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Britain opens national school of government campus in York

Cabinet Office Minister Mark Ferguson opened the new National School of Government in York, offering training from day one, including artificial intelligence…

--- The context --- The British government has launched an institution designed to ensure that the civil service has the knowledge and skills it needs to deliver the government's priorities and serve people across the whole country. The premise is straightforward: a world-class public service requires staff who keep learning throughout their careers, with modern facilities close to where they live and work rather than concentrated only in the capital. --- The facts --- Cabinet Office Minister Mark Ferguson today opened the new National School of Government and Public Services, which will provide training for civil servants and public sector leaders, with its first dedicated residential campus in York. From day one the school will roll out a range of training programmes, including artificial intelligence training, for all civil servants, building a curriculum around skills such as devolution, national security, leadership and innovation. Regional hubs will be developed across the country, with the first opened in York this week, alongside digital access routes giving staff modern learning facilities close to where they live and work. --- The positions --- The Cabinet Office Minister argued that the opening is a unique opportunity to upskill civil servants in the areas that matter most, with artificial intelligence among the top priorities from the very first day. The British government also points to results already achieved with artificial intelligence: an emergency demand forecasting tool is now in use across 50 NHS organisations, helping hospitals predict peak periods and plan staffing, while artificial intelligence tutoring tools in schools target halving the attainment gap for disadvantaged students. --- What remains unknown --- It remains unclear how the offer will be divided between the York campus, the future regional hubs and the digital routes, and how quickly each department will move its staff through the new programmes. --- Unanswered questions --- How many civil servants will pass through the school in its first full cycle of activity? How much of the training will be residential in York and how much will reach the rest of the country digitally? How will anyone measure whether the new institution genuinely raises public sector productivity? --- EPM analysis --- The launch forms part of a broader drive to boost public sector productivity and accelerate progress towards digitally enabled public services, and the school has partnered with the annual One Big Thing learning initiative, whose theme this year is artificial intelligence in action. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the York school turns civil service training into permanent public infrastructure rather than an occasional purchase, and that shift in approach may deliver more than any isolated course. What matters now is that digital access and regional hubs genuinely reach the whole country, that artificial intelligence stays a universal skill for every official, and that results are measured with the same rigour used to announce the opening.
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