Guest post: The value of hack events for programmers
Here at Northcoders, we're really excited to be getting involved with DWP Digital’s Hack the North 2.0 event on 23 and 24 November in Manchester.
Helping our Engineering community of practice to learn and develop
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David Rutter-Close, Posted on:
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communities of practice, DWP Digital Capability Building, Engineering, QA
Over the past few years we’ve been forming a strong Engineering community of practice in DWP Digital with various communities supporting each other. In the Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) Community we’ve been working closely with anyone we can find …
What I learned as an interaction designer at DataJam North East
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Ashleigh Wilson, interaction designer, DWP Digital, Posted on:
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DataJam North East, Hacks, Interaction Design, Service Design
A few weeks ago I took part in the hack at the DataJam North East event in Newcastle. The event aimed to bring the data and service design communities closer together and help solve problems affecting the North East region …
Getting hired at DWP Digital: CV tips
At DWP Digital we’re looking to hire hundreds of talented digital specialists over the next year.
No two days are the same: DevOps at DWP Digital
My name’s Rob Brooks and I’m a DevOps engineer. I lead a team who work across a number of different projects and systems.
Inclusion, intersectionality and the role of allies at the cross-government LGBT* event
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Shelley Hardman, DWP Digital, Martin Quinton, Charlotte Jackson, Alan Oliver and Jonathan Mills, Posted on:
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LGBT*
DWP Digital's cross-government LGBT* event on 11 October in Manchester (in partnership with OneTeamGov) brought together colleagues from a range of departments for a day of networking, discussion and practical action on the issue of LGBT* inclusion. Five people who …
Hack the North is back, and this year it’s bigger and better!
Following the huge success of last year’s event, Hack the North is back for 2018.
My female role models in science, technology, engineering and maths
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Ceejay Momoh, Delivery Manager, DWP Digital, Posted on:
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Diversity, STEM, Women in Digital, Women in Technology
October is a great month for celebrating diversity - it’s Black History Month and it’s also the month when we remember the work of technology pioneer Ada Lovelace. And, this year we are also celebrating 100 years of women having …
Why re-use is the best design (because civil servants are users too)
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Craig Abbott, head of accessibility, DWP Digital, Posted on:
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Design, Digital reuse, Interaction Design
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
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Stephen Southern, Posted on:
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Cross Government, Data, Data Engineering, Data Science, DataJam North East, Design, Service Design
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 …
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