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Using robots to teach basic programming with North-East school students.

Chloe Thompson, Head of Delivery Management, HMRC, 6 January 2023 - Community, Digital data and technology, Diversity and Inclusion, People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression, Women in Tech, Working at HMRC

This post explores how HMRC is using robots to encourage school girls in the North East of England to think about coding and to develop their STEM or related skills.

Summer Interns - How GDS coped with our Autism

Shamima Begum - Early Talent Manager, GDS, Blaithin Gillen - Summer Intern, GDS and Indigo Sullivan - Summer Intern, GDS, 16 December 2022 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion

Introduction Every summer we welcome a number of students from diverse backgrounds into our Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) and this year, unlike for the last two years, we were able to meet them in person in our offices. This …

Summer Interns - Communications, it’s not all digital

Shamima Begum - Early Talent Manager, GDS and Francis Morse - Summer Intern, GDS, 9 December 2022 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion

Summer Interns - Using my law degree at Government Digital Service

Shamima Begum - Early Talent Manager, GDS and Farhana Badshah - Summer Intern, GDS, 2 December 2022 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion

Summer Interns - Researching the learning offered to Civil Servants

Shamima Begum - Early Talent Manager, GDS and Ella Papworth - Summer Intern, CDDO, 25 November 2022 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion

This blog by a summer intern explores the importance of research, understanding user needs, and good communication skills in developing learning opportunities for civil servants

Summer Interns - DDaT Diversity and Expert Recruitment

Shamima Begum - Early Talent Manager, GDS and Natalia Garbarek - Summer Intern, GDS, 18 November 2022 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion

GDS is not all about digital technology - trust me my internship programme was all about recruitment

Summer Interns - Diversity, Dyslexia and User Centred Design

Shamima Begum - Early Talent Manager, GDS and Morgan Doel - Summer Intern, GDS, 11 November 2022 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion

Morgan Doel writes about his experience of the Summer Diversity Internship Programme and how his dyslexia became a strength when working on User Centred Design.

We need you: help us to evolve the DDaT Capability Framework and define skills for the future

Ruth Panin, 26 September 2022 - Capabilities, Digital data and technology

DDaT Profession Capability Framework defines capability standards for 43 roles in six job families but it needs to evolve to define DDaT skills for the future and we need your help to ensure future evolutions remain fit for purpose.

HMRC awarded Best Public Sector Employer in Women in Tech Employer Awards 2022

Richa Pathak Sharma - Senior Architect, HMRC, 30 June 2022 - Diversity and Inclusion, Women in Tech, Working at HMRC

The award, recognises public sector employers that attract and retain female tech talent into their IT/technology departments.

Come and meet us at Silicon Milkroundabout - London’s big tech job event

Government Digital Service, 6 May 2022 - Digital data and technology, Skills and Learning, Working at GDS

After two years of virtual events, come and meet us in person at Silicon Milkroundabout and kick start your career in the Civil Service

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