Civil servants can now get easy access to more free digital learning as part of a drive to boost productivity and agility.
Government Skills’ curriculum of recommended learning now has an expanded range of digital, data and innovation learning that has been specifically curated for civil servants. More tools and learning will be added to the curriculum over time.
The new offering delivers on the Prime Minister’s pledge last month to give all civil servants better opportunities to develop skills in priority areas such as digital.
Easy access to digital skills learning
“It’s the first time we’ve been able to give civil servants such easy access to digital skills learning,” said Martin Petto, deputy director, Government Skills.
“If staff need help with anything, from understanding AI to simple tips to boost their productivity, such as how to set up an Excel document, this is where they’ll be able to go for help.
“It also signposts civil servants to more specialist digital and data learning, such as the pathways – some of which may be chargeable.”
New digital resources
The expanded curriculum includes:
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Microsoft 365 Public Sector Training and Resources Hub which provides resources to help civil servants upskill quickly, in a way that meets the needs of their job role or job tasks.
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12 ‘Pocket Watch’ videos shared by the Department of Work and Pensions outlining how to perform some computing tasks for civil servants using PCs with Windows 10 or 11.
Existing learning
The curriculum already included:
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A wide range of free AI courses, including AI Fundamentals.
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Masterclasses on data and innovation, developed as part of One Big Thing.
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The Digital Excellence Programme for senior leaders.
Martin added: “We want to make things easier for staff by bringing our comprehensive Civil Service-wide digital learning offer into a single online place where they can be confident the learning is quality-assured and relevant to their needs. And we will continue to build this offer.”
Access digital, data and innovation resources for civil servants.
