DfE Digital, Data and Technology

Podcast – the second series of ‘Think digital, act human’: job application do's and don'ts

Adaobi Ifeachor, Product Manager, 4 July 2022 - Careers, podcast, professions, recruitment

Here is the second series of our ‘Think digital, act human’ podcast. In this episode, host Adaobi Ifeachor, speaks to Vita Shapland-Howes about recruitment in the civil service. Tune in to hear about name-blind recruitment, negotiating salaries, essential criteria and more.

Why we’re stopping the head of digital role 1 year on

James Reeve, Head of Digital, 29 June 2022 - Community of Practice, professions, Schools

James Reeve takes us through 12 months of progress and why everyone in our leadership team needs to lead for digital transformation – not just one person.

Codespaces – a content designer’s best friend

Ellie Nodder, Content Designer, 31 May 2022 - Coding, Content design

We wanted to make it easier to keep the Get Into Teaching website up to date. So we’ve changed the technology we use to upload content. Content Designer, Ellie Nodder, explains.

Principles for doing interaction design in DfE

Anne Chan, senior interaction designer and local design community lead, 12 May 2022 - Community of Practice, interaction design

Senior interaction designer, Anne Chan, explains why her team created a set of 9 principles for the interaction design community.

Mental health and the value of networks

Ali Walker, Digital and Technology Recruitment Manager, 10 May 2022 - culture

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

Jaskiran Kang, Head of Design, 28 April 2022 - 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

Jaskiran Kang, Head of Design, 11 April 2022 - 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

Rinto Cyriac, 11 March 2022 - software and services, user research

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

Alex Rippon, 21 February 2022 - 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

Adaobi Ifeachor, Product Manager, 11 February 2022 - 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.

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Podcast – the second series of ‘Think digital, act human’: job application do's and don'ts

Why we’re stopping the head of digital role 1 year on

Codespaces – a content designer’s best friend

Principles for doing interaction design in DfE

Mental health and the value of networks

Setting our design community objectives

Show the design culture

How to name a service

10 tips for doing hybrid meet-ups well

Podcast – Think digital, act human: neurodiversity is a superpower

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