Ambitious and future-thinking: advising on digital government
Ambitious and future-thinking: advising on digital government
Baroness Martha Lane Fox discusses her role in shaping the government’s new digital centre.
Applications open for 20/21 Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream
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Claire Moles, Posted on:
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Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream, Emerging talent, Graduate schemes and Fast Stream
Applications for the Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream are open now. Find out about how the program has changed for 2020/21 and how to apply.
Putting digital wellbeing front and centre
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Fiona James - Deputy Director, EU Transition and Future Relationships; and Senior Wellbeing Champion - GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Flexible working
Since March GDS has been leading a cross-government effort to co-create a new framework for digital wellbeing. Fiona James details what work has been taking place.
Reflections of our colleagues who joined Muslims at GDS for a day of fasting
After being established for a year, the Muslims at GDS community found a way to celebrate Ramadan and involve the wider GDS community. Colleagues reflect on their remote participation in a fast-a-thon.
How I Co-Created the Delivery Managers Learning List
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Myles Jarvis, Posted on:
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Communities of practice, Digital data and technology, Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream, Emerging talent, People and Skills
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.
DeliverCon 2020: A journey of discovery in the Discovery Museum, Newcastle
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Myles Jarvis, Posted on:
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People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression
Myles Jarvis shares his experience of attending DeliverCon 2020, the government conference for Delivery Managers, in Newcastle.
Running an engaging away (game) day
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Joshua Kuforiji, Posted on:
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Skills and Learning, Uncategorized, Working at GDS
The Technical Operations (TechOps) department of GDS came together and took part in a department-wide ‘game day’. Find out more about what a game day is and what we actually did.
The Civil Service and tech industry pitch solutions to solve public sector challenges
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Britanni Anglestone, Talent Development Advisor, Government Digital Service (GDS), Posted on:
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Business development, Digital data and technology, Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream
Tech Connect, a 12 week digital skills programme, saw teams of civil servants and private sector participants collaborate to find solutions for public sector challenges. Find out more about their ideas, and what happened at the Finale.
How we scaled the Introduction to Product Management course
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Arfah Farooq, Community Manager - Product and Delivery, Posted on:
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Communities of practice, Product Management, Training and progression
The Introduction to Product Management course is aimed at non-product managers who want to understand the role in more detail and learn techniques they can apply in their own roles. Find out more about the course and how we've developed it with help from the Product Management community.
How do you attract more Software Developers into your department?
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Britanni Anglestone, Talent Development Advisor, Government Digital Service (GDS), Posted on:
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Apprenticeships and internships, Digital data and technology, People and Skills
The Software Developer Accelerated Apprenticeship offers an opportunity to existing civil servants to retrain as junior developers. Departments, apprentices and their line managers explain what they liked most about the programme.
What is 'product leadership' and what skills do product leaders need?
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Jonathan Forman, Head of the Product Management Community, Government Digital Service and Digital, Data and Technology Profession, Posted on:
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Communities of practice, People and Skills, Product Management
People working in product management roles often have a very broad set of responsibilities, and the role can vary greatly between departments and teams. This makes product management a difficult discipline to learn without doing. Find out more about the skills you need to be a successful product leader.
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