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Oxford entrance interviews - candidate's registration numbers confused with their marks
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MI5 bugs the wrong phones
- formatting confusion
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Mouchel's pension fund overvalued by £4.3,
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Magners cider manufacturer announces revenues up -- by mistake
- "incorrect calculations"
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King's fund revises analysis of cuts in NHS spending in Wales
- "calculation error"
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AXA Rosenberg spreadsheet error "cover up"
From the Macpherson review [cite]:
Box 2.A: The 2050 Calculator – Department of Energy and Climate Change The 2050 Calculator is a scenario testing tool that allows users to explore different ways of reducing UK emissions by 2050. It was developed in-house by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2010. To date over 150,000 unique users have accessed the tool.
The 2050 Calculator sets a new standard for transparency. Both the model and its assumptions are published on the internet, and during development DECC published several “Calls for Evidence” and worked with hundreds of stakeholders. Users are impressed by the open, honest assessment of uncertainty, improving trust in the model and its insights. Journalists are enthusiastic; the Guardian calling it ‘...probably one of the most open and transparent pieces of policy-making ever undertaken by the British government’.
The transparency of the UK calculator led not only to free quality assurance from global experts in the field, but also tangible diplomatic benefits. For example, the Chinese Government published their own version of the 2050 calculator – a major breakthrough in transparency and Sino-UK climate change co-operation.
The team was also formally recognised, winning the Science, Engineering and Technology Civil Service Award in 2010.