National School of Government

er? a National School for government? government of what?

the blurb that arrived in my reader did not enlighten me much:

As the business school for government, we provide high quality learning and
development solutions to government organisations and individuals providing public services.
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Public services? Ah yes, that's the public sector, isn't it? Well, yes it is but not entirely because there are now many organisations that provide public services whose staff are not public servants.

The old name for the organisation -- The Civil Service College -- really did not, it was decided by the powers that be, reflect what the organisation was about.

And that thought brings to mind a very pleasant 15 minutes that I spent with a lady on the National School's stand at a recent exhibition in the Excel Centre in London. We established that we both came from a Jobcentre background and thought being an employment adviser was the best job ever and then got on to the different training courses that are available at the National School.