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Announcing DataJam North East 2019 and looking back to last year’s event
The second DataJam North East event will be held in Newcastle on 16 & 17 September. Find out what happened last year and how to apply for tickets to take part.
Design
Why re-use is the best design (because civil servants are users too)
In government, we have access to lots of research and design patterns that have been tried and tested. If someone else has already solved a problem, we can reuse their design.
How we collaborated, learned and shared at DataJam North East
At DataJam North East in Newcastle on September 17 /18, DWP Digital was part of 50 organisations from across government and the digital industry that came together to use the power of data and service design to help come up …
Bringing data and design together to improve user outcomes at DataJam North East
DataJam North East is coming to Newcastle on 17th and 18th September 2018 in conjunction with Newcastle University, North East Local Enterprise Partnership, DWP Digital, local authorities in the region and One Team Gov. DWP Digital’s Celine McLoughlin and Ryan …
How to run a hackathon
DWP Sheffield is a young hub. We just hosted our first hack. And with all the unearned confidence of youth, I'm going to tell you how to host your own, based on our limited experience.
I’m supporting ‘Time to Talk’ day 2018
Interaction designer Craig Abbott talks about his battle with imposter syndrome and depression and why it's OK to talk about mental health.
Empathy in design thinking
I’m Becky Lee, an Interaction Designer at DWP Digital. I’m really interested in the digital industry’s current thinking on user experience, which is why, a few weeks ago, I went to the Northern User Experience (NUX) 6 conference in Manchester.
Collaborating to bridge the gap between policy and design
I’m Kate Bruckshaw and I’m part of the new Policy Exploration team in DWP’s Strategy Directorate.
Designing services with Service Designers
I’m Ben Holliday, I lead the user centred design team at DWP Digital. Over the last three years we’ve been hiring designers to help us deliver user centred products and services.
Cross Government Design Meeting visits Leeds
The Cross Government Design meeting took place recently, with more than 60 people gathering at Digital DWP. This was the 9th gathering of designers from across government, along with designers from the Government Digital Service (GDS). It was also the …