Codespaces – a content designer’s best friend
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.
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’.
Podcast – Think digital, act human: a spotlight on Shafiqa Gunton
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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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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.
Podcast - Think digital, act human: Black voices in digital and technology
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culture, podcast, race, Service design, user research, User-centred design
What does it mean to be a Black digital and technology expert in government? Adaobi Ifeachor speaks to Virginia Brown, a Black Content Design Lead, Courtney Allen, a Black Associate Product Manager and Keisha Herbert, a Black Senior User Researcher, to learn about their journeys into the Civil Service.
Podcast: the first in our 'Think digital, act human' series
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culture, podcast, race, service ownership, strategy, User-centred design
Emma Stace - chief digital and technology officer - gives her personal view on mental health during covid, and the conversations she's had about race in the past year. She also explains what service ownership and user-centred deign lab are and how these ways of working make such a difference.
Digital education platforms and how they’re helping schools
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit, schools closed and they needed a way to teach online. Selena Brown talks about setting up 10,000 schools with digital education platforms by March 2021.
What a year: 2020 in review
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culture, race, recruitment, Schools, service ownership
There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a unique and challenging year. Here, Chief digital technology officer Emma Stace reflects on how we’ve adapted, what's been difficult and how we're shaping up for the future.
Emma Stace - looking back over 3 years
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culture, service ownership, User-centred design
From 4 people in a basement to 120 across 3 sites, DfE Digital has grown to respond to its users' needs for excellent, user-centred services. Here, chief digital officer Emma Stace reflects on how far we've come, what's been difficult and how we're shaping up for the future.
Testing 'Apply' - the new application service for aspiring teachers
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To get more great teachers into the profession DfE is building a new service for aspiring teachers to apply for teacher training. The new version is now in prototype and the team have started taking candidates through the updated service. Sarah Fisher talks here about the team's work so far.
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