Often the people who need to use government services the most are those who find it the hardest to do so. They don’t want to interact with us - they have to. I’m a Content Designer with the team building …
Hi, I’m Kate Bruckshaw and I’m the Product Owner of a digital project to improve the way that people repay money to DWP. I graduated from the Digital Academy in July 2014. We’re transforming the way we operate to create automated, …
Back in December, I blogged about my first experience of an agile Discovery. We were discovering how we can improve the way we attract people to apply for digital and technology roles in DWP. Since then, we’ve launched a public …
I’m Nic Harrison, the Director of Enabling Digital Delivery, part of DWP’s Business Transformation Group. I’ve been with the department for a year, working with Kevin Cunnington to put in place the organisation and plans needed to deliver a once in …
As part of our digital transformation we’re looking for people to work with us in new digital design roles. Our aim is to build DWP digital services for GOV.UK that are so good, people prefer to use them over the …
I’m Chris Beardsell and I’ve been working as a User Researcher in DWP for a bit under 1 year – but what brought me here? I’m constantly, endlessly, irritatingly curious about users. I want to know what makes them tick, …
I joined my first discovery project 4 weeks ago – as part of the HR Product Owner team. I work within a digital capability team, mainly on permanent recruitment for digital talent, understanding how we can attract and retain some …
The first DWP Digital Academy in Fulham opened for business on 24 February 2014. It was set up to help us increase our capacity and grow more of our own digital capability across DWP. This week we reached an important milestone as our 100th …
Most people claiming Carer’s Allowance go online instead of asking for a form to be posted to them. That’s because we’ve made a digital service that really is simpler, clearer and faster than putting pen to paper. Over a third …
“I have a dream” a man once said. He went on to describe exactly what that dream was. His articulation was so successful that many of those listening heard a call to arms and understood that it was the start …
