Parliament is full of history and tradition. It’s also a modern workplace. For the last 18 months, we have been laying the foundations for big improvements to the way Parliament manages, funds, prioritises and delivers its digital work, under the title of the Transforming Digital Programme.
A group of people in customer-facing roles set up a network of accessibility champions as a simple way to learn more about accessibility and share knowledge between colleagues in PDS.
A group of six project manager apprentices started at PDS in June 2022, embarking on an 18-month programme of working and studying. Three apprentices from different professional backgrounds share how they came to Parliament, and how it's going so far.
We went to Silicon Milkroundabout, a job fair for tech professionals, to raise our profile as a digital employer and spotlight the wide range of tech roles available in Parliament.
The job of the PDS Film Production team is to make sure that the films we produce reach as wide an audience as possible. We were asked to look at incorporating BSL into a film tour of the Parliamentary Archives to improve accessibility for UK viewers.
We're working to improve the service for resolving IT issues in Parliament, focusing on the end-to-end journey from raising an IT issue when it first appears to getting it solved.
In September, we took an exciting step in transforming how we do digital in Parliament by launching a new Product directorate, bringing together the content, customer experience design and software engineering teams.
Parliament’s previous digital strategy ran from 2016‒2021 and focused on a set of aspirations and principles that underpinned an ambition to provide excellent digital services to a modern Parliament. During a challenging time, our digital service responded robustly to cyber-attacks and …
The idea to relaunch the principles that guide us gave colleagues a space to be honest about the ups and downs of the pandemic and think about the expectations we put on ourselves.
Public sector websites and apps, including Parliament's, have a duty to make sure content is inclusive and accessible to as many people as possible. Sophie Miller describes the work that's been done to improve our digital services, challenges that had to be overcome, and why there is more to do.
Content Designer Hugh Griffith explains how creating great user experiences online can improve our rankings in search results, and why this matters.