Digital is about working smarter, streamlining how we operate, making policies more responsive, and creating a culture of collaboration. Earlier this autumn, our digital team set out a vision within the department of using digital ways of working to deliver improved outcomes. Find out about the objectives, principles and approach that underpin our ambition.
Find out how MHCLG has applied digital ways of working, collaboration and innovation to enable Ukrainians to enter the UK to find suitable accommodation and support through the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
At the Department for Education (DfE), all designers working on service teams are required to work 'in the open'. One way we do this is by sharing our design thinking through design histories. Design history posts are blogs that record ...
MHCLG's Funding Service is transforming how grants are delivered. Find out how we're saving time and money for the department and the communities we serve.
Messium, part of the UK Space Agency's Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP), are using space-based nitrogen analysis as an enabling technology for farmers.
When working on content-heavy services like our Early years child development training and Support for social workers, it's crucial to agree on and document a workflow. This is because: For guidance, refer to reviewing and approving content and user-centred design ...
'Evolve' is a portfolio of projects within Justice Digital, improving the way workplace technology services are delivered. We aim to make sure that the 100,000 people working across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have the digital tools, services, equipment, connectivity ...
The UK Space Agency's Enabling Technologies Programme is helping push the frontiers of instrumentation in space science, engineering and applications.
Find out how a recent hackathon was used to start to build an app, based on open planning datasets, which could be used to help identify brownfield land for development.
November is a great month to see the planets of our Solar System, meteor showers, and the Andromeda Galaxy.
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 ...
We're taking an iterative, user-centred design approach to building and introducing the cyber assessment service for local government.
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.
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, ...
We're streamlining data to provide high quality, informed decision-making across the Home Office with our new platform, the Analytics Workbench.
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.
Learn about several cutting-edge UK projects in satellite sensors and communications, funded by the UK Space Agency.
Read about the work of MHCLG's Funding Service to simplify the funding landscape by defining data standards for grant teams.
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 ...
Teams in MHCLG build and run digital services related to elections, including Apply for a photo ID to vote and Register to vote. In this post, the team behind one of the services - Choose My PCC - talks about the work that went into preparing the service for the latest Police (Fire) and Crime Commissioners (PCC) elections, what they learnt and what's next for the service.
An innovative UK project funded by the UK Space Agency is using microwave technology to help us build a sustainable presence on the Moon.
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 ...
