What a content designer does in alpha
What a content designer does in alpha
Kaitlin D'Avella explains what content designers do in the alpha stage of a project.
Learning in lockdown: moving L&D online
To coincide with ‘On Air, Online’ - Learning at Work Week, Joya Snowden, Defra Capability Development lead supporting the Digital Data and Technology Services (DDTS) function, tells us how her team has been developing their learning offer to provide options that can be accessed by colleagues working at home.
Reducing food waste is not a waste of time
To mark Stop Food Waste Day Christina Gyles, one of our interaction designers, shares her passion for reducing food waste and her ideas about what more we can all do.
Never let good news go to waste
Emi Carmichael from the Ruby Waste Services Team tells us about the success of the Defra Waste Exemptions renewal service which was launched in August.
Coronavirus: living alone and working from home in lockdown
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Emma Cuthbert, Content Designer, Posted on:
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Defra content design, Defra digital
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.
DDaT conference: striving for a more sustainable IT future
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Antonia Panayotova, Civil Service fast streamer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, ICT sustainability
Sustainability has long been a priority for the UK. The issue continues to be high on the political agenda.
But how many of us have ever considered how IT equipment is recycled, or how IT services might be delivered in a more sustainable way?
Apprenticeships: not so much ‘You’re fired', more ‘You’re hired’
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Dana Gajewska, Software Developer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Software tools
When people hear the term apprentice some will immediately think of the hit BBC TV reality game show 'The Apprentice’, in which budding entrepreneurs compete for the chance to win a big prize.
The concept of apprenticeships has been around a long time though. And earlier this month Civil Service apprentices up and down the land celebrated National Apprenticeship Week.
Getting out early feels good: meet the Defra team building a new digital service for GB exporters
Ever needed to send some ‘sheepskin to China’, how about ‘horses to Argentina’ or even some ‘greasy wool to Chile’. Perhaps not, but for some companies these niche exports are their core business, and it’s big business.
Long-term flood risk: a user-centred service
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Greg Knight, Content Designer, Posted on:
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Defra content design, Defra services
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.
Defra digital’s 2019 successes provide a platform for the future
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Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital
It's 5 years, almost to the day, since the Defra digital blog was launched. So it’s a good time to look back at our achievements – and look forward to our future plans.
New Year, new start: the changes that I’m pledging to my digital footprint
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Adam Turner, Government and Defra Sustainable Technology Lead, Posted on:
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ICT sustainability
Climate change and sustainability are increasingly becoming part of our everyday conversation. However, what doesn’t get discussed much, is our use of technology and the impacts that they have on the world around us. So what can we do as individuals to help make a difference?
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