Innovation has always excited me as I’m curious about the new and the bold. Taking a leap of faith into the unknown can feel uncomfortable, but it’s great when that turns into something valuable. At a recent GovTech conference I …
Before joining LAA Digital, I worked in the Higher Education sector teaching Computer Science at a Midlands University. It wasn’t something I’d planned or aspired to, but I fell in love with the role and the opportunity to shape the …
Our design values talk about encouraging an environment of learning and sharing knowledge. And in that theme, last February, we held our first UCD Conference. The day was full of talks, first hand service user experiences and conversations around …
When was the last time you helped someone do something online? A few personal examples from me: during a prototype testing session I talked a participant through how to share their screen with me, while on a whatsapp call with …
HMPPS Digital, in partnership with prisons, are building a service to improve the calculation of release dates by freeing up time for staff, improving accuracy and making sentences easier to understand for staff and prisoners. I’m Frazer Rhodes and I’m …
I joined Justice Digital - LAA in May 2020 as a Junior Software Developer having decided on a career change via a coding bootcamp. I’d experienced only small projects and some minimal exposure to agile ways of working, but this …
When I first took up the post of CDIO (Chief Digital and Information Officer) I spoke to colleagues across the organisation to hear their views and was very grateful to receive a lot of very honest feedback and insights. Some …
Recently, my leadership team and I made a commitment to spend more time understanding our users and their context. To that end I spent time this week with colleagues at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to better understand what their …
Every fortnight I host a stand up (these days a sit down) for the whole of my team. The focus of these stand-ups changes from fortnight to fortnight. This week we heard from a Service Owner in the Office of …
Hi, I’m Rebecca Faulkner and I joined MoJ D&T in summer 2021. I work as a Senior Researcher in the Prison Leavers Project team. After spending 10 years in insight and strategy roles in the private sector I joined the …
Rachel Winstanley: Cloud Ops Product Owner, Technology Services I started as a Product Manager in the MoJ 4 months ago and have spent the last few years working in various product roles across government. As a relatively new member, the …
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