By Daniel Shiloh and Jacob Cole, Office for National Statistics
In the autumn of 2020 over 1000 government analysts responded to the coding in analysis and research survey (CARS). We were interested in how they use code and how much they knew about using software engineering practices to improve quality and efficiency in their analysis.
Below are some things we’ve learned so far. Keep in mind: our sample is not necessarily representative and is likely to over-represent people interested in coding.
1. People’s coding skills get better with practice
The more people use code in their work, the more their skills improve. Our findings also show that people who don’t code in their work often feel they are losing their skills. Hardly surprising!
UK’s digital leaders set out goals on data and skills
By Adam Branson on 04/05/2021
The UK’s new central digital teams are to accelerate their work on digital skills throughout the workforce. Credit: Rob Thom/UK CivilService / Flickr
The UK’s new central digital teams are to accelerate their work on data management across government, career development within the profession and digital skills throughout the workforce, the civil service’s digital leaders explained at an event last Friday.
To help speed up the digitisation of services, said Joanna Davinson – executive director of the recently-established Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) – her team will focus on harmonising the way that data is collated and processed across government.
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Leaders from Freddie Mac, Her Majesty s Civil Service, GroupM and UK-based Ambitious About Autism Share Insights on Attracting and Retaining Neurodiverse Talent Workforce Logiq, a global provider of AI-powered workforce intelligence, technology, and services, will host an Autism Awareness and Best Practice Virtual Roundtable Discussion on May 4
th at Noon ET. Jacqueline M. Welch,
New York Times chief human resources officer, and a panel of industry leaders from Freddie Mac, Her Majesty s Civil Service, and UK-based education and employment charity, Ambitious About Autism, will talk about making autism and neurodiversity work in the workplace.
The panelists from the U.S. and UK will share specific insights for organizations to increase awareness and transform workforce management practices to make their recruitment and retention programs work for neurodiverse talent.
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