![The Ancient Akrotiri Project team excavating one of the Roman buildings at Dreamer's Bay. [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/Akrotiri-blog-2.jpg)
...project using archaeological excavation, survey, geo-morphology and marine archaeology to get to grips with how the peninsula has been formed and exploited over several thousands of years. The Ancient Akrotiri...
![A Gurkha trainee, wearing full uniform including helmet and body armour, and carrying his weapon and a bergen, kneels in an area of young, growing trees. A mature wood is in the background. [Crown Copyright/MOD2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/IMG_1599cropped-copy-e1544028628324-1024x681.jpg)
...spent a few years in Scotland and elsewhere working as a forestry contractor, before heading to forestry college. I was lucky enough to get a placement working in MOD forestry...
![Jacqui Rock, DIO Commercial Director [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Rock-bio-e1543582792339.jpg)
...to provide existing and potential suppliers with information on how to do business with the MOD, introduce DIO and its commercial vision, and talk about some of the upcoming opportunities...
...a technical building qualification which was needed to get into a technical role and undertook training with a mentor which covered areas from waste water to contaminated land to carbon...
![Challenger 2 tank crews training at BATUS. [Crown Copyright/MOD2014]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/45158850-1024x420.jpg)
...team, work through how to face fear and operate in challenging situations - all important abilities when they move into live operations. To have experienced a minor part of what...
...winner in the family, so I suspect that her influence shaped how I thought about the male: female role relationship and where my place in this was. I also went...
...culture in DIO, and a number of resources and events are taking place which encourage us to come together, to think about, and to talk about, what causes us stress...
...problems that they tackle. Young people were challenged to figure out how to best support the Leaning Tower of Pisa, how to design flood prevention using Lego and plasticine, and...
...data together with the UKCP18 data to consider whether risks are likely to increase in the future and identify areas that require further investigation. With our in-house Geographical Information System...
...sharing research and analysis that shows how differently people with disabilities are treated in the workplace and how this affects them. Within the ‘safe space’ provided, we’ve been able to...