The User Researcher Career Changer role, part of the Digital Development Programme at the Home Office, helped Huzna change careers and step into a digital role. Here's how she did it.
Do you get cold sweats brought on by the thought of losing one particular person from your team? Well, read on. Confession: I don't like the title of this blog post. Single-points-of-failure (SPOFs) are the people who have worked relentlessly ...
If you've been thinking about trying a night of star-gazing, August is the perfect month to try.
The Digital Planning team at MHCLG are delighted to announce the new PropTech Engagement Fund, set up to support the PropTech sector and local authorities to accelerate adoption of technology that will enhance community engagement and deliver a modern planning ...
Every sector, from planes to trains to automobiles, is governed by an evolving set of laws and regulations within which it can grow safely, create commercial opportunities for investors and deliver better public services while keeping the environment safe as ...
Mark Green, a lead technical writer at the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), discusses the similarities and differences between technical writing and content design.
A couple of months ago I wrote about the MoJ Digital & Technology mission for this year. We have now completed the first quarter of the year (already!), and I thought I'd share just some of the great progress we've ...
The User Centred Policy Design ( UCPD) Cross Justice Delivery team said goodbye to the Child Arrangements Service at the end of March, and handed the service over to its new home in Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). ...
My name is Dawn Carrington, and I am Security Culture Change Lead in the Digital and Technology team. For as long as I can remember I've wanted to do work that makes a positive impact in people's lives. At the ...
How we reduced toil when managing infrastructure for 50 applications.
The growth in space debris and news of near-miss collisions in low Earth orbit are grabbing the headlines. Perhaps it is time to look Earthward for inspiration.
Find out how the Accessibility and Digital Inclusion team work closely with colleagues including software engineers to ensure our services can be accessed by all.
Delivering funding to where it is needed most is a core mission of MHCLG. And we do lots of it - distributing £8.5bn in general grants in 2019/20 - to local authorities, charities and businesses across the UK. This ...
We're pleased to announce the launch of a private beta of two new council-led digital planning products, funded by MHCLG's Local Digital Fund. This is an exciting step towards 21st Century digital planning systems that use data and human-centred design ...
All websites run into errors. We've reduced our errors by over 90% and changed our culture around errors so they are identified, owned and resolved quickly.
Today is International Women in Engineering Day. It's a day where we celebrate the amazing work of women within the engineering sector. According to the Engineering UK 2018 report, only 12% of all engineers in the UK are women. We ...
In this post, aimed at product managers, Isabelle Andrews explains how her team adapted impact mapping to help align user and business needs. This technique kept them focused on what matters most.
I'm delighted to be able to provide an update on how we are moving forward with our engineering and manufacturing route review. 58 occupational standards, which set out the key knowledge, skills and behaviours employers expect to be covered by ...
Earlier this year, we launched a library of online training courses to support our local government colleagues to learn and develop their digital skills while working remotely. A core part of this training offer is a selection of funded courses: ...
You can subscribe to The Institute talks podcast on Amazon Music, Apple podcast, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. You can read transcripts for this podcast episode on Podbean. In this episode of The Institute talks, we talk about green apprenticeships. We are joined ...
The last year has showed us that we need to change how we lead digital in our organisation. We've rearranged what we do into 5 areas of work and we've created a new role - Head of Digital. James Reeve explains more in this post.
The Home Office is recruiting significant numbers of software engineers. Check out Civil Service Jobs to find out more or register for our live recruitment question and answer event on 12 May where you can meet our engineering team and learn more about the recruitment process.
Emma Stace - chief digital and technology officer - gives her personal view on mental health during covid, and the conversations she's had about race in the past year. She also explains what service ownership and user-centred deign lab are and how these ways of working make such a difference.
Simon Bourne, the Home Office's new Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer, shares his vision for delivering better, simpler and more streamlined digital services to end users.
Chief digital and technology officer, Emma Stace, sets out our digital and technology ambitions and priorities - being responsive to learners' needs, running the business, reducing burdens and always raising standards.
