iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This is a terrific takedown from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social on what we ought or ought not to be teaching children about English Tl;dr he thinks the current exam for 11 and 12 year old children is nonsense But please enjoy reading thus highly justified rant #ContentDesign #PlainLanguage

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Andy Jones 🏳️‍🌈 @andyjones.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

@kerry1yons.bsky.social and I were asked to write an article for #servicegazette about our work on standards and accessibility guidance over the last couple of years. We're pleased to say you can now read the online version that was in the recent print version. medium.com/the-service-...

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Developing standards and accessibility guidance

Improving services by making standards and accessibility simple

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Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com · 13/04/2025

For the cover story, @hillaryh.bsky.social wrote about ‘Digital service resilience’ & what endures when government innovation units close You can find her text & those of @richardpope.org, @kubabartwicki.bsky.social, @loudowne.bsky.social, @andyjones.bsky.social, @kerry1yons.bsky.social online soon

A small pile of newspapers on a wooden table next to a vase with colourful flowers and a cup; a person with a salmon-coloured shirt starts to pick up a copy — the newspaper's masthead says ‘The Service Gazette’; the headline next to several arrows says “Digital service resilience”

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Kerry Lyons @kerry1yons.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

DfE has published a plain language standard to support teams in digital delivery. We worked in the open, shared with GDS, and are exploring whether it can help add weight to the use of plain language: dfedigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/19/i...

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Introducing the DfE Plain Language standard

In digital, data, and technology in DfE, we’ve published a Plain Language standard. The Plain Language standard ensures that users can: The standard incorporates our ways of working and best practis...

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Kerry Lyons @kerry1yons.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Do you know what a pouch of Douglas is? If you don't, find out in my short advent blog. It could come in useful one day... www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2024/my-pouch-of-douglas #endometriosis

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In 2024, I thought a lot about my pouch of Douglas – I thought a lot about that

A new anonymous essay published every day in December in the countdown to Christmas.

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Kerry Lyons @kerry1yons.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I'm part of a group of content designers across DfE services and GOV.UK content that are drafting a plain language standard. We've based this on need and xgov conversations. Today we shared with our community. Feeling invigorated for the next stage #standards #servicestandards

Screenshot of a lucid board of a heading stating Draft DfE plain language standard with several post it notes with comments.

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