Designing a style guide for Defra content designers
Designing a style guide for Defra content designers
Senior content designer Louisa Mallon describes how her team planned and created a Defra style guide.
Accessibility tools we use every day
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Alice Winters, Anna Scott and Marian Avery, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Defra content design, Defra digital
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re sharing some of our content design team at Defra's go-to accessibility tools and guides. We're all responsible for making sure our content and services are accessible, these are some of the resources we use to help with that.
How we’re growing our community of ‘low coders’
Di Washbrook explains how reading a Defra blog inspired her to take her own interest in low-code developing even further by joining the Defra Power Platform team.
What to keep in mind this World Day for Health and Safety at Work
On World Day for Health and Safety at Work, which this year focuses on exploring the impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health, Laurie Doyle reflects on the growing reality that, while many people are familiar with workplace risks such as trips, fires, or musculoskeletal injuries, rising global temperatures mean that employees are now feeling the effects of climate change more than ever.
Being assessed and assessing – a tale of two perspectives: Part two
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David Thomas, Delivery Manager, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra Forms, Defra services
David Thomas reflects on his recent work assessing the Defra Forms service, and offers some useful tips for teams preparing for assessment and for colleagues on the other side of the fence.
“Everybody has to start somewhere” - why I chose an ICT career with Defra
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On International Girls in ICT Day, Associate Cloud Engineer Niamh Bergin explains why she has chosen a career in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and she reflects on some of the challenges she has faced and overcome, personally and professionally, including feeling the effects of imposter syndrome.
Being assessed and assessing – a tale of two perspectives: Part one
Jenny Taylor shares her experiences of having her work to design a new Defra Forms service assessed, and how she will apply the learnings in her future work.
Predicting emerging technologies – how did we do in 2023?
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Jan Murdoch, Posted on:
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Defra technology, Digital transformation, Robotics automation, Software tools
Jan Murdoch reflects on what the Defra Technology Innovation team got right with their 2023 Emerging Technology radar report, and the lessons they can take as they think about the next iteration.
Greener services hack day: Part two
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Sandeep Dhaliwal and Natalie Smithson, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Planet Centred Design
In the second post of a two-part blog, content designers Natalie Smithson and Sandeep Dhaliwal report on the outputs of the recent hack day, led by Defra’s planet-centred design (PCD) team.
What’s in a name (change)?
Defra Head of Security Hannah John explains how a subtle but important name change aimed at building wider awareness and understanding of our broad and important Defra remit, will at the same time enable us to grow an increased sense of belonging among all of our people.
Greener services hack day: Part One
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Natalie Smithson and Sandeep Dhaliwal, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra service design, Defra services, User centred design
In the first post of a two-part blog, content designers Natalie Smithson and Sandeep Dhaliwal look forward to today’s hack day, being led by Defra’s planet-centred design team - one of many activities for Services Week 2024.
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