Mental health and the value of networks
For 2022's Mental Health Awareness Week, Alison Walker talks about her experience of loneliness and how it has led her to setting up the DfE's fertility network, which is a great support to colleagues.
Setting our design community objectives
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Jaskiran Kang, Head of Design, Posted on:
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Community of Practice, interaction design, multidisciplinary teams
In our community we have shared values and principles. We call these our design imperatives. Here’s how we imbue our imperatives into our work across DfE – its all about setting and achieving design community objectives.
Show the design culture
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Jaskiran Kang, Head of Design, Posted on:
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Careers, Community of Practice, culture, design
In the first of 2 posts Jas Kang talks about what designers value most and how that informs the more detailed work they do in their design community.
How to name a service
In this post, Interaction Designer, Rinto Cyriac, explains how to name a service. He describes the do’s and don’ts of choosing a name, and how his team decided on ‘Manage an academy transfer’.
10 tips for doing hybrid meet-ups well
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Alex Rippon, Posted on:
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Community of Practice, culture, multidisciplinary teams
Post-pandemic, we're working more flexibly from both the office and home. Hybrid meetings are the new way forward, with people attending online and in person. Here Alex Rippon, Digital Communities of Practice Manager, shares her 10 top tips on how to make hybrid meetings a success.
Podcast – Think digital, act human: neurodiversity is a superpower
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Adaobi Ifeachor, Product Manager, Posted on:
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Accessibility, culture, neurodiversity, podcast
Laura Croft and Simon Hurst give us some fascinating insight about how the wiring in their brains helps them to flourish as digital professionals.
How we use Slack to respond to service incidents
We wanted to get better at responding to incidents, so we built our own Slack bot. James Glenn explains.
Being open about our design community and how we recruit
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Jaskiran Kang, Head of Design, Posted on:
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Careers, Community of Practice, design, recruitment
Our design community is flourishing and we’re looking for more designers to join us. We ran open sessions with potential applicants to share the things that make our community unique – and tips on how to apply.
Podcast – Think digital, act human: a spotlight on Shafiqa Gunton
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Adaobi Ifeachor, Product Manager, Posted on:
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Careers, podcast, software and services
In this festive bonus episode, Shaf Gunton talks to Adaobi Ifeachor about her role as a programme delivery manager in the Get help with technology service. She has advice for people interested in joining this digital profession, and tells us why she set up an engineering academy in Scarborough.
Podcast – Think digital, act human: the Get help with technology service
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Adaobi Ifeachor, Product Manager, Posted on:
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podcast, Schools, Service design, service ownership, software and services, technology, User-centred design
How did the critical Get help with technology service come about? Rachel Hope, Deputy director for Teacher services, and Shaf Gunton, Programme delivery manager, talk to Adaobi Ifeachor about the complexities and obstacles they faced and what's next for this essential service.
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