Why I chose to do an IT apprenticeship in Defra
In National Apprenticeship Week, Service Tooling Analyst Diana Tomova shares her experiences of being an apprentice in Defra and studying towards a BSc in Digital and Technology Solutions.
Defra services
A day in the life of a Service Designer in Defra
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Hannah Rutherford-Roke, Posted on:
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Defra service design, Defra services, User centred design
Interested in joining Defra as s Service Designer? Hannah Rutherford-Roke tells us about her role as a Senior Service Designer and why she chose to work for Defra.
How the pandemic altered our ways of working and advanced our learning
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Cathy O’Sullivan, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra services
In Libraries Week Defra library officer Cathy O’Sullivan shares some reflections on her learnings from the pandemic and how it’s changed the way in which the Defra library service works.
Data, tools and people: Introducing the three enablers of Defra’s Data Analytics and Science Hub
Pippa Sumner sets out how Defra is taking further strides towards being an increasingly data-driven organisation.
How we’re taking fishing rod licences digital
In the last of our Blogs celebrating National Fishing Month, Digital Product Manager Melinda Twigg shares some reflections on her team’s work over the past year to develop digital fishing licences.
Preservation, compliance, and registration: three keys to managing our precious water resources
In World Water Week Mark Harvett, a digital product manager at the Environment Agency, tells us about the impacts of the driest period in nearly 50 years on our water resources and the role of email alerts in helping abstractors comply with conditions on their abstraction licences.
How we built a new system for fish exports
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Jocelyn Henderson and Stace Oliver, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
In National Marine Week, we hear from Jocelyn Henderson and Stace Oliver about their work to develop a new digital service that enables fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels to be exported.
Samaritans Awareness Day - it’s OK to say ‘Shush’
On Samaritans Awareness Day, Domain Lead Ulrike Hartmann-Cadey shares her experiences of volunteering for the Samaritans, and how she has discovered that active listening can really help those who are struggling in some way.
How we’re building a new farming subsidy payment system
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Morgan Di Rodi, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Even in the world of Digital transformation the work of the Future Farming and Countryside Programme’s Strategic Payments Service team (SPS) is obscure. As is often the case with these things, small obscure cogs can turn large machines, as Dr Morgan Di Rodi, Programme Delivery Manager, explains.
Why product management is key to building digital services
Jazz Austin, a Product Manager in the Extended Producer Responsibility team, explores why Product Management is important for Defra in building digital services, and shares some insights from her experience of having recently joined the Civil Service.
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