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DCMS invites applications from grant makers to administer up to £1.7m funding on volunteering projects in 2021/22 and welcomes additional match funding to 2023.
Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.
Tech Nation has become part of Founders Forum Group and will continue to assess digital technology applications for the Global Talent visa.
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work addressing key issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming, including an indicative timeline for upcoming milestones.
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a digital technology expert - fintech, gaming, cyber security, artificial intelligence
Explaining the background to devolution and how the legislatures and administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland work.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
The International Tech Hub Network (ITHN) works to forge innovation partnerships between the UK and international tech sectors, stimulate local digital economies, and build high-end digital skills to drive sustainable jobs and growth.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
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