Pack up and go - or in my case, end up in Italy on a road trip for the third consecutive Christmas. So, here goes.

The Top 10 (non job links) from my newsletter this year - About the GOV Reuse Library reuselibrary-dev.apps.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk/about.html ...was top by a country mile.

The 450th - and final of 2025 - edition of the Internet of Public Service Jobs newsletter is out now! newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

If you have secured a ticket for UKGovCamp 2026 on 17 January 2026 but can no longer attend, please unregister on Eventbrite, so your place can be released to someone on the waiting list. Thank you so much for being considerate!

This is the 445th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

Internet of Public Service Jobs - 08/11/2025 The 444st edition of my newsletter. newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

Hallo! The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component. You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov... Please take 3 mins to feed back. 🙌Danke, Imran

Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them! medium.com/kinship-work...

Issue 442 of the Internet of Public Service Jobs is here - newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

Register is open for UKGovCamp 2026! Join us on 17 January 2026 for a free, community-led unconference where public sector people meet to share ideas, collaborate, and improve services. Spaces are limited. Secure your spot today: forms.gle/tL5q1ZBHYxAq...

UKGovCamp Birmingham: Join Us! UKGovCamp is happening on 17 Jan 2026. If you work in gov and haven’t attended, now’s the time! Leaders in policy, operations, and diversity, please share with your teams, connect with colleagues, and help spread the word! Contact us to get involved.

Bull-Ready for UKGovCamp 2026: Registration Opening Soon! We are pleased to announce that UKGovCamp will be making its first-ever visit to Birmingham on 17th January 2026! Stay tuned to our channels to secure your place and be part of Birmingham’s first UKGovCamp!

Join the Four Inns of Court to hear about our scholarships and hear from a panel of practising barristers about their journeys to the Bar ⚖️ 🎤 💻 Joint Inns Insight Online 📆 Wednesday, 8 October ⌚️ 6-8pm online (Zoom) 🎟️ Book your ticket: nrtm.pl/4o6ZGOC

Weeknotes, not yet including SDinGov as I need to gather my thoughts but including some other stuff. weeknot.es/weeknotes-s2... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social

Internet of Public Service Jobs - 20/09/2025 newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

We're hiring a Lead Technical Writer to join our UCD leadership team on GOV.UK One Login. Salary £67,972 - £83,027.

Apprenticeship diary - week 1 🚀 #weeknotes @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social crmzchan.medium.com/apprenticesh...

Hey everyone, new post here on the diagnostic power of crises and the need to try different things. Keen to hear your thoughts. medium.com/fawlty-minis...

Good job if you care about the arts and humanities. Executive Director for Portfolios, Partnerships and Engagement at the Arts and Humanities Research Council - £91k-£99k fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...

Fancy a change? Seeking air traffic control for DHSC digital projects - small to large, mostly national not NHS-facing. Open to all flavours of ddat specialists. flexible, diverse team based in London and Leeds. Talk to me, or to one of the team. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Something I and many others in the NHS have spent months working on has just gone live, a big update to design system and frontend! 🎉 See service-manual.nhs.uk/design-syste... for the changes. Not super glamorous work, but it helps improve the foundations for our digital services.

Have you had to go through more than one ADHD assessment? How long did you wait from referral to diagnosis? What’s been your experience with shared care? We’re mapping these journeys to push for change. Share your story through our survey.

Out of office on. It’s been a while since I had a break - and time to hit the road. So, here goes.

I’ve been busy working on a few opportunities for work...but it’s all taking longer than expected. Frustrating for me, but an opportunity for you to bring me in for a few months instead! I’m available 3 days a week (asap!), hybrid to do 3 things: con't

UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026. We need a venue: 1️⃣ for 250 people, 2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms, 3️⃣ wheelchair accessible. @imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search. Please share and reply with ideas 🙂

UK National Data Library jobs at GDS/DSIT: ● Head of Policy & Strategy www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... ● Head of Engagement www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... ● Head of PMO www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... #govtech #datapolicy #datasharing

The call for Sessions for Ripples:Bristol (formerly Agile in the City: Bristol) is open: bristol.ripple.events/call-sessions See the event website for more info.

Are you a #facilitator? Maybe a #facilitation expert? Want to learn from fellow #facilitators? Then the Facilitator's Unconference (TFU) is for you www.facilitators-unconference.com 3 questions: 1. October or November for #TFU2026? 2. Birmingham, London or Manchester? 3. How should it feel?

I'm retiring as @ukgovcamp.bsky.social deliver manager (DM). I need an individual or jobshare to volunteer 1 to 2 hours a week of your time. You'll lead the best, annual #publicsector #unconference. Reply or email [email protected] please. Free hoodie included 🙂 www.ukgovcamp.com/about/

The 425th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs is out now...including a role with y'alls favourite cult*. *parkrun 😆 newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

If anybody is free Monday afternoon at 3pm I'm going to do my final preview of my #CampDigital talk to work out the final kinks and timings - I might be talking to myself but it would be nice to have a little audience so I don't feel insane! lu.ma/x0oh5wm8

We are offering one year innovation fellowships of up to £120k for researchers to work with central government on sustainability issues. And there’s a webinar on 3rd July with more info www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inno...

Am just clearing through loads of stuff before going on holiday. I'm organising some workshops on using Liberating Structures in Edinburgh and Glasgow in September for civil servants (SG, UK depts & ALBs). PM me if interested and I will send details when I'm back from holiday

Last chance to book for Thursday's UKEduCamp in Sheffield. The free, unconference, for people interested in how Higher Education sector does digital stuff. ukeducamp.co.uk createchange.io are sponsors again. Hope to see you there...

There's spaces left on my Intro to User-centred design in government, Friday next week in Brighton ✨ www.tickettailor.com/events/clara... We'll talk about: ✏️ What is user-centred design? ✏️ What is service design? ✏️ How does user research work? ...

The 421st edition of the Internet of Public Service jobs newsletter is here. newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-... Includes what would have been my dream job for a very long time!

Here's the document.... www.gov.uk/government/p...

Wrote a post about a very niche subject but one which I hope people will consider when designing services: stamanfar.medium.com/can-someone-...

As always very thoughtful writing from Nour.

It's time to start looking for work. It's always hard to describe what I do and the type of thing/s I am looking for so I spent some proper time thinking about it, writing it down and getting feedback on it. blog.annkempster.com/available-fo... Have a read, get in touch.

GDS archivists! I'm looking for any blogs, papers, business cases etc. on the case for transitioning government web content to the single GOV.UK domain (from back in the day 2011-13?). Also, any insights into how Departments were engaged to persuade them this was in their interests.

I'll be at UK EduCamp in Sheffield on Thursday 26th June. Hoping to run a skills workshop on 'Capability Maturity Mapping' - to inform organisational transformation priorities. Tickets here: ukeducamp.co.uk "The free, unconference, for people interested in how the HE sector does digital stuff."

Lean Agile Scotland returns to Edinburgh in September - event programme here: leanagile.scot/programme-2025 1&2 day tickets available.

Not sure if one of my current courses is right for you or your team? Please get in touch! I'm happy to have a chat, understand your needs better and work out if they're aligned

If you're looking for last minute Pride Month speaker for an event, friendly reminder I'm nearly done making a film about Section 28 + can show you unseen footage/talk about the 1st legislation in over 100 years to roll back LGBTQ+ rights All I ask is you make a donation to our film fund

This Wednesday! Join us for Data Bites 56 in Liverpool (and online) at 6pm to hear from our amazing speakers - full details in @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social's thread. Tickets available at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-bites... #PDDataBites

🚨 good news klaxon 🚨 one of my mentees has just secured a new role! I'm going to write about how the last 3 months of weekly mentoring has gone, but in the mean time, feel free to book in with me here www.cyberwomen.co.uk/mentoring

A Monday share of this 👇

Nour captures so many of my own troubled thoughts about my fragility here, so well. My thoughts go out to all others feeling like this, but with little power (or the determination) to share their own journey. And maybe my own weeknotes (and being) will be in a position to return soon, too.