We're hiring for a Lead Technologist to provide technical leadership across our teams delivering digital services for the public good. This senior technical role combines hands-on delivery, technical leadership and people support. Find the details and apply here 👉 tr.ee/K4x2vzA2RZ

Lead Technologist - dxw

Key facts Benefits include About the role As a Lead Technologist at dxw, you’ll provide technical leadership across teams delivering digital services for the public good. You’ll help shape how service...

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News roundup 👇 ✅ Government annual survey on science and tech. ✅ Public tenders can support digital inclusion projects. ✅ Lack of laptop access harms children’s futures. ✅ Digital Nation infographic. ✅ Cornwall Council’s strategy. Read more 👉 digitalinclusionkit.org/digital-incl... @dxw.com

Digital Inclusion News - July 2026 - Digital Inclusion Toolkit

New national survey on digital access, government tech services, and AI. Plus a guide to public tenders and digital inclusion.

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I'm late to this from the @dxw.com blog but it's excellent and refreshingly uncertain about how junior developers and AI will work together in an agency environment: www.dxw.com/2026/06/what...

What are we going to do about junior engineers?

Nicky looks at the role of junior engineers and what skills they'll need as AI progresses

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Time to secure your spot at this year's UKCharityCamp! Taking place on 5th November in Birmingham.

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Tickets are now available for this year's UKCharityCamp! We'll be gathering in Birmingham on 5th November, to share insights and conversations about the ways digital can help folk in the third sector do more for their communities. It's free and open to all. Find your tickets here tr.ee/PlYsDA_qfS

Our July newsletter is out now 📨 We're talking about what employee ownership means for dxw and the role of junior developers in the age of AI (amongst lots of other good stuff). Take a look and subscribe here tr.ee/dxw-newslett...

At the @thekingsfund.bsky.social conference, Marianne noticed "a clear shift from AI as a technical innovation problem to AI as a systems, governance, and service design challenge" in healthcare. "This creates both risk of moving too slowly, and opportunity for real service transformation."

Our June newsletter is now in your inboxes 📬 This month, we're talking about: - an AI use case with a real impact at DfE - the role of leadership in service transformation - the language around 'AI guardrails' - and why accessibility audits matter more than ever 🔗 tr.ee/dxw-newslett...

Today is Employee Ownership Day 🎉 We've been employee owned for almost 5 years now. It helps us protect our independence, stay focused on our mission, and make decisions for the long term. If you’re interested in how employee ownership works in practice for us, take a look 👉 tr.ee/dxw-playbook

Time to celebrate... it's our birthday! 🥳 Today marks 18 years of dxw. Thanks to our team and friends that make us who we are. Here's to the next 18!

The final part of our 'space around the thing' series is out! And it's all about the role of leadership in creating the right conditions for service transformation to really happen 👉 tr.ee/Br5FvtZAj2

Unseen architecture: Leadership's role in creating space for service transformation

Discover how effective leadership creates the space for successful NHS transformation by setting direction, enabling teams, and driving lasting change.

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In our latest case study, see how the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) worked with us to better understand their online users and help with a tender process for a new website 👉 tr.ee/u9JcBmji2G

Helping UKAEA simplify and strengthen its digital presence

dxw helped the UK Atomic Energy Authority consolidate six websites into one user-centred platform through research, content design, technical discovery, and evidence-based recommendations.

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It's #WPLDN tomorrow, come join us, we have air con, great speakers, free pizza, and some drinks thrown in! Doors open at 6:00pm We'll hear from three speakers across two sessions. Including @cameronjonesweb.bsky.social, Robert Abela & @tna.sh Register free here: www.meetup.com/london-wordp...

#WPLDN - May 2026: Block Editor Migration & WordPress Security, Thu, May 28, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Join us for another evening at #WPLDN, where we're tackling two of the more practical conversations happening in WordPress right now. First up, the migration question: how

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Harry and co recently worked alongside a team at @departmentforedu.bsky.social on an AI experiment, looking at the role generative AI might play in supporting internal delivery officers. Read about how the team approached the project and what they found here 👉 tr.ee/Agf9xp

Experimenting with generative AI to support delivery officers at DfE

Lessons from testing AI agents in government: where they improve delivery, where they fail, and why humans still matter.

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Recently we’ve seen an increase in requests for accessibility audits, and the remediation work that follows them. There’s now an acknowledgement that accessibility standards can form a baseline for a better, more inclusive web for everyone. Barry explains more in his blog 👉 tr.ee/ZYSyMI

Why accessibility audits matter more than ever

With guidelines continuing to evolve, accessibility auditing and remediation is no longer a box to tick, but an ongoing opportunity to improve your website or interface in ways that pay dividends for ...

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We're really excited to share that Ming will be leading a session at @sdingov.bsky.social this September! 👏 On 24th September at 11:15 he'll be discussing how to make better prototyping decisions in the age of AI, with hands-on tips and real-world examples sdingov.net/programme/ar...

The art of decision making: prototyping public services in the age of AI

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The news is out... After a fantastic event last year, we’re really pleased to share that UKCharityCamp is back for 2026 🎉 It’ll be on Thursday 5th November, at The Studio in Birmingham. Sign up for ticket reminders here tr.ee/aKDs7d And to the UKCharityCamp email list here lnkd.in/eaUP3Udm

Selina's new blog post looks at how emotional insights and clear, compassionate content design are shaping a digital NHS lung cancer screening service to reduce anxiety and improve uptake tr.ee/oRwvmI

Designing with empathy: writing content for NHS lung cancer screening

How emotional insights and clear, compassionate content design are shaping a digital NHS lung cancer screening service to reduce anxiety and improve uptake.

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Lee's new blog post looks at how we handled a recent supply-chain attack on WordPress users that had one or more of the 26 plugins previously owned by essentialplugins. The attack effected some sites hosted by dxw but, thanks to our security practices, none were damaged by it 👉 tr.ee/PmtSGK

How dxw protected clients from a recent WordPress supply-chain attack

Lee and Sarah share how we handled a major supply-chain attack on WordPress plugins.

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⭐ New digital inclusion news roundup ⭐ In this special edition, we take a look at the first year of the government’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan 👉 digitalinclusionkit.org/digital-incl... @dxw.com #digitaldivide #localgov #technews

Digital Inclusion News - March 2026 - Digital Inclusion Toolkit

In this special edition, we take a look at the first year of the government’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan.

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Harriet's new blog post shares some insights on their first project working with the NHS, and the lessons they'll be carrying from it into their new role as a Tech Lead. Read the full post here tr.ee/PI9tsl

Advice to my future Tech Lead self - dxw

Harriet reflects on their first project working in NHS digital transformation, and shares some advice ahead of taking on a new Tech Lead role.

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Last week in London, Leeds and Bristol, we held our first company-wide AI vibe codeathon 🤖 We played around with early stage fixes in Health, Probation, and web hosting; an app for finding a pub garden with some sunshine currently on it; and a fake incident scenarios simulator for SREs.

We're looking for a Business Analyst to join the dxw team! You’ll work in multidisciplinary teams to help organisations understand how their services operate, identify opportunities for improvement, and ensure digital products and services deliver measurable value. Apply by 6th April tr.ee/WHKBDS

Business Analyst - dxw

Key facts Benefits include About the role As a Business Analyst at dxw, you’ll work in multidisciplinary teams to shape and improve digital services for the public good. You’ll help organisations unde...

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Stuart and Ynda's new blog post talks about our work with GDS improving the GOV.UK Publishing service, and how we're making it more efficient, less prone to data issues and enabling it to support more channels tr.ee/VbEuW2

Improving GOV.UK Publishing

An inside look at GOV.UK Publishing: modernising the Publishing API, enabling on-the-fly content generation, and scaling structured content across multiple channels.

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We're looking for a Developer to join us here at dxw! In this hands-on software development role, you’ll build web applications and services in multidisciplinary project teams with a range of clients in various stages of digital transformation. Applications close on 3rd April tr.ee/bY5XcH

Developer - dxw

Key facts Benefits include Who we are Do you want to help create digital public services that improve lives? We’re an employee-owned agency of technology, design and delivery experts who work primaril...

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Melissa's shared some more insights from a recent two-week design sprint in Image Reading at @england.nhs.uk. The dxw team at NHSE immersed themselves in one very specific and complex topic: how image reader performance is monitored and reported in breast screening tr.ee/Sggv1B

NHSE Image Reading Design Sprint: Two Weeks Inside Breast Screening Reporting

We've been working with NHS England to how breast screening image reader performance is monitored, reported, and improved to support patient safety.

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Isobel, Marianne and Selina joined an NHS England digital screening UCD day on Tuesday, connecting with other researchers and designers to share experiences and develop their community practices. Plus, Selina was interviewed about her work on lung cancer screening 👏 tr.ee/NEDYQ3j_gJ

Our biggest ever news roundup, with exciting case studies about digital inclusion projects that are making waves 👉 digitalinclusionkit.org/digital-incl... @dxw.com #localgov #digitalinclusion

"Just keep it quick and low-fidelity." You've likely heard this as a designer, usually as a gesture intended to ease pressure on the design team. But, Ming says, “low-fi is not a synonym for quick, and choosing the wrong level of polish can slow us down.” Check out his new post here tr.ee/91vKhh

The Art of Decision Making in Prototyping

Ming explores why prototyping isn’t about being quick or low-fi — it’s about choosing the right level of fidelity to answer the right question at the right time.

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"My role is about grounding the vision in commercial reality, and sometimes challenging existing ways of thinking, to ensure we’re as sustainable as we are ambitious." Our latest Humans of dxw post catches up with Finance & Resources Director Adelle 👉 www.dxw.com/2026/02/huma...

Humans of dxw: from a love of counting to balancing more than just books

Director of Finance, Adelle, shares her non-traditional route into finance and what attracted her to dxw.

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We're hiring! 📢 We're looking for a Lead Technologist/AI and Data Specialist to join our team, developing our approach to AI and helping our clients make best use of it. Find out more and apply here www.dxw.com/jobs/lead-te...

Lead Technologist / AI and Data Specialist - dxw

Key facts Benefits include Who we are Do you want to help create digital public services that improve lives? We’re an employee-owned agency of technology, design and delivery experts who work primaril...

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