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An engineer’s tips for writing in plain English

Posted by: Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 5 August 2016 - Categories: Communications, Guidance
Dr Lucy Rogers' tips for writing in plain english

More years ago than any of us care to remember, I went to school with a bloke called Ben Rogers and through him, met his sister Lucy. Fast forward all those years, and Lucy is now Dr Lucy Rogers, one …

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Making things clear and correct with collaborative scriptwriting

Posted by: Mark Boxall, Ella Fitzsimmons and Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 5 April 2016 - Categories: Communications, Events, Guidance, Images, Writing
Image of the main stage at the Sprint 16 event, with Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, standing at the podium and the words 'The journey ahead' on the large screen.

We made three films for Sprint 16, and one of them was this one that gives a broad overview of what the Government Data Programme is for. Writing the script and working out how to animate it took a long …

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