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Developing digital prototyping skills: how interaction designers trained content designers
Lead interaction designer, Ros, and lead content designer, Nad, reflect on how they came together to upskill content designers to create and edit digital prototypes.
This is the first in a series of blog posts from our User Experience and Insight team on how they’re making sure the design and delivery of our services are user-led.
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Making a difference in changing times
Helen Stephenson thanks trustees leading their charities through changing, and challenging, times and invites all trustees to join in Trustees' Week 2022 (7-11 November).
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Four flexible ways to make ECF training work for you and your early career teachers
The Early Career Framework (ECF) and sets out a framework of standards to help early career teachers succeed at the start their careers. In this blog, practitioners share how they support their early career teachers to apply the content of the provider-led training programmes to their school’s context.
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Building the Future - The School Rebuilding Programme Site Visit
Fast Streamer, Chloe Bonnington, from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) shares her insights from an engaging visit to the School Rebuilding Programme with IPA Chief Executive Officer, Nick Smallwood. What is the School Rebuilding Programme? Announced in 2020, …
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Chair's Stakeholder Update - October
Hear the latest from FSA Chair, Professor Susan Jebb
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Building a Government Cloud Technical Community
The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is seeking to build a government technical Cloud community of practice. Read this blog to find out more about the community, and how you can join to help shape the future of Cloud in government.
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Libraries Celebrating Black History Month
Each October, libraries across the country mark Black History Month through events and recommended reading. Here are just a few examples. It is a longer read than usual but we wanted to highlight the variety of activities libraries run to …
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Rose Grant: Why my family history is important to me
In Black History Month, Rose Grant shares some very personal reflections of her family’s journey from the Caribbean to London as part of the Windrush generation and how this has made her the person she is today.
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Start Ready - a GAD actuary takes part in a disaster risk financing initiative
A GAD actuary has marked 6 months at the centre of a programme providing financial help to countries affected by natural disasters. Read more about his role in the Start Ready initiative, part of the Start Network charity, and how it takes an innovative approach to helping countries affected by predictable crises.
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NHSD Care Identity Management beta assessment
Read the beta assessment report for the Care Identity Management service from NHS Digital
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APHA science on the global stage
Follow APHA’s Neil Wilkins as he and colleagues represent APHA at the 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics.
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Answering questions on monkeypox vaccination
Vaccines and reducing exposure are the best defences we have against monkeypox – in this blog we explain how the vaccine works, who it is being given to and the most important things to know about it.
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Celebrating Black History Month: Meet Seun Taiwo
Seun Taiwo works in the Borders and Trade directorate as a Programme Management Office (PMO) Portfolio Analyst, for Border Policy Driven Change. His team is responsible for providing governance and assurance activities to the Border Change Delivery team. He is …
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Why evidence maps are the UK NSC’s first step in reviewing screening evidence
Using evidence maps as the first stage in its evidence review process helps the UK NSC focus its more detailed work on topics where there is the most significant new evidence.
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Technical Advisers at the Export Control Joint Unit
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) in the Department of International Trade (DIT) is seeking talented engineering, science & technology specialists with a track record of applying their knowledge and expertise in a business, regulatory, research or advisory role. The …
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How young people can access environmentally friendly period products at school
Nobody should have to miss out on education because of their period. That’s why we’re ensuring this doesn’t happen through the Period Products Scheme which provides pupils with period products when they need them. Since its launch in January 2020, …
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Mentoring and me: celebrating David’s Silver Award for Mentor of the Year
Today is National Mentoring Day, and we are very pleased to announce that our very own David Foster has been successful in achieving a Silver Award in the 'Mentor of the Year' category at the UK Social Mobility Awards 2022. David works for the …
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Care experienced Lives can be changed by just one person
Mark Riddell MBE is the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers at the Department for Education. He speaks about his experience of care and how one person can change the life of a care experienced person.
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Helping people understand cladding and building safety costs
GDS and DLUHC worked together to develop a smart answer to help users find out how much they might have to pay to remove cladding, or make their building safe.
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How we use your information to stop waste criminals
By Pete Booth, Senior Intelligence Officer In my role as a Senior Intelligence Officer, I can tell you the information you give to us about waste crime is vital. We identify, investigate, and prosecute cases from the intelligence you provide. …
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Encouraging bus operators to keep to their timetables
Buses play a key role in getting people to their destinations. This blog post explains more about what operators can do to help keep your services running on time.
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My experience of using the Get help buying for schools service
In this blog post, Kieren Done - School Business Manager at St Ambrose College, a grammar school in Altrincham, Manchester, shares his experience of using Get help buying for schools and how it could help you with your buying too.
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Progress to date - UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM)
Administered by the UKHO, the UK CSM aims to enable a more unified voice to promote seabed mapping and the resultant data, as the foundation data set for the marine environment, and as a key element of the UK’s national infrastructure.
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How tutoring is working in schools
Primary and secondary schools are offering one-to-one or small group tuition to pupils that need extra help. Through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) over two million tutoring sessions have started. The programme is now in its third year, and we look at the impact …
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Help for Households – how to access support during the half term
Free school meals are only available during term time. Families on low incomes may be able to access food vouchers and other types of support over the half term through their local authorities. Delivered through the Department for Work and …
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How we are creating social media content to grab learner drivers’ attention
We are all busy and have a lot of things competing for our attention. We also often multitask so it can be hard to get our full attention when required. Learner drivers are no different and will be juggling learning …
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Local Land Charges – delivering the geospatial way
The Local Land Charges Programme is unlocking the power of location data. Transforming 25 million items of public sector held data on land use restrictions into a machine-readable, standardised and easily accessible format will deliver huge benefits, particularly for digital …
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What is GOTT? Interview with Dr Alison Campbell, GOTT CEO
The Government Office for Technology Transfer officially launched last week. We caught up with Alison to find out more about her vision and plans for the new unit. What is GOTT and why it has it been set up? The …
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Helping you navigate your Civil Service job journey
We’ve all been there, looking for a new job. With 2.26 million job applications submitted to the Civil Service last year, it is the top career choice for many. It’s not always easy for job hunters, but Monica Maya-Martinez explains …
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Establishing accessibility in the DDaT Profession
Recognising the growing importance of digital accessibility, David and Beverley outline how they’ve led work to include Accessibility Specialists within the DDaT Capability Framework to help better support and develop the growing number of accessibility professionals across government.
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Extramural Studies (EMS) Placement at the VMD, July 2022
A small group of veterinary students in their final years of study joined us this summer for a two-week EMS placement at our office in Surrey. Students were given a comprehensive overview of our work, with a focus on …
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Recycling commercial trawl nets from harbour to pellet in the UK
Following on from my blog in 2018 regarding the initiation of Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative and our work to encourage the commercial Brixham fishing fleet to recycle their HDPE nets, I am pleased to say that there has been some …
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Future Councils: Delivering pathways for councils to become modern and resilient organisations
We’re delighted to announce that applications are now open to join the pilot of Future Councils. Future Councils is a partnership between Local Digital and a group of councils to deliver replicable pathways to digital and cyber security reform that …
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Children are eligible for flu virus and COVID-19 booster vaccines – here’s what you need to know
Getting vaccinated against the flu virus and COVID-19 offers the best protection. Not only does it protect us as individuals but also those around us and limits the disruption to pupils’ education. Here’s what you need to know about the …
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- 20 - 10 + 2025
It’s a bit of a long one this week in celebration of a two-part anniversary at Justice Digital (so grab a cuppa!). We are marking (over!) 20 years of our technology teams, 10 years of our digital teams and thinking …
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National Drought Group projections for winter water resources
Last week, the National Drought Group discussed water resources projections for the winter using different rainfall scenarios on public water supply, agriculture, and the environment.
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Why becoming a case administrator could be your best career move
Donna spent 13 years in the Probation Service, starting off as a case administrator in North West London. We sat down with Donna to find out why she values working for the Probation Service and about the opportunities her role …
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Black History Month: A conversation between Jennifer Coupland and Charlotte Mensah
This year’s theme for Black History Month is 'Time For Change: Action Not Words'. Our chief executive Jennifer Coupland talks to our hair and beauty route panel member Charlotte Mensah about what changes she has seen and what else needs …
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How our new data strategy will support the UK economy
Our Chief Geospatial and Data Officer outlines how HM Land Registry's new data strategy will help to support the UK economy. We'll do this through continued collaboration with others, applying FAIR data principles and the greater use of unique property reference numbers, application programming interfaces and machine readability.
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Liability Driven Investments
Liability Driven Investment, or LDI, is a way of investing that by convention gives a multiple exposure to gilts. Recently it's been a challenging time for corporate defined benefit pension schemes that had LDI. Read our blog to find out more.