Enabling Technologies Programme: Advanced and Novel Space Instruments
The UK Space Agency's Enabling Technologies Programme is helping push the frontiers of instrumentation in space science, engineering and applications.
Updated: Mon Nov 18 2024
Transforming Lives: Coding Workshops Partnership
In 2002, I lost my Internet company. With a new baby and a mortgage to pay, I took a temporary job teaching in a prison, never imagining I would still be in that role 21 years later. But one thing ...
Updated: Thu Nov 14 2024
Designing a user-centred cyber assessment service for local government
We're taking an iterative, user-centred design approach to building and introducing the cyber assessment service for local government.
Updated: Tue Nov 12 2024
From manual to automated: enhancing reporting for the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping team
Discover how MHCLG's Digital Process Improvement team transformed reporting processes for the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Accommodation team, enhancing efficiency and support for vulnerable communities.
Updated: Fri Nov 08 2024
NITEMARES: Uncovering the Invisible Secrets of Mars
UK Space Agency funding supports the Open University to develop leading technology that maps the surface of Mars with invisible IR light.
Updated: Thu Oct 31 2024
A journey to modernisation: Digitising dogs records
In the rapidly evolving world of digital transformation, the MoJ has embraced a modern strategy, one that centres around flexibility, data-driven decisions, and user-led services. This approach is aimed at delivering justice that's faster, simpler, and better for all. Recently, ...
Updated: Wed Oct 30 2024
Unlocking the power of data analysis at the Home Office: introducing the Analytics Workbench
We're streamlining data to provide high quality, informed decision-making across the Home Office with our new platform, the Analytics Workbench.
Updated: Wed Oct 30 2024
What might a Policy Standard in government look like?
Government is becoming more familiar with doing user-centred policy design, whether in creating programmes, support interventions, funding or even legislation. This post discusses the potential for a Policy Standard in government, built on the broader application of service design principles beyond digital services.
Updated: Wed Oct 30 2024
Enabling Technologies Programme: Sensors & Comms
Learn about several cutting-edge UK projects in satellite sensors and communications, funded by the UK Space Agency.
Updated: Thu Oct 24 2024
Funding Service: Defining data standards for grant teams
Read about the work of MHCLG's Funding Service to simplify the funding landscape by defining data standards for grant teams.
Updated: Wed Oct 23 2024
Jacqui McIntosh talks to IfATE about representation in hair and beauty apprenticeships
This year, British Beauty Week coincides with Black History Month. The 2024 British Beauty Week theme is "a beauty industry that looks like you", which highlights the importance of representation and inclusion in the beauty industry. IfATE is committed to ...
Updated: Wed Oct 23 2024
Microwaves on the Moon
An innovative UK project funded by the UK Space Agency is using microwave technology to help us build a sustainable presence on the Moon.
Updated: Thu Oct 17 2024
A new challenge: using satellite tech to monitor Algal Blooms in Northern Ireland
The UK Space Agency is aiming to address the challenges blue-green algal blooms pose to Lough Neagh and its surrounding communities.
Updated: Fri Oct 11 2024
Visiting comets and autumnal meteors: the night sky in October 2024
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 ...
Updated: Wed Oct 09 2024
Enabling Technologies Programme: Aiding Exploration
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).
Updated: Mon Oct 07 2024
User needs and user biases: telling them apart
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.
Updated: Mon Oct 07 2024
Mitigating sample bias in children's social care
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 ...
Updated: Fri Oct 04 2024
Prisoner-facing Services: Design Principles
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. ...
Updated: Fri Oct 04 2024
From Homes for Ukraine to community building: my journey as a business analyst Fast Streamer
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.
Updated: Wed Oct 02 2024
Funding Service: why combining self-service with a human touch works best for grant teams
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.
Updated: Thu Sep 26 2024
My experience on the Summer Internship Programme in MHCLG
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.
Updated: Mon Sep 23 2024
How loosely coupled, autonomous teams are improving MOJ's hosting estate
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 ...
Updated: Fri Sep 20 2024
The 5 year journey to moving .gov.uk to a new registry
Find out how the Domains team planned and executed the biggest ever change to digital infrastructure with zero disruption to citizen services.
Updated: Fri Sep 20 2024
Taking a bold, innovative approach to tackle the digital and data recruitment challenge
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.
Updated: Wed Sep 18 2024
Designing content for people with limited English
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.
Updated: Tue Sep 17 2024