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Dad and data scientist: my experience with Shared Parental Leave
Matthew Gregory's first experience with Shared Parental Leave taught him much more than he anticipated.
Women in Tech
Inspiring students to work in government digital, data and technology roles
The Digital, Data and Technology Profession hosted a Careers Insight Day for some Year 9 students last month. At the start of the day not one had considered a career in government - find out how we changed their minds.
From the Welsh Government to the Department for Education: My experience on the Fast Stream
Helen Morris, second year Digital, Data and Technology fast streamer talks about her experience on the programme. Apply until 25 October!
National Inclusion Week: being a Civil Service Summer Diversity Intern
Applications for The Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) are now open.
GDS STEM ambassadors bring coding to life with fireflies and micro:bits
We recently held a workshop at the British Computing Society Software in Practice Conference where we shared our knowledge and inspired people to look at coding from a different perspective.
How GDS helps me balance work and parenting
Content designer Helen Nickols shares her experience of how GDS supports flexible working patterns and how she's used the skills she's learned as a new mum in her day job.
Government Legal Department: Finding my way to the Digital, Data and Technology Profession from Law
Conversations about LawTech are sometimes reduced to talk of 'robot-lawyers', but for Esther Kuforiji, it's about supporting relationships and solving problems.
Government is hiring: Meet us at Women of Silicon Roundabout, 26 and 27 June
We’re teaming up with departments to collectively recruit as well as address gender diversity in technology.
Teachers learn what skills and careers digital government will need in the future
For the first time, school teachers and career counsellors spent the afternoon at the Government Digital Service (GDS) as part of TeenTech’s Teacher event, through their TeenTech City initiative, to find out what future skills and digital careers could look …
Job sharing: A Tale of Two Directors
Emily Ackroyd and Hazel Hobbs share the role of Director for Strategy and Engagement at GDS. Six months in, the two describe the benefits of flexible working and what it’s like to operate ‘as one’.