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How we built and ran ‘Introduction to content design’, and how to sign up

Agnieszka Murdoch, 8 September 2020 - Content design, People and skills

You can now sign up for the September run of ‘Introduction to content design’ on FutureLearn. In this post, we share why and how we built and ran the course, and what we’ve learnt so far.

Podcast: Content Design

GDS team, 27 August 2020 - Content design, Podcast

Content design lets users understand exactly what they need to do and when. It’s a way of translating complex policy into an easy to understand format. Learn more about content design and how its helped government in this month’s podcast.

Digital, data and technology (DDaT) senior leadership changes

Alex Chisholm, 24 August 2020 - GDS team

Alex Chisholm, Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, gives an update on senior leadership changes in the digital, data and technology (DDaT) profession.

Can GOV.UK Notify help the public sector write better emails, text messages and letters?

Karl Chillmaid, 18 August 2020 - GOV.UK Notify, User research

The GOV.UK Notify team wants to use content design to save the public sector time and money. We’re looking for volunteers to help us work out how.

Podcast: The DDaT Fast Stream at GDS

GDS team, 30 July 2020 - Digital, Data and Technology, People and skills, Podcast

The Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream is one of 15 Civil Service Fast Stream schemes. Listen to July’s episode of the GDS Podcast to hear from current and former participants in the scheme, reflecting on their experiences.

Larger, Better, Faster, Stronger: GOV.UK Pay’s progress in the last year

GOV.UK Pay team, 14 July 2020 - GOV.UK Pay

Find out about GOV.UK Pay’s progress in the last year to support large services and lower-tech services to move payments online, and what we’re looking at in the future.

Launching the Digital, Data and Technology Functional Standard

Rhiannon Lawson, Head of Technology Policy, 2 July 2020 - Digital, Data and Technology

The Technology Policy team at GDS has been working with the Civil Service Group to create the Digital, Data and Technology Functional Standard. Find out what it is, what you need to do, how it fits in with other Functional Standards and how you can contribute to the next iteration.

Podcast: Celebrating 2 years of the Local Digital Declaration

GDS team, 29 June 2020 - Podcast

The Local Digital Declaration celebrates its second birthday on 4 July. Listen to June’s episode of the GDS Podcast to find out how it started, how it connects people and how it helps local government organisations build digital services and platforms.

How the GovTech Catalyst is helping to grow the GovTech sector

Harry Vos, Senior Product Manager, GovTech Catalyst, 23 June 2020 - Digital strategy

We are reflecting on the impact of our experimental first phase of the GovTech Catalyst. We found promising solutions to some of the hardest public sector challenges. After a successful first phase, we have started releasing £1 million of funds to each of the public sector teams starting Phase 2.

What we learnt from the first phase of the GovTech Catalyst

Harry Vos, Senior Product Manager, GovTech Catalyst, 18 June 2020 - Digital strategy, Service design, Technology

We finished the experimental first phase of the GovTech Catalyst, which helped us learn where emerging technologies can add value. We learnt this in collaboration with smaller technology companies. In our next phase, we will see prototypes develop into testable products.

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Podcast: Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech

Podcast: Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech

How we built and ran ‘Introduction to content design’, and how to sign up

Podcast: Content Design

Digital, data and technology (DDaT) senior leadership changes

Can GOV.UK Notify help the public sector write better emails, text messages and letters?

Podcast: The DDaT Fast Stream at GDS

Larger, Better, Faster, Stronger: GOV.UK Pay’s progress in the last year

Launching the Digital, Data and Technology Functional Standard

Podcast: Celebrating 2 years of the Local Digital Declaration

How the GovTech Catalyst is helping to grow the GovTech sector

What we learnt from the first phase of the GovTech Catalyst

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