User Research – what’s it all about?
Amy Dyde, a lead user researcher in our Digital Data and Technology Services (DDTS) function, explains how creating a motivated and excited team drives great user research.
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Applying for content design roles at Defra
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Jeni Street, Posted on:
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Defra content, Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Lead Content Designer Jeni Street shares her tips for anyone out there who's considering applying for content design roles at Defra.
Giving nature a digital hand
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Tracey Friday, Posted on:
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Defra content, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Digital transformation, Smarter working
Tracey Friday, a product owner in the Digital Transformation team at Natural England working on delivering digital services for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), shares her experience of being on the ‘other side’ of the customer-supplier fence.
Let’s talk about……how we’re feeling
As International Stress Awareness Week gets underway one of our content designers, Sally Davis, opens up about her own experiences of managing stress and offers some tips for spotting the signs and dealing with them early.
Content is for everyone: how we’re making Defra’s GOV.UK webpages accessible to all
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. When it comes to the web, accessibility means making online content usable by all. It’s a subject close to the Defra content team’s heart.
Coronavirus: living alone and working from home in lockdown
Emma Cuthbert, Defra content designer, shares her experience of having mild coronavirus symptoms and the impact of the outbreak on her usual working from home routine.
Long-term flood risk: a user-centred service
To mark Services Week – a focus on the government’s digital activity – we look at the relaunch of the long term flood risk service, designed around the needs of the people who actually use it.
Content design and artificial intelligence: friends or enemies?
You’ve probably heard the scare stories about automation cutting swathes through traditional employment. Artificial intelligence (AI) can now even write news reports – so could content designers who create clear, easy to use information on GOV.UK also find themselves redundant?
Get active! Why content designers hate the passive voice
Content written in the active voice helps users understand what they have to do to complete tasks. It reduces confusion by making it clear who is responsible for every action.
A pause on activities
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Defra Communications, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra content, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Defra services, Digital transformation, Earth Observation, INSPIRE, Maker community, Open data, Software tools, UnITy
We officially enter a pre-election period as of midnight tonight, so there will be no new blog posts until after the election.