Digital people

I just graduated from the Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream: Here’s what I learned

Mary Raveendran, 2 October 2018 - Graduate schemes and Fast Stream, People and Skills

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Fast Stream is open for application. Mary recently completed the programme and shares her journey.

National Inclusion Week: being a Civil Service Summer Diversity Intern

Digital People, 26 September 2018 - Apprenticeships and internships, Digital data and technology, People and Skills, Women in Tech

Applications for The Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) are now open.

GDS Academy expands internship across the north of England

GDS Academy team, 11 September 2018 - GDS Academy, People and Skills

This year the Academy grew its internship to six universities and added new departments. Find out what the interns learned and how the placements changed their perceptions about working in government.

GDS STEM ambassadors bring coding to life with fireflies and micro:bits

Irene Lau, Maisie Fernandes and Venus Bailey, 9 August 2018 - Capabilities, Digital data and technology, Diversity and Inclusion, Women in Tech

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

Helen Nickols, 31 July 2018 - People and Skills, Women in Tech

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

Esther Kuforiji, 19 July 2018 - Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream, Graduate schemes and Fast Stream, Women in Tech

Conversations about LawTech are sometimes reduced to talk of 'robot-lawyers', but for Esther Kuforiji, it's about supporting relationships and solving problems.

DWP Digital: Our data products cross boundaries creating informed policies

Ryan Dunn, 10 July 2018 - Digital data and technology

The team at DWP uses data to inform decisions and create policy based on the economic needs of local areas. They develop data products that answer policy makers’ questions, enabling their strategy and delivery.

Government is hiring: Meet us at Women of Silicon Roundabout, 26 and 27 June

Digital, Data and Technology Profession, 14 June 2018 - People and Skills, Recruitment, Women in Tech

We’re teaming up with departments to collectively recruit as well as address gender diversity in technology.

A service design intern at GDS

Bethan Mitchell, 6 June 2018 - Apprenticeships and internships, People and Skills

Applications are open for Service Design and Interaction Design internships at GDS. Bethan, who was GDS’s first ever service design intern last year shares her experience.

Teachers learn what skills and careers digital government will need in the future

Digital People, 24 May 2018 - Digital data and technology, People and Skills, Women in Tech

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 …

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