TGS


06 March 2021

Showing the rewards of user-centred service design at scale
seen at 18:31, 6 March in Services in government (Our copy).

In an earlier blog post, Economist Dilan Saujani gave an overview of how we measure the value of service transformation in government. This blog post is a case study showing what a user-centred approach...

Supporting vulnerable children through lockdown in a hospital school
seen at 16:40, 6 March in Teaching (Our copy).

Shaun Booth, Assistant Headteacher and SENCO joined Pinderfields Hospital PRU in January 2019 after working for 15 years in ‘mainstream’ education. Shaun shares his experience of working with a clinically...

Leading through a pandemic: International Women’s Day
seen at 16:38, 6 March in Teaching (Our copy).

This year’s International Women’s Day is an opportunity to empower the future generation of young women and girls, despite the challenges faced in this year’s pandemic.

Kate Jefferson is headteacher...

Why we speak our users’ language
seen at 11:41, 6 March in DWP Digital (Our copy).

To create services that are effective, we try to use the language our users do. It’s essential if we want people to understand and trust what we’re saying.

But, this may not be the same ‘official...

International cooperation in merger investigations
seen at 11:40, 6 March in Competition and Markets Authority (Our copy).

In the first of its 2021 series of blogs on UK merger control, the CMA discussed merger control following the UK’s exit from the European Union. This blog builds on the themes of global merger ...

Waste Crime – Be Part of the Solution
seen at 11:39, 6 March in Creating a better place (Our copy).
Stopping waste crime protects your environment, your land and your business from harm. Our Environmental Crime Officer, Stephanie Marriott, talks about the effects from waste crime that she sees every day and how...
Promoting vehicle safety checks to your customers who need to drive
seen at 11:35, 6 March in Matters of Testing (Our copy).

Fewer vehicles will need an MOT during April and May this year.

This means garages will be quieter and looking to make up the shortfall of work.

Last year, we helped you to encourage motorists...

Mental health toolkit rolled out across entire Royal Navy fleet
seen at 10:16, 6 March in Search (Our copy).
Mental health toolkit rolled out across entire Royal Navy fleet
Moving into content design
seen at 09:36, 6 March in Inside GOV.UK (Our copy).

We want to make our content design teams more diverse, because diverse teams are successful teams. But, we know that one of the barriers to recruiting content designers is that people don’t know what ...

Free rapid tests for all businesses for regular workplace testing
seen at 00:33, 6 March in Search (Our copy).
Free rapid tests for all businesses for regular workplace testing
Government launches call for evidence to improve health and wellbeing of women in England
seen at 00:33, 6 March in Search (Our copy).
Government launches call for evidence to improve health and wellbeing of women in England