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Just to make it more interesting
Can you trust your colleagues let alone partner organisations or those you are contracting with? Why don't people stick to agreements, why do they put short term benefit before greater...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Nov 2017
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Featured blog: What do we want the police to do? It’s time for an honest debate
The police might be forgiven for thinking that parts of the press have it in for them. First The Sun launched an all out assault on Humberside Police for officers being photographed playing on...
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KHUB Focus
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03 Nov 2017
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Local government: How to improve service and reduce costs
Public sector organisations know it can be a challenge to cost-justify investment in service improvement. But our local government clients have shown that by following a three step process...
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Paul Linnell
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02 Nov 2017
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The EU GDPR and the new Data Protection Bill – putting the public sector under greater scrutiny
The recent announcement from the UK Government that they will largely follow the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with the new Data Protection Bill, when the UK leaves the EU has...
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KHUB Focus
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30 Oct 2017
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"You can leave the office now"
Am I being sacked? Am I being given permission to leave early? Am I being told the protesters have left? Has the hostage situation come to peaceful end. Was the bomb alert a false alarm? Is this...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Oct 2017
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New Knowledge Hub features
The eagle-eyed among you will spot that we made a few changes to Knowledge Hub last night and added some new features. Here are the highlights: Suggested groups On the right hand side of your...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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25 Oct 2017
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Dog lovers will understand
To a dog we must seem immortal. During your average dogs life time you hardly age at all. Fifteen is a good age for a dog. If you have a dog you will have known the joy of the companionship...
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Blair McPherson
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24 Oct 2017
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Under the Knowledge Hub bonnet
If you're reading this you already know that Knowledge Hub is a great tool to help you collaborate. But have you ever wondered how it really all comes together? Over the years Knowledge Hub has...
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Liz Copeland
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24 Oct 2017
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Are you cut out to be a senior manager
So you think you have what it takes to be a senior manager in local government. Here are six questions for any wannabe senior manager. Just select the answers which most closely...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Oct 2017
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DfE Pilot Schools Buying Hub
Invitation for schools to sign up to be part of the Department of Education pilot ‘Schools Buying Strategy’ The schools' buying strategy is intended to support...
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Helen Lumb
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19 Oct 2017
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The Impact of Automation & AI in the Workplace
Warwick Business School’s Knowledge & Innovation Network (KIN) and Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) will be facilitating a breakfast briefing during Workplace Week (13-17th November) on the...
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Stephen Dale
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16 Oct 2017
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Stranded on Mars
Your Mars rover breaks down, your only hope of getting back to the safety of base is to walk. The group must decide which items to take with them for this perilous journey, they can only take what...
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Blair McPherson
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16 Oct 2017
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Ch-ch-ch-changes - turn & face the strain
How do you drive successful change in large organisations? It’s a challenge facing many across the public sector, often with a focus on the digital transformation of services and ways...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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18 Oct 2017
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How Knowledge Hub saves you money
We, at Knowledge Hub, have always been great believers in the opportunities that online collaboration offers to save the public sector money. But can it really make that much of a difference? ...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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27 Sep 2017
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Managers Interview questions and answers
How confident would you be If at your next job interview you knew the questions before they were asked? Even better what if you had the answers. Working out what the questions will be...
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Blair McPherson
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21 Sep 2017
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I asked for an armchair and they gave me a lamp shade
You successful make the case for additional resources but instead of the much needed arm chair the board gives you a decorative lamp shade. We are not talking about giving a new look to your old...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Sep 2017
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Getting quick responses and saving you time
We interviewed Rebecca Staddon, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Officer at Taunton Deane Borough council about the benefits of her membership to the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Group. ...
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KHUB Focus
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18 Sep 2017
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Using multiple groups to inform decision-making
Our interview with David Pickering, Trading Standards Team Leader at Buckinghamshire County Council, reveals how the Food Standards and Labelling Groups bring local authority regulators, trading...
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KHUB Focus
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18 Sep 2017
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The bigger the job the fewer the requirements
Adverts for top jobs in the public sector stipulate very few requirements. Unlike the long list of essential requirements (skills,knowledge and experience) you find in average recruitment...
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Blair McPherson
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16 Sep 2017
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Sponsored Feature: Simplifying procurement for enforcement services
Setting up a formal procurement exercise for a new enforcement agent contract can be time consuming and resource heavy. To help simplify the process two national procurement frameworks have...
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KHUB Focus
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15 Sep 2017
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Collaboration – the new old buzz word
It’s a general source of frustration in the Knowledge Hub Team that whenever we go to a conference or event, we always hear at least one person say something like… “We need to...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
13 Sep 2017
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1 in 10 men aged 50 have a heart age 10 years older than they are
New analysis from PHE’s Heart Age Test shows many have a heightened risk of a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke. Analysis of 1.2 million test results shows the majority of people...
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Philippa Lynch
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12 Sep 2017
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Can the public ever learn to love social workers?
In books, films ,TV soaps and dramas there are inspirational teachers. Sure there are bad teachers and lazy teachers, well meaning but ineffective teachers but there are also passionate, dedicated...
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Blair McPherson
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13 Sep 2017
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The more senior the post the fewer the requirements
Adverts for top jobs in the public sector stipulate very few requirements. Unlike the long list of essential requirements (skills,knowledge and experience) you find in average recruitment...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Sep 2017
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Measurement for Improvement Community of Interest
A workspace to facilitate the sharing of tools, documents and useful resources related to measurement for improvement. Samantha Riley, Head of Improvement Analytics at NHS Improvement has...
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Philippa Lynch
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05 Sep 2017
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The Do’s and Don’ts of running a webinar for your online community
I’ve been hosting different forms of webinars for a number for years so I have some experience but I’m not the best. So rather than me just rolling off my experience of hosting...
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Michael Norton
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04 Sep 2017
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How organisations respond to allegations of racism
A rather silly attempt at a joke or evidence of racism? You're the manager you decide? The advice from HR is this isn't going to go away. It shouldn't influence your...
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Blair McPherson
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13 Sep 2017
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Helping or hindering in adult safeguarding: an investigation of practice
Helping or hindering in adult safeguarding New research from the NIHR Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, investigates this question, describes current...
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Philippa Lynch
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01 Sep 2017
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Microsoft uses tech to address social care challenges
Microsoft has joined a UK-wide group that aims to enable older adults to remain in their own home and reduce the country’s £20 billion annual social care bill. The technology company...
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Aug 2017
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Mental health and wellbeing JSNA toolkit
The toolkit has been in development since 2016 and its release signals the network’s intent to support the development of mental health and wellbeing joint strategic needs assessments...
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Aug 2017
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Identifying cost effective programmes for mental ill health
Public Health England has published a new tool designed to identify the most cost-effective programmes to help prevent mental ill health in local communities. The Return on Investment...
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Aug 2017
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Views on home care services
Across England there are more than 5,500 home care providers, collectively helping an estimated 673,000 people to continue living independently within their communities. Home care services help...
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Aug 2017
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Healthy Streets
TfL's Healthy Streets for London document introduces their approach to ensure people and their health are put at the centre of decision making. It sets out how to help everyone to use cars less...
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Philippa Lynch
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31 Aug 2017
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A racist can spot a racist
A racist can spot another racist although neither would identify themselves as such. A black person knows a racist even a cleaver one who is careful about what they say and who they say it to....
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Blair McPherson
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13 Sep 2017
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Circle the wagons or get out the hairdryer
There is feedback and then there is the hairdryer treatment. There are league tables and then there is naming and shaming. They say praise in public, criticise in private and...
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Blair McPherson
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24 Aug 2017
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Can Knowledge Succession be the missing link between KM and PM?
I wrote down the three comments below before attending Arthur Shelley’s Masterclass on KNOWledge SUCCESSion based on the book by the same name. “Project managers think that Knowledge...
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Michael Norton
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22 Aug 2017
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This Zoo is not for you
About a platypus enduring a series of job interviews with some snooty zoo animals. First to grill the platypus is Chi Chi the panda, a podgy , ageing star surrounded by his own merchandise....
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Blair McPherson
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23 Aug 2017
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Unnecessary Essential Criteria
It's starts well before the candidates find themselves in front of the interview panel when the person specification is being drawn up. Why state how many years experience an...
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Blair McPherson
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26 Apr 2024
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MyCambridge Marketplace 2017
Following a successful event at Cambridge Junction in 2016, MyCambridge Marketplace returns on Monday 25 September, 18:00 – 20:30, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge...
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Akua Obeng-Frimpong
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18 Aug 2017
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Design in the public sector, transforming public health
The Local Government Association and Design Council have worked in partnership for three years, with a shared vision to grow the public sector’s capacity to deliver efficient and effective...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
17 Aug 2017
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Five for Friday (11/8/17)
I took a week off doing this last week – the shame! – so apologies for that*. A good crop this time round though. Enjoy! Tom Steinberg asks Why even bother with a user...
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Dave Briggs
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11 Aug 2017
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Fostering v Boarding school
I worked in a residential boarding school run by the local authority for boys with poor school attendance and behaviour problems where it was thought they would benefit from being removed...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
10 Aug 2017
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Will the NHS really need fewer beds in the future?
After a recent review of Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) by London South Bank University, Nigel Edwards uses hospital data to take a closer look at the scale of the task they face in...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
09 Aug 2017
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“It has changed my life”
"Civil Service Live is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the Civil Service's achievements at events around the country. To be a truly effective modern Civil Service, we can't afford...
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Adrian Davis
Last updated:
07 Aug 2017
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Prize for a Profile
I work as a Correspondence Officer in Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries at the Department of Health. I went to Civil Service Live for the first time on 11 July and really enjoyed the...
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Holly Casson
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04 Aug 2017
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Five for Friday (28/7/17)
While you wonder where on earth the sun has gone (and I don't mean from the accurate depiction of the solar system above) here are some interesting things to read. There are many tech roles...
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Dave Briggs
Last updated:
01 Aug 2017
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Using technology to support people with dementia
Technology has so much to offer people living with dementia and their carers: access to information, advice and entertainment, as well as reassurance for a carer who does not live near a loved one....
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
31 Jul 2017
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Helping inactive people become active
Thrive is a digital toolkit and learning resource which offers practical steps and suggestions to support inactive people become active and improve their wellbeing. It is supported by a broad range...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
31 Jul 2017
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Five more for Friday
These seemed to go down well last week, so here we are again... Digital Delivery Manager – my old team at Adur & Worthing are recruiting for a delivery manger to whip the...
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Dave Briggs
Last updated:
24 Jul 2017
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How to solve the problem of an ageing population
What price would you pay to stay young? Apparently some people would be prepared to trade years for looks. Surgery and drugs to maintain the illusion of youth comes over as superficial...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
26 Jul 2017
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