We’re launching an online ‘Introduction to Content Design’ course
Last year, we piloted an ‘Introduction to Content Design’ course on FutureLearn with 100 learners from across government and the public sector. We learned a lot from the pilot, and we blogged about...
View ArticlePodcast: GOV.UK’s initial response to coronavirus
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200612182236/https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/player-preload/3znawc/GOV_UK_Covid-19_Final.mp3 April’s episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast is...
View ArticleCelebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with GDS
Accessibility is considered in all aspects of the Government Digital Service’s (GDS) work. Whether it’s testing on assistive technologies, using persona profiles to simulate different users or...
View ArticleScaling up GOV.UK Verify to help during coronavirus
GOV.UK Verify is the government service that helps people prove who they are online. People can create a digital identity account and use it to access 22 government services, like applying for...
View ArticleHow Government as a Platform is meeting challenges posed by coronavirus
Government as a Platform (GaaP) was created in order to solve the most frequent challenges across the public sector. By addressing these issues once and creating common, commodity-like components that...
View ArticleDoing community management for @GOVUK Twitter during COVID-19
The @GOVUK Twitter account is one of the most popular Twitter accounts run by a central government organisation with 1.7 million followers. For context, @HMRCgovuk has 392,800 followers; @hmtreasury...
View ArticlePodcast: A spotlight on GOV.UK Notify
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200612182236/https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/7he877/Notify_Podcast_Final_9yal2.mp3 On 5 May 2020, GOV.UK Notify sent out its one...
View ArticleUpdate on the future of GOV.UK
In November last year I posted about our plans for the future of GOV.UK. We want to provide trusted, joined-up and personalised interaction for users, so that we can provide the right things to the...
View ArticleWhat happened on Global Accessibility Awareness Day at GDS
To mark the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the Government Digital Service (GDS) did something it had never done before. We set up a full day virtual conference on digital...
View ArticleIntroducing the GOV.UK Data Labs
The digital world is rapidly changing, and with it, our users’ expectations of how they should be interacting with government services and information. Last year, Head of GOV.UK Jen Allum set out the...
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