People and Skills

Building a diverse digital future: how our partnership with Colorintech is inspiring the next generation

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David Knott Government Chief Technology Officer, sitting on a black leather sofa holding a microphone on a panel for ColorinTech.

Over 3,500 people engaged with GDS at Black Tech Fest through our ColorinTech partnership. 92% left inspired to pursue digital Civil Service roles.

Outreach in Action: Career conversations to inspire young minds into data and digital

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Inspiring young minds in digital careers: How our Civil Service outreach at Wendell Park Primary transformed pupil perceptions of data and digital roles.

Introduction to Product Management – now available on FutureLearn!

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Image of the course overview page on FutureLearn, including the Government Campus logo, the course title ‘Introduction to Product Management’, and a 'go to course' button. The decorative image on the course page shows a team of product managers brainstorming about a new digital product, and displays the writing ‘Introduction to Product Management’ written on a white board near sketches and notes.

Our new Introduction to Product Management course is now available! This is an open course with no limit on the number of spaces.

7 lessons in mobilising the digital community - building a single definition of roles and skills

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Hand writing Lessons learned on white paper, View from above

We've learnt a lot from running cross government CFDC over the last year and now we want to share seven key lessons we’ve learnt about governance

Spotlight on DDaT Webinars: Illuminating the World of Digital, Data, and Technology

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Image shows laptop on a desk, on the screen are the words - join us online

The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) showcase their Spotlight webinars, where experienced practitioners share their insights, experience and expertise with those not working in digital, data or technology roles.

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

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Image of school girls planning routes for robots at STEM skills teaching sessions

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.

How I Co-Created the Delivery Managers Learning List

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People looking at sticky notes

In this post Myles Jarvis, a Delivery Manager at the Department for Education, takes you behind the scenes of the creation of the Delivery Management learning list, a useful resource for delivery managers, with the support of the cross-government delivery management community.