

Find out more about Dstl's central role in the response to the nerve agent attack in 2018—one of the most serious criminal and international incidents in recent years.

The Futures Toolkit provides a set of tools to help you develop policies and strategies that are robust in the face of an uncertain future. 

Learn how Salts Wood, a woodland creation site in Kent, benefits the local community and wildlife.

Learn about Brook Farm, an England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) funded woodland creation project in Herefordshire.

Learn how Hilley Farm in Shropshire converted marginal land into woodland and the varied benefits it has provided.

Read how funding from the Woodland Creation Planning Grant and England Woodland Creation Offer helped to create woodland in Cumbria.

Penny provides an insight into her barrister training within the Government Legal Department

Find out how the introduction of the free breakfast club at Saxton Church of England Primary School led to the launch of wider before and after school care.

Find out how Springwater Special School organises its new free breakfast club including staffing and engaging activities for pupils.

Find out how Silver Springs Primary Academy involves pupils from years 5 and 6 with its new free breakfast club by making them 'breakfast club baristas'.

Find out how Court Lane Junior School is working with a private, voluntary or independent (PVI) childcare provider to deliver its new free breakfast club.

Find out how Devonshire Road Primary School organises the school day to accommodate paid and free breakfast club sessions with additional activities.

Read how Natural England are monitoring and managing significant browsing pressure from deer at Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve (NNR) in West Sussex.

With UKDI-DASA funding, Kognitiv Spark deployed a cyber secure augmented reality technology that enables remote expert support for military operations

Read how Ingleborough National Nature Reserve (NNR) trialled different tree protection methods to minimise impacts from sheep and deer grazing to support woodland regeneration.

GAD’s expertise has helped the government develop and implement its circular economy policy on packaging waste.

Scout missions can prove new concepts using small satellites, which can then be scaled up in larger missions.

Case studies relating to Natural England's Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security.

The breach was in relation to a UK exporter that made goods available to Russia, prohibited under the Russia Sanctions Regulations

The Magnox Swarf Storage Silo at Sellafield is one of 4 legacy pond and silo facilities on the Sellafield site.

Rowena Hill’s UKRI fellowship shaped climate policy, built knowledge networks, and strengthened evidence use at MHCLG through flexible engagement.

Ana Manzano’s UKRI fellowship co-produced evaluation strategy, built partnerships, and delivered real-world impact in Northern Ireland’s government.

Mattie Toma’s Policymakers Lab surveys researchers and policymakers, making evidence more usable and driving global collaboration and impact.

Caroline Bond’s DfE seminar sparked dialogue, practical ideas, and new research on school attendance through focused academic-policy engagement.

Windscale Pile 2 is one of the The Windscale Piles. These were were the UK's first nuclear reactors and are some of the oldest buildings on the Sellafield site.

The Pile Fuel Storage Pond is our oldest pond and one of the most significant clean-up projects on the Sellafield site. We're retrieving historic nuclear fuel, debris and sludges from the 70-year-old pond and placing it …

The Windscale Piles were the UK's first nuclear reactors and are some of the oldest buildings on the Sellafield site. We're cleaning-up and decommissioning these iconic reminders of our pioneering nuclear history and…

The First-Generation Reprocessing Plant is one of the oldest buildings at Sellafield, dating back to the military origins of the site.

Adappt has built a reputation for using AI in novel ways to solve complex data problems, often in environments where failure to deliver is not an option.  

Border Security Command now has a better understanding of how online platforms used in people smuggling can be monitored and potentially disrupted.

ACE developed options for an AI lab that would inspire and enable greater innovation by adding in technical expertise from industry and academia.

ACE developed a portfolio of in-depth reports to increase understanding of how AI products in four key areas could be used by criminals.

ACE devised a method that ensures Police and Crime Commissioners are well briefed on technology investments so they can make informed funding decisions.

An ACE review established that police forces could realise efficiency and productivity savings of 60% through better use of automated redaction tooling.

As drone threats become increasingly sophisticated, Dstl's open standards approach is proving essential for coordinated international defence responses.

Royal Navy's ASW Spearhead programme rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms – CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA – to enhance ASW capabilities.

Read what our people have to say about working for the National Cyber Force.

A national model collating when technology needs updating or will become obsolete enables the National Police Chiefs’ Council to make crucial funding decisions.

ACE leant on its significant experience to increase innovation in the Home Office, with the aim of improving service delivery as well as increasing efficiency.

As Government Skills launches a new coaching service, developed for civil servants by civil servants, a coach and their coachee share their experiences.

Applying advanced data technologies gives investigators faster insights, reduces effort duplication, and improves how information is shared across the system. 

Read how Nature and Nurture, a riparian woodland in Wiltshire, has used the Countryside Stewardship grant to protect valuable cricket bat willow from Eurasian beaver damage whilst adapting to seasonal flooding.

Dstl and partners are enabling the UK's Integrated Fighting Force by developing underlying technology that will connect platforms and systems.

NW Pro, a family company based in Bedfordshire, has transformed from designing, installing and maintaining security systems, to creating cutting-edge AI solutions for high-end security.

How DASA funding and Dstl support helped transform a deployable antenna concept into critical UK defence space capability.

The Royal Navy's ASW Spearhead programme has rapidly enhanced anti-submarine warfare through Sonar 2087 and Merlin Mk2 helicopter system upgrades.

Lessons from the Competition and Market Authority (CMA)’s investigation into sports broadcasting and production companies that colluded on rates of pay for freelance workers.

How the School-based Nursery Capital Grant accelerated one infant school’s plan to expand its provision to support local demand and improve transitions into reception.

How a primary academy and an infant school each worked with a private, voluntary and independent (PVI) provider to reap the benefits of their mutual expertise.