The longer nights of October provide more time to see the autumnal skies before the nights get chiller! It's a great month for meteors, seeing the closest and brightest galaxy in our skies, and later in the month there's a ...
An overview of the ways that the UK Space Agency funds national efforts to drive innovation in space exploration and human space activity through the Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP).
This post discusses the difference between user needs and user biases, the consequences user biases can have, and the strategies and techniques the Common Tools as a Service team has implemented in their user research to counteract them.
Every piece of user research we do seeks to understand something about the people who use a DfE service or are impacted by a policy. We call that group a 'population'. When we conduct user research, we need to find ...
Extensive in-prison research leads to the first set of design principles for prisoner-facing services. Five years' of prisoner research In 2018, as part of the Launchpad in-cell technology programme, we researched, designed and built the Content Hub platform for prisoners. ...
In this blog post, Luke Radford, Business Analyst and Fast Streamer turns the spotlight on our growing business analysis and performance analysis community of practice, and shares his experience of working on the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
In the world of designing and launching new funds, guided self-service will allow grant teams in MHCLG to pick up and re-use established patterns to support grant delivery with minimal input from the department's Funding Service. Read about examples of guided self-service and the reasons why it's needed.
A career in MHCLG Digital is open to everyone regardless of their background. The Civil Service Summer Internship Programme fosters an inclusive environment and welcomes individuals from all academic paths, giving them a chance to experience working in the Civil Service. In this post Megan, healthcare student and summer intern in MHCLG, shares her experience within the Local Digital team.
At the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), we have hundreds of different systems. Over the last six years, we've saved tens of millions of pounds on hosting them. In order to do that, we had to change our organisation structure. Most ...
Find out how the Domains team planned and executed the biggest ever change to digital infrastructure with zero disruption to citizen services.
Digital and data roles are known to be difficult to fill, not only in government but in the wider sector, due to a shortage of skills and high demand. In this blog post, we share how MHCLG Digital has taken innovative steps and applied digital, user-centred approaches to overcome the challenges associated with digital and data resourcing.
Many people who rely on Home Office services have limited English. So how do you design content that everyone can use? Sarah Lombardi and Steve Shukor share some tips from our new 'Designing for users with limited English' guidance.
Have you ever struggled to remember the context behind a particular design iteration? In the fast-paced world of UX design, decisions are made quickly and iterated even faster. But, as the designs evolve, it's easy to lose track of the ...
The National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) offers funding opportunities for high-risk, high-reward technologies and applications that strengthen the UK's offering to the space sector. NSIP works to boost UK prosperity, drive innovation and capture market share. Under NSIP's remit, the ...
"White male, 43 years old" said the AI voice as I had a camera pointed at me. In this case AI hasn't quite got it right yet. But to give you a clue, let's just say I was very happy ...
The UK Space Agency's Deputy CEO Chris White-Horne visited Egypt to attend the New Space Horizons Conference for Africa & the Middle East in El Alamein.
The UK Space Agency has announced two new projects to enhance Earth Observation Data Capability.
As government programmes continue to tackle many complex challenges, there is an opportunity to evolve our delivery approaches to ensure they are optimally structured to deal with complexity. This post discusses the idea of 'adaptive funding', influenced by agile methodologies.
The UK Space Agency backs breakthrough in life support technology, which could support long-duration missions and sustainable presence on the Moon and Mars.
Building on our first digital prisoner-facing service The digital Launchpad Product Delivery team went live with the new prisoner-facing Launchpad Home and Launchpad Auth on in-cell prisoner laptops on 4 June 2024. Launchpad Home is the new home page and ...
Increasing union power could burden taxpayers with higher public sector wage bills and more disruption to railways, schools and the NHS.
techUK's Interoperability in policing working group (IPWG) has launched a report calling for the need to unlock the potential of digital interoperability in policing.
Suspensions and exclusions across all schools and all year groups in England are predicted to have risen by over 20 per cent last year compared to the previous year, according to a new report from IPPR and The Difference
Researchers at the University of Dundee are receiving a government funding boost to continue their vital work for a further 5 years.
Primary care networks (PCNs) are groups of GP practices that work together, and with other health and care providers, to deliver a wider range of services to the local population than might be possible within an individual practice.
