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GDS Academy

@GDSacademy

Government Digital Service (GDS) Academy. Part of the @gdsteam Building digital, data and technology skills across the public sector.

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Joined January 2015
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GDS@GDSTeam15 Mar 2022
Calling central government service teams 🔊 Do users sign into your service? Perhaps it has save and return features? We're inviting you to try the authentication component of government's new single sign-on product in a testing environment: services.blog.gov.uk/2022/03…
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GDS Academy@GDSacademy19 Aug 2021
Good news ... our September course dates are filling up fast but we've still got places available to book! See our thread below for more details ... #liveonline #DigitalTransformation #Government
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Please show your support for how important design is in government. User-centred design (including content design) saves government money and crucially, helps us meet the needs of the people who rely on our public services #govcontent #contentdesign publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.…
Are you making a bid for design?

Are you making a bid for design?

Add your support to this joint statement on the value of innovative public design from people in the Policy Design Community, Policy Profession, Operational Delivery Profession, and Digital, Data and...

publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk
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GDS@GDSTeam21 Jun 2021
The GOV.UK Design System is turning 3 years old! Here’s a thread about how it has helped services across government and beyond in the last 12 months ⬇️ [1/4] #DesignSystems #GovDesign #MakeThingsOpen
GOV.UK Design System. A 3-year journey.

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Delighted to #LetsTalkAIinGov this morning with an interesting and informed #PublicSector cohort. If you want to join in future, check out the GDS Academy course page @GDSacademy gov.uk/guidance/introducing-…
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This course is not just what @GDSTeam want to say to leaders, it is data informed - many pieces of policy, different organisations and DDaT communities have fed into the content. Plus it’s interactive and delivered with passion #learningbydoing @GDSacademy
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Unbelievably, we've still got spaces on our next #DigitalLeaders course, designed to help leaders without a technology background to support #Government #DigitalTransformation Date: 9th and 10th June 2021 Read all about it and book your place now: gov.uk/guidance/digital-lead…
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Gemma Jones@GLJGem26 May 2021
A great session to help anyone working in the public sector understand more about why it’s important to put the people who use our services at the centre of the design process #userexperience #designthinking #usersfirst 👇🏼
GDS Academy (@GDSacademy) profile pictureGDS Academy@GDSacademy25 May 2021
BOOK NOW: We have places on our online Understanding users and their needs event. A 90-minute session to introduce you to the basics of working in a user-centered way in government. Course date: 3rd June at 10am Find out more and book via: gov.uk/guidance/understandin…
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GDS@GDSTeam20 May 2021
Our mission is to build a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone. Today, our CEO @thommeread and the whole of @GDSTeam share our strategy for 2021-2024. Check out our blog for more: gds.blog.gov.uk/2021/05/20/g… #MakeItOpen
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GDS@GDSTeam23 Mar 2021
The deadline to make sure public sector mobile apps are #accessible is 3 months away. To find out what accessibility criteria apply, and what you need to do visit: accessibility.campaign.gov.u… #AccessibilityRegulations #A11y
Accessibility. How accessible is your app? GOV.UK/accessibility-regulations.

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GDS@GDSTeam19 Mar 2021
GDS's International team recently hosted the "Public Sector Leadership in a Time of Digital Transformation" conference. As promised, catch up on what happened on the day: gds.blog.gov.uk/2021/03/19/p… #DigitalLeadership2021
Digital Transformation Challenges. Chad Bond - Deputy Director, Standards Assurance Service. Rox Heaton - Director, DDaT Functional Strategy. #DigitalLeadership2021. Government Digital Service.

ALT Digital Transformation Challenges. Chad Bond - Deputy Director, Standards Assurance Service. Rox Heaton - Director, DDaT Functional Strategy. #DigitalLeadership2021. Government Digital Service.

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GDS@GDSTeam16 Mar 2021
The GOVUK account trial has been running since November. Are you curious about what we've learned so far? insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2021…
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GDS@GDSTeam8 Mar 2021
How many times a day do you refer to groups of people as 'guys'? Inclusive language matters: words have the power to include, or exclude. Why not #ChooseToChallenge gendered language by using these great inclusive alternatives (courtesy the GDS Women's Network)? #IWD2021
The word "guys" is crossed out and replaced by "colleagues". GDS Women's Network.

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The word "guys" is crossed out and replaced by "everyone". GDS Women's Network.

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The word "guys" is crossed out and replaced by "folks". GDS Women's Network.

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The word "guys" is crossed out and replaced by "friends". GDS Women's Network.

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Gemma Jones@GLJGem3 Mar 2021
Awesome session, thanks Anna! Some great take-backs to my @GDSacademy day job: - all roles can be user-centred - you need to want to be user-centred - reframe roles & value returns to be user-centred - understand blockers & enablers #culturechange #leadership #ServicesWeek
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At midday we've got @annarzepczynski speaking about service design and why being user-centred is everyone's responsibility 👍 Sign up here: ow.ly/yyWh50DOFMT #ServicesWeek
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GDS@GDSTeam1 Mar 2021
#ServicesWeek is back for the third time! Bookmark this post (and read it, of course) for session previews and organiser insight: services.blog.gov.uk/2021/03…
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GDS@GDSTeam24 Feb 2021
🎙️The GDS Podcast is back! 🎙️ This month, we’re talking to some of the teams behind the rapid build of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service - a cross-cutting collaboration designed to help people who were advised to shield. Listen here: gds.blog.gov.uk/2021/02/24/p…
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GDS@GDSTeam16 Feb 2021
Curious how we created a reporting tool to improve the #accessibility of GOV.UK? Learn from our data specialists, who explain the process here: dataingovernment.blog.gov.uk… #a11y
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GDS@GDSTeam15 Feb 2021
Wonder what the building blocks to deliver more efficient, transparent, secure and inclusive services are? Learn from our International team, supported by @FCDOGovUK's Partnership for Development programme, who share their approach in our latest blog post. gds.blog.gov.uk/2021/02/05/d…
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Do you know how to write an alt-text or make accessible video captions? GCS colleague Stephanie Hill answers your accessibility questions: gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/blog… #Accessibility #CommsDrivingChange
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GDS@GDSTeam10 Feb 2021
Two great lightning talks from our own @ChadPBond and @RoxaneHeaton on #DigitalTransformation challenges, touching on issues like reducing legacy IT and building in-house digital capability. Subscribe to our blog to stay up to date: gds.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/ #DigitalLeadership2021
Digital Transformation Challenges. Chad Bond, Deputy Director, Standards Assurance Service. Rox Heaton, Director, DDaT Functional Strategy. #DigitalLeadership2021. Government Digital Service.

ALT Digital Transformation Challenges. Chad Bond, Deputy Director, Standards Assurance Service. Rox Heaton, Director, DDaT Functional Strategy. #DigitalLeadership2021. Government Digital Service.

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GDS@GDSTeam3 Feb 2021
Well done to our GOV.‌UK Notify team on 4,000 services connected! Notify is the primary messaging provider for the UK COVID-19 response with nearly 1,000 organisations across the public sector using it to send more than 1.6 billion emails, texts and letters in the past 12 months.
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