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Sarah Stewart, Senior Content Designer

Introducing the DfE Plain Language standard 

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In digital, data, and technology in DfE, we’ve published a Plain Language standard.  The Plain Language standard ensures that users can:  The standard incorporates our ways of working and best practise for user-centred design in government. It should not create …

Desk Research in Discovery

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Desk research can help you find your bearings at the start of a project. Finding information about your users’ habits and priorities will give you a good basis to work from when user research begins. In some cases, you may …

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