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Winding down of GDS Academy services

As of September 2022, the GDS Academy is being closed down. This means that we wont be advertising new courses, and will stop delivering courses after 25 November 2022.

If you have an academy course scheduled, contact gds.academy@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk with any questions about how this affects you.

Civil servants can access learning and development through Civil Service Learning.

About GDS Academy courses

Courses are delivered live - not pre-recorded.

Theres a range of standard courses you can book a place on as an individual - or we can provide training for groups of people within an organisation.

Digital and agile bitesize basics (online course)

An introduction to the Service Standard and how it supports the design and delivery of user-centred digital services.

10 modules, covering:

• the Service Standard and how services are assessed against it

• what to expect from each of the agile delivery phases used to deliver digital services - discovery alpha, beta and live

• how multi-disciplinary teams work together to deliver digital services, including the different specialist roles on a digital team

• understanding users and their needs - user-centred approaches to design and user research

• introduction to agile principles and ways of working, including the Scrum framework

• measuring performance - how digital teams define success metrics and collect data to measure performance

• digital accessibility - making services that work for everyone, including disabled people - and what the law says about making public services accessible

• identity in government - approaches to proving and verifying someones identity using digital, including GPG 45 (the governments good practice guide on proving and verifying someones identity)

Course takes two full days and one half day. Cost is 860 (plus VAT) per person.

Understanding users and their needs (online course)

Introduction to user-centred approaches to design and user research. Single, stand-alone module, covering:

• the case for user-centred approaches

• how bias and assumptions affect design designs, and how to limit their influence

• different user research methods, and how to apply them for different purposes

• role of a user researcher in an agile team

Course takes 90 minutes. Cost is 85 (plus VAT) per person.

Do not book this course if youve already been on our Digital and agile bitesize basics course: it covers the same material.

Introduction to Kanban (online course)

Introduction to Kanban, one of the most widely-used approaches to agile. Covers:

• Kanban principles and practices

• defining key signs of inefficiency

• identifying blockers to maintaining a sustainable development pace

• approaches to implementing Kanban

Course takes 2 hours. Cost is 85 (plus VAT) per person.

Course dates

Taking part in one of our online courses

All course content is unclassified.

Book a place on one of our courses

To book a place, email gds.academy@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk with:

• name

• organisation

• email address

• the course date you would like to attend, from those available

• copy of the purchase order (attached to the email as a PDF)

• postal address for your finance department to quote on the invoice

• an email contact for the invoice to be sent to, once raised

Cancellations

Youll usually be charged in full if you cancel within 10 working days of the course start date. Theres usually no charge if you cancel more than 10 days working ahead of the course start date. Exceptions apply. Contact us as soon as possible if you need to cancel.

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