Cathy Dutton
@cathydutton.co.uk
Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan. www.cathydutton.co.uk
In a break from my usual Funding service posts, I’ve written about my other portfolio. And one of my favourite things, Portals! The portal trap cathydutton.co.uk/posts/the-po...
The portal trap
No one likes portals, one-stop shops, single front doors or gateways, so why are they the go-to solution for so many large organisations?
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There seems to be a few design or UCD for leaders training courses. Does anyone know of any Architecture or technology ones? Not AI though :)
Wrote up what we’ve been up to over the last 12-months trying to run and improve a critical service. Delivering and improving public services under pressure cathydutton.co.uk/posts/delive...
Delivering and improving public services under pressure
Public sector organisations are under constant pressure to keep critical services operating while simultaneously transforming the systems that support them.
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Happy 16th Birthday Responsive Web Design! On May 25, 2010, web designer Ethan Marcotte published an article entitled "Responsive Web Design" in the online magazine A List Apart. #WebDesignHistory
Lovely day at #CampDigital with lots of Defra and DfE people.
Of to spend the day at one of my teams design sprints - not sure how much use I’ll be, but I’m very excited.
Desk, chair and lighting now sorted.
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk · 6mo agoDesk sorted. Can anyone recommend so desk lighting?
📢 3 in a week! DfE connect are also looking for a senior service designer to come and help us join up services for Schools. Our mission is to allow Schools to easily access the information they need when they need it. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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I’m looking for a Programme delivery manager to come and work with me on DfE Connect. We want to bring together multiple services and platforms to give schools access to the information they need, when they need it. Get in touch to find out more www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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We are hiring a senior user researcher to join our insight team. We deliver £80bn a year to education providers. The insight team work across the service sure we make decisions based on evidence and tackle the right problems at the right time. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Desk sorted. Can anyone recommend so desk lighting?
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk · 8mo agoCan anyone recommend a good home office desk?
Has anyone got any examples of services that fail at Private Beta? And how you move on from that? There’s lots on stopping at Discovery and maybe Alpha.
Slight train chaos on my way home from #ukgc26. The day was worth the travel though, I always leaving feeling positive about the things we can get done.
Of too #ukgc26 on a slightly later train now it’s in Birmingham.
Who do I know in gov digital land currently running a service that they are proud of? You could be product, delivery or service owner. Looking to get some exposure to what good looks like, for a team who are still finding their feet.
This is unreal 💙. Couldn’t find a view obstructing pole anywhere.
This! “Design seems to slow everything down. They’re still rethinking that thing we signed off on three weeks ago.” “It feels like they push back on every small addition. And their answer to everything is MORE RESEARCH!”
Andy Budd@andybudd.bsky.social · last yr.Check out the full piece here: Are you an Accidental Design Saboteur? (According to the CIA) 👉 medium.com/the-design-c...
Let’s start re-designing how Governments works! It's time to get serious about design cathydutton.co.uk/posts/its-ti...
It's time to get serious about design
Design in government has lost its way. We’ve invested in discovery, compliance, and delivery, but not in creativity.
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Another web mention test (this will not beat me 😂) Designing for better delivery - How rethinking our contracts can support service delivery cathydutton.co.uk/posts/design...
Designing for better delivery - How rethinking our contracts can support service delivery
How we restructured our contracts to support more flexible, collaborative delivery. Enabling us to focus on the service as a whole.
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Sharing an old post from 2019 about moving away from Sass (mostly to see if I’ve managed to get BlueSky Web mentions working). Stepping away from Sass cathydutton.co.uk/posts/why-i-...
Stepping away from Sass
My latest site redesign and why I left out Sass and media queries in favour of native CSS grid, calc, viewport units and custom properties.
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Anyone have any tips on newsletters or blogs to follow on AI?
